Kisesa FMC-It's time to build a sanctuary for our God!

"Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish."
Jean De La Fontaine

The Maasai FMC Continues to receive blessings.

Rev.Dr.Glenn Lorenz from Arizona, USA, teaching some of the members of the Maasai FMC the Word of God.

Kisesa FMC-Let the stones roll!

A Season For Everything!

Doug Firebaugh, Author, Trainer, Network Marketing Guru once said, “The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving." I fully agree with him. I have given my best to the ministry in the last ten years. I have stretched my intellectual and physical capacity and put into practice every single ministry strategy that I knew. I have seen the Lord blessing the work of my hands together with the people that I have served with. The Lord has blessed me with a wonderful team of leaders both on the national and international level. There have been good and bad moments but like Joshua, today I can faithfully say that not one of all the promises that the Lord gave me, has not been fulfilled.

Well, In Proverbs 29:18 King Solomon says, "Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Bob Moore, The Effectiveness Coach ®, author of Turning Good People into Top Talent, adds on this and says “Vision without action is a daydream, Action without vision is confusion”. Brothers and Sisters, It’s time for me to move on. History will judge me harshly if I do not take another step of faith and achieve what I wholeheartedly believe that the Lord is leading me to. I feel that I need to make a bold move and finish my studies. So my prayer and request to all my friends is that you may join me in praying for God’s will to be done in this important step in my life.

I fully agree with Lord John Dalberg Acton who said “A wise person does at once what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing, only at different times.” On the same note, Oliver Wendell Holmes said "Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow."

Pray that God’s will may done in my life and family. Thanks for being my friend.

The following links will enable you to see and listen to some of my passions:

http://www.fmwm.org/resources/index/videos/testify_video.php
http://www.layhillfmc.org/multimedia.html

Visitors from Cornerstone & Light and Life FMC

"It takes God and friends like you to see such programs running succesfully" Bro.Mlumba seems to be telling the visitors from the West.Bro.John Davey, head of Missions in the Cornerstone FMC-UK and Rev.Dr.Glenn Lorenz from the Light & Life FMC in Arizona-USA having a light moment with Bro.Raphael Mlumba, head of the Nuru Na Maisha Study Center of the Free Methodist Church--Nyasaka, Mwanza, Tanzania.

Rev.Andrew Belshaw teaching the FMBC students.
Rev.Andrew Belshaw, Senior Pastor of the Cornerstone FMC in UK poses for a group photo with the students of the Free Methodist Bible College in Mwanza Tanzania when he visited them and facilitated a seminar on Discpleship. The seminar was a life-changing experience for all the faculty and students of the FMBC.

Gigantic Mugumo Trees Grow From Tiny Seedlings!

Like many churches in Africa, the Jellys FMC has started under a mango tree. Pastor Josephat Michael Ntampaka, the deputy National Superintendent of the Free Methodist Church in Tanzania visits the people who live near the Jellys School and shares the Word of God with them. He then invites them to join him on Sunday under the mango tree for worship. Attendance varies each Sunday. On a sunny morning he can have up to twenty people. On a rainy day like yesterday he ends up with less than 10 people in the worship service. For him, it is not the numbers that matter but his faithfulness to his calling! Like the gigantic Mugumo trees that grow from tiny seedlings, the Jellys FMC hopes to grow and become a "gigantic" church in future!

Joshua & William attend Leadership seminar.

Outgoing leader of the Maasai FMC William Joseph Ole Oongowarak and the new leader Joshua Ole Ngelin were among the 20 leaders of the Free Methodist Church in Tanzania who attended a one-week leadership seminar that was held in Mwanza. Leadership lessons from the letters of Paul to Timothy and Titus were explored.

It is never too late to learn.

For Latang Lendemi, Ongoswe Tesi and Naranta Barimba life will never be the same again. They are serious students. They want to know how to read and write their names. They want to be able to write to their friends back in Longido. But above everything else, they want to be able to read their Bibles. Because of these reasons they come to class everyday!

