Thursday, September 22, 2005

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.

Monday, September 19, 2005

Saturday, September 17, 2005

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.

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

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.

Monday, September 05, 2005

News from Elder Obey

Brother Obey sent an email on Monday morning. He is doing great. He has just finished an open air preaching meeting and is very tired. He stated the preaching was so successful.. more than 400 attended and our doctrine was very well believed. He was also able to verify that he did receive the money transfer to his account. His greatest need at this time is a car as he is already very tired of walking on foot. He plans to go to Dar Es Salaam in about 4 days to rent a house and look for a car to buy. He really misses America, and stated that life there is very poor. But all in all God has been with him. He sends greetings to Vestavia Church. He is also missing ice cream.