Grace and Peace to you friends.
As we begin this new year, I want to take a moment to look back at the graduation of the 2025 class from the Bear Valley Bible Institute International in Arusha (aka ACSOP). It was a day of great joy because it was the graduation ceremony for a Kiswahili class of preaching students, joined by a class of graduates from Kisongo Bible School.
Fourteen students from ACSOP were supposed to graduate, but tragically one student, Jacob Elias Ng'homange, passed away in an accident. We still honored Jacob by a moment of silence, and by placing his portrait in the chair that he should have occupied during the ceremony. Additionally, the family of God had made sure that Jacob’s family will be taken care of for years to come.
We had many visitors from different places for the ceremony, and more than 200 people attended. The ceremony featured several speakers that traveled from America, including Harold Pirtle, Sid Altman, Harold Rhodes, and myself. Now the school is closed and will be reopened in the second week of February next year, and we are expecting to enroll many students. Now take a look at some of the year-end numbers for 2025:
The Year-End Numbers - 2025
34 Students in the Bachelor’s Program
14 Graduated from ACSOP
12 Students in the Master’s Program
6 Students in the Cy Stafford School of Leadership
5 Graduated from Kisongo Bible School
164 Baptisms
192 Restorations
43 Seminars
2 Camps Hosted - Tanzania Christian Camp and Future Preacher Training Camp
Lastly, I’d like to give you an update on the Imani Focus Foundation orphanage, since many of you participated in helping it last year. The land has been purchased and construction is coming along nicely. God has truly blessed this effort, and soon Imani Focus will have a wonderful new facility with plenty of room for expansion and growth to help numerous children receive the love and care of God’s family. You can see a picture below.
Thank you for your support, encouragement, and prayers. May God bless our efforts together in the coming year!
Till all have heard,
Daniel Gaines
Mission Coordinator
Tanzania Missions
