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MAKTABA
"Library" (in Swahili)
After arriving in Kigoma in June of 2018, we began to get settled and figure out life in this new part of the world. After much prayer, the Lord led us to open a reading room/library in UJIJI as sort of an OUTPOST for the Gospel. We found a good location near the center of town which was also very close to the Livingstone museum. We rented a small store front and after a little paint and cleaning, we opened "Maktaba ya Nuru ya Ulimwengu" which means, "The Light of the World Library" on December 3, 2018. .
We have over 100 books including Bibles, commentaries, topical, Bible dictionaries, and many other books to help Muslims understand the Bible, all in Swahili. Some of the authors are William Macdonald, Don Flemming, David Gooding, John Lennox, John Piper, John Stott, and many others. We recently received "Believers Bible Commentary" by William Macdonald on the New Testament in Swahili! We also show "The King of Glory" video and "The Jesus Film" most afternoons.
We give out reading glasses for free, which has opened the way for Muslims to come in without a religious or spiritual reason. We give out reading glasses almost every single day, and everyone leaves with a free Gideon NT and tract!
Children come in most days after school to color pictures (which we provide), or watch "The King of Glory" and other Gospel focused videos in Swahili.
At the "MAKTABA YA NURU YA ULIMWENGU" in Ujiji, we are sowing the Good Seed of the Gospel, and showing the love of Christ to our Muslim neighbors. Let's pray for this work, and the many who have received the Scriptures, that the True Light (Jesus) will shine into their hearts and lives and their spiritual eyes would be opened!
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