On aug 3 we went to do some market preaching and medical mission. When we got off the bus we were fired up and singing songs, playing with children and preaching. We had a system. Those who were preaching always had a couple of people in a group praying for them. This was for the strength of the missionaries and the Tanzanian nation.

The Coptic Orthodox Church went to a small town in Congo called Kananga many years ago. The church went many times teaching and caring for the people in this village. The people there were hungry to know more about Jesus. Many hundreds were baptized.

Matthew 6:31-32
Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?' For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

Recently, I read a beautiful story that touched me especially during this time of economic crises which hit the entire world, especially Africa. Some young people in Lebanon decided to save some money from their daily expenses to put in a box named "box of denying ourselves," which would be used to cover the needs of the orphans, widows or spiritual services. If one of them would want to buy a can of Coke, a sweet or ice cream, he would choose to deny himself and offer this money to the box. If one thought to buy new clothes or new shoes crossed his mind, he would tell himself "I do not think what I want to buy is of great necessity, so I can use my old clothes for some extra time" and he would put the money in the box....

 Some encouraging words about having a "Life of Faith"

 + To be strong in Faith, we need two things:

       1. Honest confession of our weakness.

       2. Strong feeling of God's sufficiency.

 + Our spiritual struggle to grow our faith affects greatly our judgment for things, and consequently it reveals to us the hidden mysteries of God's wisdom towards our lives and mobilizes His power to do miracles in our lives, even to break the water of challenges which face us.

God sent us a group of missionaries for different parts of the world to be with us and organize different spiritual activities to street children, orphans, mamas and babas. One of the great, fun and full of Christ days was Saturday the 24th July where the group organized an orphan's day in Kalua with around 100 orphans. They shared the bible with them, played with them and showed them the love of Christ. The group is around 15 young youth from the States, UK, UAE and Egypt.  

"Do you not say, 'There are still four months and [then] comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest”. (John 4:35)