Thanks so much for your prayers on our behalf. We continue to progress well in this year’s second semester here at Waama Bible School. It is hard to believe how fast the weeks go by.
As I promised in my last update, I am writing to report on our recent weekends of village ministry. Again, these were our first weekends of village ministry since the beginning of the school year. The longer we are here, the more responsibilities we are given here on campus and that makes it increasingly difficult to leave campus for entire weekends at a time. We are grateful, however, to have been able to begin again with this part of our ministry and always enjoy seeing new areas and interacting with local believers.
Our final weekend of village ministry for this semester is set for February 26-28. We appreciate your prayers for that time. Pray that God would be preparing the hearts of those that will hear the Gospel during those days.
I am also happy to report that progress continues to be made on our “Acclaimer Project”. For those that don’t remember, the primary goal of this project is to ensure that the Jesus Film ministry we have had since we arrived will be able to continue even after we are gone. This will be accomplished through the establishment of national evangelistic teams equipped with solar-powered video equipment. We are excited about the people God has brought across our path to take part in this project, and the excitement continues to grow even on the part of those who will make up these various teams. Please continue to pray that God would give Ben and me wisdom in the directing of this project, that He would continue to raise up faithful evangelists to participate in each team, and that the equipment itself would perform well for years to come.
For those who have followed us on our blog, I need to apologize for the lack of recent updates. We hope to make it to Arusha Feb. 19-23 and I will do my best to get some new pictures up at that time. Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we continue to progress through this second semester. It is going to be over before we know it.
- Feb. 12-14 we are having a special seminar here at the school. Next weekend (as I mentioned), we hope to be in Arusha.
- Feb. 26-28 is our weekend of village ministry in the village of Labay.
- Mar. 5-7 is a weekend of spiritual meetings here at the school.
- Mar. 12-14 we will have another group of students visiting us from a Bible school in Norway.
- March 22-24 second semester finals are scheduled.
- Easter - Ben and I have not yet determined all of what our Easter break will include but it looks as though we will spend at least part of it (April 6-12) at a seminar attended by staff from a number of Lutheran Bible schools here in East Africa.
I also covet your prayers as I continue to seek God’s direction for my future. May God clearly direct each one of us and may we all be faithful in our obedience to Him. God bless you!
In Christ,
Jesse Long
Mbulu, Tanzania
