Elder Bryant and others prepare for trip to Tanzania

Elder Bryant, Elder Charles Kitchens, and Elder Paul Blair are preparing to leave for Dar Es Salaam on the 15th of May. They expect to be gone about 10 days. Please pray for these 3 as they travel. The will be preaching to the congregation of believers regularly meeting in Dar Es Salaam with Elder Obey interpreting for them from English to Swahili.

News From Elder Obey

I talked with Brother Obey on Saturday night (12/17). It was about 8:00 A.M. in Dar Es Salaam. He was preparing for worship services in his home, where he was expecting about 15 people in attendance.

At this time he only has a cell phone for communication and contacting him is very difficult. It took a couple of days and many call attempts to get through to him. He expects to have a phone installed in his home this week. This should make contacting him a lot easier.

Mary has been very sick recently, but is now well. Obey's children love the city-especially electricity! Brother Obey will be traveling for a couple of days to return to his villiage to bring a few more items that they had left behind in their move.

Brother Obey sends his love to everyone here.

News for Elder Obey

We received a fax from Brother Obey this morning. He was sick for about a week a couple of weeks ago, but has now recovered. He sent the fax to us from Dar Es Salaam where he has been for the past week. He plans to move his family there to their new home this Wednesday. After his family is settled in their new home he will send us his new phone number.

Brother Obey states that in the few weeks he has been in Dar Es Salaam, God has opened many doors with two families ready to join with the Primitive Baptist. He will be holding worship services in his home for the time being. He is still working on the legal aspects with his government to have a Primitive Baptist church in Tanzania but seems to have made some progress.

Talked with Brother Obey Today

I talked with Brother Obey by phone today. He is doing well. He had just returned to his village from Dar Es Salaam. He still has not moved his family. The process to get his childen transferred to a new school and his wife transferred (she teaches English in school) is taking more time than he anticipated. He now hopes to move to Dar Es Salaam the middle of next week.

Quick Note from Elder Obey

Received a fax from Brother Obey a few days ago. He is doing fine. He hopes to be able to move his family to Dar Es Salaam around October 15th. Until this time he will have limited access to email. After he arrives in Dar Es Salaam, he will be working to get internet access to his new home that he is renting. Brother Sam did talk with him by phone early last week, but his phone number will soon be cut off since he is in the process of moving.

Fax From Elder Obey

Received a fax from Brother Obey this morning. He must not have access to email at this time. He says that he is very busy. He has his car and has found a house to rent for $150/month and has already paid 12 months to rent the house. He is working on moving his wife and childern to Dar Es Salaam, which he estimates will take 2-3 weeks.

Also, he will be preaching in a very big open air meeting with 800-1000 people expected to be in attendance. He asks for our prayers.

Elder Obey still searching for a house

Brother Obey has been struggling to find a house that meets his needs. He has been looking for 3 things: 1) A safe home, 2) clean water, 3) reasonable price. He thinks he has found one that meets his needs. He thinks he will get it rented on Friday. In a few days he will be returning to Mbeya and will be preaching at an open air meeting there. He expects 800-1000 people to be in attendance, including his father. This is the same area he preached at a couple of weeks ago with over 400 in attendance. He states that he has taken a lot of pictures but the internet cafe that he has been using has very old computers and slow internet access and is not able to send pictures yet. When he gets in his house and has his own internet service, he will begin sending us some pictures. Obey says hi to everybody. He will need bibles and hymn books soon.

Elder Obey gets a car!

Brother Obey emailed today saying that he received the money sent to him this week and has been able to buy a car and has a post office box. He has located a house to rent and it should be ready on Monday. He will send us another message on Monday.

Elder Obey now in Dar Es Salaam

Brother Obey emailed Bro. Sam today and said he is doing great. He wants to thank everyone for their financial support. Over the next few days he has 3 goals to accomplish. 1) Find a house to rent. 2) Buy a car. 3) Open a postal box. Brother Obey does have enough money to buy a car but will need our support for his other expenses. He hopes to have these things taken care of by Monday of next week, when he will return to his villiage to get his children to bring them to Dar Es Salaam.

He stated that God is doing great things in Tanzania. He has been preaching since he arrived in Tanzania and his wife Mary and his 4 children have expressed their desire to join the Primitive Baptist Church. 30 others in the city of Mbeya want to join with the Primitive Baptist also. Brother Obey preached to over 400 people in this city for several days in an open air meeting about a week ago. Mbeya is many hours away from Dar Es Salaam, so the vehicle is much needed for Brother Obey to travel between these sites.