Image from the 9/5/2022 KILIMANJARO MISSIONS AUGUST 2022 newsletter.
Introduction
I have mentioned in several articles that Mrs. Appalachian Irishman and I were part of a three-family mission team called Mission Moscow. We served in Moscow, Klin, and surrounding areas from 10/1/1994 to 9/30/1999. (I may write a book about mission work, which would include our initial short-term mission work in Jamaica, my short-term mission work in India, and our five years in Russia.) Under the maxim that a person is either a missionary or a mission area, we are still missionaries.
This article honors the missionary service of the Stafford family in Tanzania, Africa. I have added KILIMANJARO MISSIONS - the Stafford family, in Moshi, Tanzania, in my “Folks, to Whom I Subscribe” section.
The Stafford Family
The daughter of one of the families, on the Mission Moscow team, was a wonderful Christian young lady, when we knew her back in Russia. Jessica, we remember you very well!
That young lady has grown into a Christian wife, mother, and missionary. Mrs. Appalachian Irishman and I were elated to learn that the Stafford family began their mission work in June, at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro!
Moshi Town, North Tanzania, Africa
The Stafford family bases their missionary service in Moshi Town, in northeast Tanzania, on the continent of Africa. They minister widely in several surrounding communities. I had known that Tanzania was in Africa, but I didn't know where exactly.
Explore Tanzania has information about Moshi Town and Tanzania in general. Destinations: Moshi Town, North Tanzania describes Moshi Town and locates the town on a map. Moshi Town is near and south of Mount Kilimanjaro. (I imagine visiting and hiking Mount Kilimanjaro!)
Kilimanjaro Missions
The Stafford family shares contact information, newsletters, and updates. You may subscribe to and view their newsletters at Kilimanjaro Missions: Email Campaign Archive. (Just click the “join our mailing list” button and fill out your email information, as I did.) As of this entry, there have been seven newsletters on that website so far.
Their Facebook link is Kilimanjaro Missions, for those who have Facebook accounts. (Interestingly, I had forgotten to “like” that page until today!) Kilimanjaro Missions has daily news and updates, which include some humor.
Hey, Jessica! What is the name of y'all's new “security guard?” He looks like a good puppy! Please tell me his name! Also, we're glad that y'all found a house! It will become the home of a fine Christian family, with many, many guests!
By the way, Jessica, I “stole” the photograph in this article, from y'all's 9/5/2022 KILIMANJARO MISSIONS AUGUST 2022” newsletter! I hope that you don't sue me!
Conclusion
A person is either a missionary or a mission area. Mrs. Appalachian Irishman and I have done cross-cultural mission work in Jamaica at first, then for five years in Russia. I did cross-cultural mission work in India. This little article further inspires my desire to write a book on the topic. Maybe I will.
The Stafford family is doing cross-cultural mission work in Tanzania now. May the Lord bless them in His service! Lost souls will see Jesus in them. I know. Several churches will be blessed by their ministry. Seed is being planted well on good soil.
Are you, dear reader, a missionary, or a mission area? There are only two choices. If you are a mission area and would like me to help you know how to become a missionary, please use my “Contact Form” to reach me. I'm just one poor beggar, saved by God's grace, who tries to help other poor beggars find the Bread of Life.
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2 comments:
Thank you for your article! We appreciate all the likes/shares/“press” we can get, not just for ourselves but for the work in Tanzania at large. We have long desired the opportunity to come here. The Lord is good to us. Our family has been so very supportive, and the brethren we visited in America were so encouraging! Blessed doesn’t cover it; we pray we will be useful to the Lord in any way He sees fit.
Thank you “anonymous” (whom I know well)! Your family and you are in service to the Lord, according to His will for you all, as missionaries! You all, and the Lord's work in Tanzania, are in our prayers, daily. The kingdom of God is enlarged by your work.
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