Phil & Nancy were able to serve with James & Mary Kamau when they left Canada to go to Kenya in 1990. Since those early days of ministry in Kenya, the Kamau’s left Kenya to establish the training ministry in Tanzania. In the last few years Phil has been able to visit Tanzania, together with Rafik, in order to do further leadership training. In addition to his ministry of training through the ICM Seminary in Dar es Salaam, James and his team have been reaching out to the Maasai people. He passes on the following report:

“There are more than 500,000 Maasai people in Tanzania. In Sunday services, one finds mainly women and children. Maasai men are absent from the communities of faith. Yet they too are coming to faith. Mzungu, three of his brothers, and their father Sudi came to faith in Jesus when we visited their home. Around this time Mzungu with four other morans [young Maasai men aged 14-30 who are trained as warriors], were hired to guard a facility for parking trucks. Since then Mzungu has led two of the morans to faith. He is now discipling three of them, and one of the three is his uncle.

Another example of what God is doing is the story of Samson. Samson was so excited about his newfound faith that he carried his Bible wherever he went. Then his coming to the church meetings became less frequent, coming only when he had not drunk the previous night. We just about gave up on him. Unknown to us he had a serious drinking problem that was wrecking his marriage. He asked us to pray for him. Within a short while Samson became more regular in the church meetings. One day he announced that he had not drunk for a week. He said he could not stand the smell of the alcohol. He has been dry now for about two months, and still cannot stand the smell of alcohol. This has caught the attention of his former drinking friends and his family. His son has moved to a new area and this has led to the beginnings of a new community of faith there.”

Thank you for continuing to remember the ongoing ministry of ICM in Africa. If you would like more info of the various countries ICM serves in Africa, check out:  icmusa.org.