"Try as they might, the prophets of Baal could not do enough to make their god burn their sacrifice, but when called upon by Elijah, the True God showed his soverienty above all gods." 1 Kings 18
In September our continuing education for East Africa was Spiritism and Animism. It was a blessing to have Dr Kou and Mrs MeiKou Seying from Concordia Seminary, St Louis, Missouri. DrKou reminded us how God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, creator of all things is above all gods and only He can bring true peace, freedom, forgiveness, eternal life, and purpose (within our vocations) because of Christ's sacrifice on the cross for us, to defeat sin, death, and the devil for us. He taught us about how many people who believe in spiritism or animism live in fear of consequences of all their actions. As missionaries, these are things we will run into regularly as we partner with the Lutheran Churches in Africa to share the peace giving Gospel of Christ crucified for all our sins.
Our training took place in the mountains north of Nairobi and we were greatly blessed and encouraged to meet with all the other missionaries in the East Africa Area Team. It was definitely a time of learning, but also of fellowship and friendship building. We even got to see a couple wild animals around the grounds.
Before returning to Tanzania to language training we were again blessed to be able to stay in our house, on the floor, but it was HOME, for a couple nights! We even made pancakes on our nit completely installed stove.
Upon our return to Tanzania our teacher shared some of his observations about spiritism in this area. Tanzania has a very rich culture and history with quite the mix of Christians, Muslims and traditional religions. Many people, even those who proclaim Christ will turn to witchdoctors to appease the ancestors spirits, the work of the Church is great!
We are thankful for the teaching we are receivig here!
I have MORE pictures! Can NOT get my little phone to cooperate! Patience as I work on it please!
This is Dr and Mrs Kou Seying at our Sunday Worship Service.
This is the kids with their VBS leaders fromFlorida
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