Dear
Prayer Partners,
Goodbyes
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| Nicole and I receiving "Goodbye gifts" from our church family. |
After
a wonderfully blessed time of being reunited with family and church friends, we
have now just begun reporting to our churches.
In early December, our ministry partners, Rodney and Lynn Myers, returned
to Tanzania and transitioned back into the ministry in Ndatu. At our last service at Ndatu Baptist Church,
we had over 70 in attendance! It was a
special service where we formally recognized Rodney as the new pastor, and we
said “goodbye” to those we have grown to love so dearly. A few days later, we boarded a plane and
returned to the United States to enjoy the holiday season with our family.
Future Plans
Scripture clearly teaches not to
presume on the future but rather to say, “If the Lord will, we shall live, and
do this, or that.” So at this point we
are making plans for our second term, while acknoweldging joyfully that our
lives are in the Lord’s hands. We are
planning to move from the Arusha area and the Meru tribe, to the region of
Manyara and the Datooga (Barabaig) tribe.
We will need God’s grace and wisdom as we seek to begin a new work in
the village of Magugu. Would you pray
that God would prepare us, as a family, and that he would give us godly and
commited national believers to partner with us in this endeavor. Also please pray
for safety and a fruitful time of ministry as we report to churches over the
next several months.
In Christ,
Aaron and Nicole Shipe
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