Tanzania

After we were welcomed to Chamwino by St. Peter's, I accompanied Quest Elder Barbara Lundquist; Dr. Kati Szego, a former pupil of Barb's and current professor of Music at Memorial University in Canada; Karl Dreschler, a Seattlite who will be living for a year in Chamwino while working on behalf of Chamwino Connect; Lewis Kashiri, a man from Zimbabwe who also plans on assisting the project in Chamwino; and Zachary Gerald to our next stop. The musical folks in our party had arranged a visit with a remarkable group of women singers, the Muh Eme singers. As we traveled, we were accompanied by Pastor Daniel Meshach, the amazing Nassan Mazengo and Rev. Eubert Nyembela. After a few years of reading names printed on paper, it was great to meet many of these folks in real life. [caption id="attachment_290" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Left to right pictured are Kedmon's mother, Pastor Daniel, Pastor Nyembela, Barb, Kati, Karl (standing) and myself.

Just over two weeks ago, I made my way out of the airport in Dar es Salaam and into the waiting arms of Barbara Lundquist and a local friend, Zach Gerald. Pitching my trusty backpack and a bag of donated clothes into the back of our vehicle, we headed for Prof. Mitch Strumpf's house and early the next morning set out for the village of Chamwino. What does it mean to build partnership with a parish halfway around the world? I was about to find out. As we approached St. Peter's Church, we were greeted with song and dancing. [caption id="attachment_284" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="A few of the folks gathered at St. Peter's. The woman on the far right is Kedmon Mapana's mother!"][/caption]

Along the way, St. Peter's Pastor, Pastor Daniel Meshach, joined us for a song.

Picture Below: St. Peter's Anglican Church in Chamwino, Tanzania.  Currently, the church is under construction and nearing completion.  With this trip, funds from Quest Church will be sent to bring a regular water supply to the building which will also be used as a preschool, and to construct toilets!

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Brian and Nicole Hickory along with Barbara Lundquist, returned Monday from their trip to Tanzania, hoping to spend two week's time working with building relationships with the village of Chamweno, and discerning their call to global presence work as a couple. What was it like? Read on for their blog posts on the experience, and welcome them back this Sunday at the 5pm.

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Questers Brian and Nicole Hickory are set to head for Tanzania this July to partner in setting up long term relationships with people in the village of Chamwino, and to explore God's call to mission on their own lives. Please read their support letter below, and prayerfully consider supporting them through prayer, encouragment, and financial giving.

 

 

As summer swiftly approaches, we have many opportunities for you to participate in what is going on around the world. Please review the updates and action items below, we hope you can join us!  In particular, the MISSIONARY BREAKFAST with the S family, who are building relationships in Central Asia, will replace our regular second Monday meeting. There will be NO GP MEETING ON JUNE 9. 

MISSIONARY BREAKFAST
Please join us as we welcome the S family (because they serve in Central Asia, we cannot mention their name and location via email. Feel free to call the office for more details) this SATURDAY, MAY 31 in Q Cafe from 10:30 am to Noon.  They will be sharing about their work in Central Asia and how we can be praying for them. 

SUMMER VISIONARIES MEETING