The students have worked diligently for a year and are finally getting their diplomas.  There is no way to describe their excitement.  Just the fact that 96 Maasai students, from deep in the village, have done something many of us never try to do or if we have,  we have taken it for granted.   We are watching a nation of people change before our very eyes.  It may look like we have sent you the second picture twice but they are different.  The “New Rescue Center ” was used as a staging area for the students.  Can you count 96 students there?  The lady inRead More →

We had just sent the money for the walls on the Rescue Center so it was a great surprise to see them already up when we arrived for graduation.  When we finished the foundation for the Multi-Purpose Building we used it for years before finishing it.  So it was a great surprise to see the walls  up and the students preparing for their walk to their graduation in this “almost a building.”  Harry made the forbidden climb to the top of our water tower and took some great pictures.  You can see the new building thru the trees.  It was a great beginning to the mostRead More →

God had told us a couple of years ago that He was going to do a “New Thing…”  It has been far reaching and we are seeing it here in M’Takooja too.  Several years ago we had started taking  girls, that excelled in the Technical School, and moving them on into the Bible School.  Now we are moving 100% of them  into the Bible School.  The majority graduating this year are those girls.  The government is now requiring technical training to go along with Biblical Theology.  They feel that a pastor should be able to support himself because most small churches are not financially ableRead More →

Church leaders that had served under Domenic thirty years ago, College Chancellors, Professors, and Government Officials all gathered with us to confer Domenic his Doctorate Degree.  He has worked hard at educating himself.  He  also has earned two Master’s Degrees and will soon start to work on his third.  In January we will be sending Esther back to school too.  She had earned a degree in elementary education but all her documentation got lost in a house fire and can not be replicated.  Because of new government regulations in both Kenya and Tanzania we need to have everyone working for us to have accreditation for the registration of our schools.Read More →

Domenic reports that the Elephant Fence is working well.  Once they encounter the fence they don’t come back. Now that the compound in Ol’Gulului is secure a garden has quickly grown up.  It provides enough food for all who live there.  Esther reports that now they no longer need to buy any food.  Maybe now they can have a milk cow too. Plans can now move forward in buildng a Rescue Center in Kenya.  Currently 40% of the girls in M’Takooja are from Kenya.  By building a center in Kenya we eliminate the need for a large faculity in Tanzania.  The cost is minuminal compared to building aRead More →

Hello everyone, This letter is to update you on the elephant fence being installed around the property in OL’Gulului. We  just received a picture of the completed fence.  They just sent us a quote for the gate.  They did not include it in the first quote.  So we owe and additional $310.  It is the same as always. When they complete a project, they have to add more money. This fence surrounds the full three acres of our property. Deo, our new Fundi, is in Kenya supervising the installation of the solar power for the fence.  He is truly a blessing in the work there. ServingRead More →

Every year in April Domenic takes the students to hold a Revival, where they put into practice all they have been learning.  This year he planned meetings in Namonga, a town that runs over the Kenya/Tanzania border. So far all the border crossings, we have made in Africa, have a port of departure in the  country you are leaving.  To exit the country you go into Passport Control and get your Pasport  stamped.  Then you walk about half a mile and enter the next country’s  “Point of Entry,” where your car or bus has already moved on to. They either look at all your bagsRead More →

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Things have been on whirl wind speed here. Our first thing to do was a trip to Moshi, before we came home, to the grocery store and to exchange money. Exchaning money is a never ending process because of the amount we are allowed every day. Then the task of unpacking the bins we store here , washing all the dishes and unpacking what we had brought with us. Sept is the most expensive time of the year for us. With two graduations and buying sewing machines for thirty-four girls graduating from the Rescue Center plus our regular school budget makes for a lot ofRead More →