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TONGAREN | Sis Monicah Situma
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be in C.B.M. and I will always be there and
ready to do the work of God. May God guide
me as I walk towards the coming Kingdom,
your newly baptised sister.
Sis Monicah’s baptism
| Bro Isaac Kapa
Tongaren is very strong in faith as we walk
through the wilderness of this world,
longing for the Kingdom. Below is the
photo of the Bible School we held at Lela
Children’s Home, Kamukuywa, Rift Valley
area. The attendances were 172 brothers,
sisters and friends from all over Rift Valley
Ecclesias. In that very Bible School we had
17 baptisms.
Rift as a whole is growing rapidly, for it now
has 525 members, but many of the Ecclesial
buildings are still temporary. We pray that
God will open ways so that some of the
Ecclesias may build permanent structures
to avoid serious damage and deterioration.
I would again request the Swahili Bibles for
newly baptised members. May God bless
you all.
News from Nigeria
OHAFIA | Bro Gaius U Egwu
Greetings of love and peace in the wonderful
name of YAHWEH and the hope we share
together in Christ Jesus.
With gratitude of heart I thank you so much
for all your support that you always render to
me and to those we love in our small Ecclesia,
both spiritually and physically. The good God
will always reward you. (‘The bread cast upon
the waters you will find after many days,’
Eccl. 11:1 and Isaiah 32:20). Once again, thank
you so much.
Yes, we have cultivated and planted Cassava
and what you sent really helped me in settling
those who work with me in preparing the
ground. In our area anything that you plant
needs fertiliser, but to get it you need a sum
of money and mostly it is at the hand of a
politician, which makes it hard and costly to
get. In fact, things are getting worse every day
here, but all is directing us to ‘the consolation
of the faithful. Therefore let us not grow
weary while doing good’ – (attending Ecclesial
meetings, helping those in need and the weak
in faith, praying for brothers and sisters all
over the world) – ‘for in due season we shall
reap if we do not lose heart’ (when we will be
rewarded in God’s Kingdom, when we shall see
His face and be like Him), ‘that in the dispen-
sation of the fullness of time He might gather
together in one all things in Christ, both
which are in heaven and which are on earth,
in Him. In whom we were made His heritage,
having been foreordained according to the
purpose of Him who does all things after the
counsel of His will.’
Beloved, I do not cease to give thanks for you
in my prayers: may the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with you all.
If the Lord permit, I will send you the picture
of our Cassava Farm, but the one I enclose
now was taken at our fraternal gathering, with
beloved brother Ibeka Thoms and his two
children, David and Leah, and my own two
children, Emmanuel and Comfort, pictured
opposite.