Sunday: Worship and Ordination
Sunday was a great day for us. The day was filled with God's Spirit and the excitement of His work in kidete and our lives.
We began with worship at Kidete. The church was filled. In fact for the first, there were not enough chairs for the people and children (2009 an item that has now been added to the 2009 Christmas Catalog). We celebrated together the Lord's Supper. Samuel Mwaisumbe, Neema and Mpeli's youngest son, made a commitment to follow Jesus Christ. Sedeke led the worship and praise. What a joyous time of celebrating our life together together in Jesus Christ.
In the afternoon, Neema Mwaisumbe was ordained to the the Gospel ministry. An ordination council of Tanzanian pastors in which Floyd was able to participate met and questioned and encouraged Neema. She shared God's call upon her life and her commitment to be obedient to her calling. The presence of God's Spirit was so real in the worship time. I hope to share tomorrow some video of the day. One of the most amazing sights was when Neema children and the DBL Children surrounded her hugging her while they danced together and sang. One of our partnersk, ACTS Fellowship in Greenville presented Neema with a certificate of ordination in recogniton of the Ordination Council's recommendation.
The most exciting thing happened at this meeting that was not planned. A woman spoke of the impact of Neema upon her life and a local businessperson spoke. They basically said, "We should start a new church here in Iringa." In a few minutes, Mpeli with the encouragement and support of the other pastors and those present was announcing the start of a new church. Right then, people started making financial commitments (none of our team this was all Tanzanian)to get a place to hold the first meeting of the church.
Samuel's decision, Neema's ordination, and the birth of a church all in one day was amazing.
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Even more, the Iringa branch of the Barclay's bank wanted to do something for the children's home. So employees had come and painted the inside of the nursery school, library room, and vocational sewing center at the children's home. Their picture is shown here. This was the fourth exciting event of the day. One of the real goals as apart of the DBL Children's Home is for it to be supported by Tanzanians. We were able to witness this step as a local business invested in the lives of these children.
We began with worship at Kidete. The church was filled. In fact for the first, there were not enough chairs for the people and children (2009 an item that has now been added to the 2009 Christmas Catalog). We celebrated together the Lord's Supper. Samuel Mwaisumbe, Neema and Mpeli's youngest son, made a commitment to follow Jesus Christ. Sedeke led the worship and praise. What a joyous time of celebrating our life together together in Jesus Christ.
In the afternoon, Neema Mwaisumbe was ordained to the the Gospel ministry. An ordination council of Tanzanian pastors in which Floyd was able to participate met and questioned and encouraged Neema. She shared God's call upon her life and her commitment to be obedient to her calling. The presence of God's Spirit was so real in the worship time. I hope to share tomorrow some video of the day. One of the most amazing sights was when Neema children and the DBL Children surrounded her hugging her while they danced together and sang. One of our partnersk, ACTS Fellowship in Greenville presented Neema with a certificate of ordination in recogniton of the Ordination Council's recommendation.
The most exciting thing happened at this meeting that was not planned. A woman spoke of the impact of Neema upon her life and a local businessperson spoke. They basically said, "We should start a new church here in Iringa." In a few minutes, Mpeli with the encouragement and support of the other pastors and those present was announcing the start of a new church. Right then, people started making financial commitments (none of our team this was all Tanzanian)to get a place to hold the first meeting of the church.
Samuel's decision, Neema's ordination, and the birth of a church all in one day was amazing.
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Even more, the Iringa branch of the Barclay's bank wanted to do something for the children's home. So employees had come and painted the inside of the nursery school, library room, and vocational sewing center at the children's home. Their picture is shown here. This was the fourth exciting event of the day. One of the real goals as apart of the DBL Children's Home is for it to be supported by Tanzanians. We were able to witness this step as a local business invested in the lives of these children.
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