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.
Pan African Vineyard Leaders Network meeting
Loved the update – thanks guys for keeping up with your blog and informing us all on a whole new world you are exploring and ministering into. We love and appreciate you both. Keep up the great work and come home to us safely. We miss you.