Schools Starting

I'm getting used to life in America again. Everything here is very unlike Tanzania, there everything revolves around relationships, here it's all about schedules. So that has been one of the biggest adjustments for me. School started yesterday. I'm skipping 9th grade, and doubling up on classes. My classes this year are; Algebra 2, Physics, Chemistry, Buisiness Math, Managing your life under God, Creation Science, History of Literature, Spanish, Struggle for Democracy and Drivers Ed. I think my favorite this year is going to be Literature or Drivers Ed. Everything else is a lot harder. Algebra is a slow process as always, starting at lesson 85. I have about 2 months worth of that up ahead. This tedious work load is showing me how much I need the Lord!

Back from Africa

I just got back yesterday from Africa. The plane trip was really good, even though the security was a little tight. God was really watching over us the whole time. We got there, and the people were right there at the airport ready to pick us up. We made it through customs very fast, and we didn’t have any many problems with our 2 projectors we brought along. The very second day in Tanzania, our ministry had started. We divided into two teams, “Team K” or “Team Lamb” and “Team A” or “Team Goat”. My dad lead team K, and I was the leader of team A. Our schedule was really tight. We had 16 presentations on the schedule, and we ended up doing over 30. So all the say, there wasn’t a dull moment. Since about half of those were schools. My team usually went to the schools, and my dad’s team usually went to the churches. All of the worries we had, God was helping us with. Before leaving I was really worried about the translating, and just how much responsibility that was. We were at one of the first schools, and there were about 600 students there. So we were doing our presentation ( Consisting of an introduction, 3 songs, a skit, testimonies, a short message and then the Jesus film. ), and after the Testimonies, the one of the pastors we were traveling with asked if I would share a short word with the students, and this was about 2 minutes before the “short message”. I reluctantly agreed, and I started writing down Bible verses and anything I could tell them that might point them to Christ. So I got up there, and even though everyone was laughing at almost all my attempts to speak Swahili, but from then on God was helping me with the language. By the very next day I was able to translate conversations. After that humbling moment, the pastor came up to me and said “You tried Andrew, and you are a very good empty pipe.” I think it was supposed to mean I was a vessel for the Lord or something. All along the way God was continually opening doors for our ministry as well. In total around 2000 people heard the Word of God during the trip. More than just what we were doing for the Tanzanians, God was also teaching us new things, like hospitality and the true heart of Worship. So I had a really good time. .