Tanzanian thoughts

Hamjambo, habari gani? (Hello, how are you?)

As I was cleaning out a maple tree farm from the gutters of my garage and unclogging my downspouts Wednesday afternoon, I was thinking about two things. Our exciting trip to Tanzania coming up in about five short days and Matthew 13: 3-13 , The parable of the sower.

Unlike here where everything grows everywhere, even in the cracks of the driveway, Tanzania has difficulty providing some of the basic crops because of poor soil conditions. But while I was looking out over all the green lawns from the garage roof, I realized that we will be visiting with people in Tanzania who have hearts of good soil. And they are yielding crops, some a hundredfold!

Maybe some of the seeds that may have dried out in my own heart, like the maple seeds in the dry part of my garage gutter, will come alive again during our exciting life-long relationship with our new partners in Christ! I look forward to our trip and look forward also in sharing the wealth that we will bring back to Salem.

Kwaheri, Asante sana (Goodbye, Thank you very much)

Steve