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Printing Work
The printing work at Kibidula started with the arrival of Bill Bosse in December 2013. After a couple of months of waiting and praying, the shipping container with four presses and a multitude of other equipment arrived. After much effort and perseverance, the first print job (health expo sheets for the medical missionary department and evangelism school) rolled off the press. Bill and his apprentice Yoeli are still seeking to find suppliers for all the different printing materials, such as chemicals and proper paper for the various jobs. They are also working out the fine tuning for the new press to be able to print in full color.
In less than one year of operation, two different message tracts, Steps to Christ in Swahili, business forms, medical forms, teaching syllabi, and a run of 1000 booklets to minister to Muslims have been printed.
Bill and Yoeli are also helping to bring new life to some old books, especially Bibles, using local materials and a lot of creativity. Those “new” old Bibles look like they will have many more years of bringing the Good News to the people of surrounding areas.
Graduation of Evangelism School Students (Session 2, 2014)
Graduation of the second session of the Evangelism School was on the 23rd of November, 2014. Twenty-eight students from age 20 to 62 completed the 5-month evangelism training course, including the one-month medical missionary classroom training. This group split up into two teams for three weeks of evangelism outreach. They conducted health expos, went from door to door, and held meetings. Many people made a decision to follow Christ – praise be to Him!
The students came from all parts of Tanzania, such as Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Arusha, Iringa, and many other places. Now, most of them have excitedly returned to their homes to continue to use their newly learned skills to reach many hearts with the knowledge and love of our Lord Jesus.
Avocado season has begun
We have avocados!
Just one of the benefits of working here at Kibidula is that we have first buyers rights to the avocados that are grown here. The season has begun and we have started enjoying the fruits of our labor. Many of the staff become so accustomed to the excellent quality of our avocados that when the season is over, we just can’t bring ourselves to buy the market varieties. There is NO COMPARISON AT ALL. We have excellent fruit from our trees and many of us are taking advantage of it.
Some of us have been experimenting and making bread with avocado, making creamy desserts (carob pie filling) and such. It is amazing how a little avocado can change a normal dish into something extraordinary.
So we are thankful for our producing trees, for our newly grafted trees, and for the continued growth of the orchard. Now we are seeking to make a real breakthrough in the area of marketing. We marketed last years crop, but we hope to have more this year and want to expand. We covet your prayers for God to open the door for us to have a big market share, that the sellers and the buyers in the surrounding area will recognize the superior quality (and handling) and that we will have a better way to raise funds for the evangelism efforts.
Let the building begin!
Things just don’t happen as quickly as one might like to see them happen at times, here in Tanzania. Roofing sheets were ordered for the One-Day-Church program back in January. After multiple broken-promise-dates, the materials finally arrived last week (today being May 6th!) Now the construction plans are gearing up as we are working to build 120 new One-Day Churches in addition to some other building projects. A good crew of workers showed up to count, unload and stack the new roofing sheets. We are so thankful that these needed supplies have arrived safely. Now – Let the building begin!
