Newsletter Oktober 2019

The farm at last is producing good passion fruit and we have had a good crop of tomatoes. The large amount of rain (not normal for us in October) has not helped the crop production, but I hope we are past the heaviest rain. We have twice had more than 5 inches (127mm). Please pray for good markets to sell the crops. Anne continues to help maasai ladies in Simendo and others in the church with her friend Teresia. There are many challenges and often some with terrible toothache or sick but we are thankful that some are growing in their wallk with the Lord. Floods have again wiped out crops and many have had no harvest and they still have no toilets. Priorities are finding food for the next meal.

Puly's dispensary is passing through difficult times as unnecessary regulations are put in place. She needs our prayers. We continue to support her as she continues to treat many sick ones from Kimashuku and is a great help. We continue to help with the education of quite a number of students and we are grateful for those who help to sponsor some of the youngsters. We are grateful for those who support us and the many needs we face around us, for your vital prayers, encouragement and love shown to us as we receive lettersand emails from quite a number. Please ccontinue to write to us. We like to hear from you.


Lots of love from Steve and Anne.

Melubo (hippopotamus boy) is back with us, having spent our time away with Abraham. His leg is progressing well. He has grown so much that he needed a new backslab and has now progressed to wearing sandals and not using crutches. He had another x-ray which showed that his fibula is now joined and tibia is nearly joined. He is now going home. He hasn't seen his mum this year. Bariki the boy stung by bees had an infected leg but it has cleared up with antibiotics. Abbas we hope to visit in December when we are going to the coast but continue to pray that he will be able to walk again. It is good to be back in Tanzania, meeting our friends and many in our church who have great love for us as we have for them. We have already had many visitors in the last month, and Anne has a new friend from Scotland called Christine. Since we are on a retirement permit here, Steve is not allowed to work and Wilibard has taken over the administration of the mission, being ably supported by Abraham. Both Wilibard and Abraham would value prayer for the increased responsibility, workloads and decisions to be made and Abraham runs the farm.