TUNDUKU | Bro Billy Mataka
Travelling Light - is the title of a song by Cliff
Richard who was born 78 years ago, like myself.
The spectrum of this ‘travelling light’ was
allowed to shine around my home, by then,
around Mtwara Region in Tanzania, and the
bearers of this light were Brothers Chris and
Philip Mundey. These Brothers came all the
way from U.K. to counsel us for two days!
Incidentally, by then Mtwara Region was cut
off from the rest of Tanzania for six months of
the rain season, therefore these Brothers had
to come by air from D’Salaam!
The product of what they planted is myself, as
current C.B.M. Brother for 29 years. However,
my friend Stephen, who was my fellow
student, is a product of God’s Word – Luke
viii:7 and myself Luke viii:8. For those who
have visited Tanzania, Tunduru District is pop-
ulated by 95% Moslems! Hence my residence
in Tunduru is a point of no return for my ‘Trav-
elling Light.’ People around me are ready to
admit that they have never come across a
Christian who BELIEVES IN ONE GOD!
USAGARA | Bro Jokta Rufano
Nowadays I’m free as I am retired from public
employment (as a teacher), but I am not
“tired” of working, especially preaching the
gospel. Also I’m dealing with environmental
reserve such as distributing several types of
tree and educating students and pupils how to
keep the environment clean.
Lastly I plead with you if possible to reprint the
Agano Jipya in Swahili as we have enthusiastic
members that cannot understand English and
so without Swahili literature it is difficult for
them to grow in the Truth. It is also difficult to
preach in the villages where English is not gen-
erally spoken.
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Note: We have reprinted Agano Jipya three
times in Swahili and appreciate it would be a
great help to many in several parts of Africa.
Alas we have so many other urgent printing
needs that we are not in a position to reprint
it at the moment - the cost would be in the
region of £2,000 for a thousand copies. MH
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Above | Usagara Ecclesia members a while back
Below left | Brethren preparing to clean the ecclesial hall - seen in the background
Below right |The Secretary of this active Ecclesia, Bro Jokta Rugano