Rain
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
2 Peter 3:18
We are receiving heavy rain here every day now. The clouds move in quickly and a light drizzle turns to heavy, pelting drops that build in intensity and volume as they fall upon our tin roofs. Our dirt roads turn to mud so that mamas and their babies slip and slide as they walk home from school. When we see the rain coming we grab our buckets and set them out to be filled and used for washing the floors and doing laundry. And when the storm is over and the sun comes back out, everything is more vibrant, more alive than it was before.
We found out this week that a large church in Oklahoma has agreed to support Junior in his seminary education at Texas Christian University. This was news we have been hoping and praying for over the past year and a half and when I heard, it almost seemed too good to be true. After a year and a half of phone calls, paperwork, emails, traveling, fundraising, praying- we finally have enough to get both Frank and Junior to the states for seminary. And yet we are still holding our breath, waiting for the other shoe to drop. I know many of you have been following my blog, many of you met Frank over the holidays, and many of you even donated towards this effort and I want to thank you. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for caring about my work and for caring about Frank and Junior. And I want to ask you now for your prayers. Pray for Frank and Junior and the team of people in the US who are working on their behalf as they continue on through the admission process. We crossed a huge hurdle this week, but we are not at the finish line yet.
While we plan to send Frank and Junior to the US this summer, I will be staying here in Tanzania. In July, after a short visit home, I plan to enroll in a five month Swahili course at the ELCT (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania) Junior Seminary here in Morogoro. Currently, I am in the process of applying for other missionary and teaching jobs in Tanzania that will allow me to continue to follow my calling for mission work. Having a strong understanding of Swahili will be of great value to me as I expect to continue serving here, at least for the foreseeable future. I ask for your continued prayers as I finish out my year here in Morogoro and as I seek out the place that God is calling me to next.
Over the past year I've faced my own rainy seasons. I've been caught in storms of sickness and corruption and loneliness and pessimism. Storms that were so dark and so loud, it seemed they would never end. But they always do. And when they are over, I am filled with more vibrancy and life than before. I am stronger, wiser, and more prepared to face the next storm. As much as they may scare us, we need rainy seasons in our life. Without challenges and obstacles, we remain stagnant. We don't grow. And what is life without growth?
Mungu akubariki,
Allee
2 Peter 3:18
We are receiving heavy rain here every day now. The clouds move in quickly and a light drizzle turns to heavy, pelting drops that build in intensity and volume as they fall upon our tin roofs. Our dirt roads turn to mud so that mamas and their babies slip and slide as they walk home from school. When we see the rain coming we grab our buckets and set them out to be filled and used for washing the floors and doing laundry. And when the storm is over and the sun comes back out, everything is more vibrant, more alive than it was before.
We found out this week that a large church in Oklahoma has agreed to support Junior in his seminary education at Texas Christian University. This was news we have been hoping and praying for over the past year and a half and when I heard, it almost seemed too good to be true. After a year and a half of phone calls, paperwork, emails, traveling, fundraising, praying- we finally have enough to get both Frank and Junior to the states for seminary. And yet we are still holding our breath, waiting for the other shoe to drop. I know many of you have been following my blog, many of you met Frank over the holidays, and many of you even donated towards this effort and I want to thank you. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for caring about my work and for caring about Frank and Junior. And I want to ask you now for your prayers. Pray for Frank and Junior and the team of people in the US who are working on their behalf as they continue on through the admission process. We crossed a huge hurdle this week, but we are not at the finish line yet.
While we plan to send Frank and Junior to the US this summer, I will be staying here in Tanzania. In July, after a short visit home, I plan to enroll in a five month Swahili course at the ELCT (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania) Junior Seminary here in Morogoro. Currently, I am in the process of applying for other missionary and teaching jobs in Tanzania that will allow me to continue to follow my calling for mission work. Having a strong understanding of Swahili will be of great value to me as I expect to continue serving here, at least for the foreseeable future. I ask for your continued prayers as I finish out my year here in Morogoro and as I seek out the place that God is calling me to next.
Over the past year I've faced my own rainy seasons. I've been caught in storms of sickness and corruption and loneliness and pessimism. Storms that were so dark and so loud, it seemed they would never end. But they always do. And when they are over, I am filled with more vibrancy and life than before. I am stronger, wiser, and more prepared to face the next storm. As much as they may scare us, we need rainy seasons in our life. Without challenges and obstacles, we remain stagnant. We don't grow. And what is life without growth?
Mungu akubariki,
Allee
If you would like to donate towards my work in Tanzania, you can send donations electronically through the Venmo app.
My username is @Alison-Gomulka.
If you would prefer to send a check, you can mail it to
Alison Gomulka
15601 Shady Brook Lane
College Station, TX
77845
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