Ministry Meetings

This week has been a busy one for us. We had a couple neat ministry meetings. The first was with the leaders of the playground ministry. They wanted to do more for the community than the Saturday morning playground activities. They knew our church was in the same neighborhood as the playground and that we have a heart for that area. They also knew we have experience in medical outreaches. So we met to discuss what we could do together. The result was a small medical outreach in April doing wound care and malaria testing. The week before the outreach, we'll send flyers home with the kids letting their parents know what is going on. Since this is our first time and our resources are limited, we aren't doing any mass marketing. We don't want to be flooded with people needing help and not be able to help them. So, this will be a trial. In the weeks ahead we'll be gathering supplies and training volunteers on how to help. We'll keep you posted on the progress.

Our second meeting was with a missionary from San Diego, named Michelle. She has been serving in Tanzania for a couple years and is stepping out to begin a new ministry. She has a vision to set up a shelter for young moms with no place to go. It will offer them a two year program, giving them a place to stay while teaching them skills to be able to support themselves and their children. They will live in a place where they feel loved and get to learn about God's love for them. Michelle is in the beginning stages of setting up her ministry and is visiting many places in Tanzania to do research. She is meeting people who have ministries similar to hers to learn from their experiences. This week, she was in Moshi and learned about us through Gary and Leslie, the leaders of Agape Project International – the ministry that just put on a medical camp in Kenya. They suggested she contact us so we can meet and get to know each other. It's always nice to meet people from home. Michelle's heart for the Lord was very apparent and we loved spending time with her. We love her vision and know it is very much needed. Hopefully we'll see her again when she passes through Moshi again in a few weeks.