More on Tanzania

We have had an amazing time in Tanzania and our week in Arusha has been such a blessing. The church here have been so welcoming and accepting of what we have to share. We have met with worship leaders and church leaders and this weekend will be workshopping some practical aspects of worship leadeing as well as teaching on Sunday at the church.

The lovely Maasai people in the photo are a choir we shared supper with on Thursday. Their songs were inspiring and their stories are right out of the book of Acts. We will have more to add but for now keep us in your prayers as we finish our time here and travel back to South Africa.

Fosters in Tanzania

We have been in Tanzania for just over a week. It has been an exciting and rewarding time with worship leaders from Dar Es Salaam and Iringa Vineyards. We also led worship for the Pan African Vineyard Leaders meetings during the week with leaders from all over Africa. It was great to catch up with old friends and to make new ones. Our workshops were so encouraging as we saw the first fruits of our labours. The Iringa team has been trained up by their pastor, Peter Msigwa, who has attended our workshops at conferences in SA over the years. It was so amazing to hear our words coming back to us from this team who have been taught what we teach and put it into practice in a cultural context in Tanzania. They have written 12 worship songs in Swahili that all are intimate, honest and accessible to the congregation they serve. SO EXCITING! We recorded some and will be sharing them with the rest of the Swahili speaking Vineyards.

Dar Es Salaam was hotter than anywhere I have ever been in my life and we all struggled to keep up with our schedules. We led worship at the Dar Vineyard on Sunday. It was 40*C and so humid it was hard to breathe but we had a great time with the church there. We sang in Swahili for the first time and appreciate in a new way what it takes to serve this community. Martin and Margaret and their team are so dedicated to the people of Dar as are the team from Colombus Ohio who moved here to plant a church last year and have just planted out 3 weeks ago.

Worship workshop in Dar es Salaam

Pan African Vineyard Leaders Network meeting

We left on Monday for Arusha on a 10 hour bus trip. It was a cultural experience of note. More on this part of the trip to follow.

Fosters in Africa

So we are off and into deepest darkest Africa once more. We leave for Tanzania on Monday Feb 16. If you want to hear our news and keep up with where we are and what we are up to, check this space. The plan is to meet, play, teach,  and learn from the the worship leaders and Vineyard family in Dar es Salaam and Arusha and all the places in between. We will be gone for 2 weeks so pray for us and our family we leave behind.