Year End Reflections

 

Grace and Peace to you friends.  I hope that your new year is off to a great start!  Looking back on 2022 in Tanzania Missions brings excitement over all of the things that happened.   Notice some of these highlights: The Stafford School of Leadership officially opened and began classes Tiffany and I both had the opportunity to promote missions on campus while teaching some courses at Freed-Hardeman University Noel and Jessica Stafford, along with their children, have gotten settled in at Moshi, and are ready to be a big boost to the church there in the coming year.  The Andrew Connally School of Preaching graduated 12 English-speaking students and 22 Swahili-speaking students will be coming back for their senior year.   544 Baptisms 361 Restorations 6 new church plants 2 restored congregations 71 total congregations associated directly with the mission Hosted seminars with Dr. Jim Gardner on Foundation of Faith and Dr. Neil Richey on Christians and Mental Health  Hosted the annual Tanzania Leadership Conference Hosted two camps - Tanzania Christian Camp and Future Preacher Training Camp Built new church buildings for the congregations at Dodoma Miuji, Imalamagigo, Lugeye, and Merelani, and helped with improvements for several others Launched the Tanzania Legacy Endowment Fund   What a year!  Now, I can't wait to see all that 2023 brings to the Lord's kingdom in East Africa!       As I mentioned in the video attached to this report, we are looking for more people or congregations to join us in the ultimate sustainability project for the Andrew Connally School of Preaching.  If we can get 193 more donations of $10,000 then we'll consider the Tanzania Legacy Fund fully funded.  Even if you can't give that much personally, could you be a temporary. fund-raiser?  Perhaps you could organize 9 families from your circle that could each set aside $100 per month this year.  Then at the end of the year, your group would have raised $10,800!  As a principal gift to the Legacy Fund, that contribution would provide perpetual funding for ACSOP to ensure that it will always be able to fulfill its mission of training African evangelists.       Thank you for your interest and prayers, and for being partners in the work of the Kingdom.  May God bless you.  Till all have heard, Daniel Gaines Mission Coordinator Tanzania Missions