Dear
Friend,
"To do the will of him … and to
finish his work" (Jn. 4:34)
Gospel
is reaching many regions of Tanzania. There is a new church plant going on in
Musoma through one of our Moshi Bible school graduates. Several churches are
currently constructing their own facilities. As for children ministry, kindergarten and primary school have grown upto 97 students who are presently studying
with us. This forces relocation of the school to a larger space, and
eventually construction of the permanent school premises. Computer class and
English class still attract many youths in the community because they consider
such learning opportunities as valuable investments for their employment.
EAPTC’s various school ministry efficiently penetrates the community and
introduces the light of the gospel to the locality.
Other
Swahili nations where EAPTC works are gradually catching up. Gitega Bible
training center in Burundi is currently training 15 students for the basic
discipleship course. The works in eastern DRCongo are rather slow due to
post-war syndrome prevalent throughout society, however, EAPTC workers persistently
seek to be the light that Jesus calls them to be. Besides, national leaders of the
9 African states where EAPTC is rooted are now in unison to look after the
needs of one another and are determined to grow together as a team. For this
unity, we’re indeed grateful. We can see that this is surely the move of God!
Last
school term of Nairobi kindergarten marked the lowest enrollment because of the
parents’ fear over possible post-election violence after the March poll and
their consequent reluctance to send children to school. This resulted in a shortage of school income and difficulty to pay for rents. The kindergarten desperately
needs a permanent premise, having served as the African hub of EAPTC children’s
ministry for years. Your prayers and donations of any amount for this cause
will be highly appreciated.
EAPTC
Bible training ministry keeps on running and producing sound leaders at its
extension centers in Nairobi and western Kenya, together with other centers in
operation in 8 other countries. New churches continue to spring up as the
commissioned graduates go out to villages and plant them with the support of
their mother churches. This multiplicative strategy has been proven synergy-effective
through many years of trials and testings. The methodology is also
cost-effective. Meanwhile, if you and I can back them from overseas with
matching fund givings to assist those new churches’ facility constructions, we
can easily see long-lasting fruits of our mission endeavor in Africa and other
parts of the world. Even now, EAPTC Malawi is envisioning to plant another
church in the heart of South Africa – Pretoria – , which may, in turn, become
another mother church for our Southern Africa mission.
The
Lord’s vision is marching on! You and I are proudly a part of it. Let us keep
on feeding this vision tree with our prayers and giving that it may grow deeper
and wider and cover our beloved continent of Africa and our world.
Running toward the call each and
everyday,
Paul Lee (& Eunice Jaeun)
Director, EAPTC