John Kinlaw

It was an exciting day as Isaac, Sam, Katie, and me (John) left TZ for a one month trip to the US. The last time some of us were in the US was back in the summer of 2022! Jennifer stayed back with Elaina, and Gracie in Kigoma as we persevered through the uncertainty of a needed visa for Grace to come with us to the US. Silly Grace has asked several times, “Daddy coming home??” The house in Kigoma has been quiet without all of us not there! That is all about to change this week. Tuesday we...

(Above: Jennifer greeting the Sunday School class in Kizenga last week) Greetings from Kigoma, Tanzania! The past several weeks have been very "eventful"! We have several things to catch you up on, things to praise the Lord for, and things for which we are waiting in ANTICIPATION. The biggest item that we must talk about first is the visa appointment for Grace to get a tourist visa to travel with us to the US for a furlough. We received Grace's passport in less than a week and a half! We were...

Happy New Year to Everyone! We are doing well out here in northwest Tanzania :) We are seeing progress in some areas of ministry which has been very encouraging. Progress is a wonderful thing, especially when things have moved slowly for a long time! We praise the Lord! In Kizenga we are seeing some "progress" which is really spiritual fruit. This small village assembly is still weak, with one elder, and few adults, but we are seeing some of the saints stepping up in various ways. One young...