Maasai Literacy class in progress.

Joseph Musuma Marwa teaching the members of the Maasai FMC how to read and write. They meet everyday between 9.00 am and 12:00 p.m.Pray that a classroom may be found so that rains may not continue disrupting their learning.

MAASAI FMC GETS A NEW LEADER!

Members of the Maasai FMC praising God this morning.
Joshua Ole Ngelin was today installed as the new leader of the Maasai FMC. He takes over from William Joseph Ole Oongowarak who is going to Kalemera Empowering Lives International to learn the Word of God and some vocational skills.
Joseph Musuma Marwa, a third year Free Methodist student at the Nassa Theological College will be with the Maasai FMC for the next two and a half months. He will be doing his "term out" practical work.

He is Risen!

The LSFM celebrated the resurrection of Christ in style. The members sung songs from all the ethnic groups that were represented. Poems were recited and a skit was presented by the youth. All these had one theme--Jesus Christ is risen!



After the worship service the children were served with food!!!!!!!!!!

Kisesa FMC-Still going Strong!

On Wednesday 12th this month I managed to visit the Kisesa FMC to see how they were progressing. I found the wife of our lay Pastor, Benedicto havinga Bible study session with a few members of the church. They narrated to me how the rains had caused havoc in their area and destroyed crops. Many farmers are having to work on their farms again hoping that the rains will not repeat the destruction.

The Kisesa FMC meets in a house that is thatched with reeds on the inside and grass on top.About 22 adults meet for worship on a normal Sunday morning.

Liberty Institute Holds A Leadership Seminar in Mwanza.

The Liberty Institute of Tanzania in conjunction with the Sapphire Leadership Group of the USA organized and held a very successful seminar in Mwanza, Tanzania between April 3rd -6th. The main facilitator of the seminar, Arthur Burk, explored the theme " How a Leader Changes Values" with the participants to the maximum. The seminar participants really appreciated Bro. Burk's vast knowledge in many academic fields and requested that he returns to Tanzania again to teach them more.

The seminar was graced and opened officially by the Mwanza Regional Commissioner, Dr. Peter Toima Kiroya.

Leadership Seminar Comes to A Successful Close.

The seminar participants seated in groups discussing various concepts that they learned from the seminar facilitator, Arthur Burk.
Father Renatus Nkwande, the Director of Self-help projects in the Catholic Arch-diocese of Mwanza, presenting leadership certificates to the seminar participants. Assisting him is Bro. Arthur Burk, CEO of the Sapphire Leadership Group of USA.
The seminar participants seated in groups discussing various concepts that they learned from the seminar facilitator, Arthur Burk.

The Leadership seminar organized by the Liberty Institute in conjuction with the Sapphire group of USA came to a very successful close on Thursday evening. The seminar was closed by Father Renatus Nkwande who represented Bishop Anthony Mayala of the Catholic Arch-diocese of Mwanza.

FMBC's FIRST GRADUANTS

The FMBC class of 2002-2006 celebrating after finishing their final exams last Friday.


The FMBC teachers and students of the 2002- 2006 class in their final worship/celebration service. The farewell sermon was delivered by Rev. Dave Shuit, the Regional Representative of the Africa Inland Mission. He preached from Isaiah 10. He called on them not to fear because God is with them."So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Isaiah 10


The top students in the graduating class, Rev. Fedhelina Mlongecha and Pastor Conrad Edmund posing for a picture with the FMBC Principal (Center).
The FMCT National Superintendent, Pastor Fabian Kikoko presenting a gift to one of the graduants, Pastor Balibanga Daniel for exemplary academic performance.

Geita- The Spirit of God is Moving!

Micah 7:7 "But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me."

Pastor Conrad Edmund today shared from the book of Micah 7:7. He called on his parishoners to wait on the Lord under all circumstances.

After the sermon, six people came forward to be prayed for. Praise God for the Geita FMC.