TOT week!

In 2005 I met with many of you sharing the vision of reaching the lost of the slums of Arusha. I talked about poverty, without having seen it firsthand, and talked about the needs and the opportunities.

In December 2005 God provided the last of my support.

In January 2006 I spent a month in CO getting the last bit of my training that was needed before I left for Tanzania.

February and March I said my goodbyes and on March 22 I boarded that plane.

Thus started hours and days and months of preparation for this week. Weeks and months of courses to learn the language, the culture, and the ways of this foreign land. I saw the poverty first hand, I smelled it and in some cases...I tasted it. Countless hours have gone into building relationships and praying over this community...we have shared bit by bit and had the vision seminar and last week took the women to a rural community.

And here it is. The moment. The week long seminar that is the springboard for ongoing training. If all goes well this week, a committee of nationals will develop. This committee will be the heart behind this project, and in addition to a committee hopefully people will step forward to be the actual trainers of their neighbors. And lives will be transformed.

My life has been transformed in the last 20 months. Pray that lives will continue to be transformed, that those living in poverty will know the richness of Christ, and they will see how He can transform their community.