The Radio Station visit

I'm going to break from the story I was telling to share some recent news with you. Last night we went to a house meeting where the pastor from Tanzania, Pastor Richard, gave a sermon. The meeting was held in the home of Wayne and Rev. Debra Zimmer. Their ministry is End Time Glory Ministries and she is the evangelist we have been working with.

Pastor Richard's sermon was about thirsting for God. Are we truly thirsting for God? If we are then we should be spending time in his presence...often. Another question is what are we doing during that time? Are we only asking for our requests to be filled? How does it feel as a parent when my child only comes to me when they want something? "Mommy, I want this. Daddy, I want that." Sometimes we just want our children to come and sit with us and visit. God feels the same. Also, when we are spending time with God, are we waiting for Him to speak to us? It is easy to pray and run as I call it. So many people say that God doesn't speak to them but are they really waiting in the quiet to hear His voice?

After the meeting, Rev. Debra ministered over Shannon and I by speaking over us. She said that Shannon would be preaching(although he has repeatedly said he doesn't feel able) and teaching the men both practically and spiritually. That I would be teaching the women and ministering to the orphans and that our time to be in Tanzania was coming swiftly. We both felt very encouraged as she gave this word. It was a great evening.

Then this afternoon, Rev. Debra, Pastor Richard, Shannon and myself, traveled to the area Christian Radio Station to meet with Dave McIver, the station manager. Dave has a heart for Africa and the station is already helping with Christian broadcasting through 5 different locations in Uganda and Ghana. We were there to share with him our visions for Mwanza of a radio station broadcasting from the same property the orphanage will be located on. He was excited to give us tour of their new building and hear of the plans we have. He also talked with us about how Praise FM can play a part in helping us with that. We will remain in touch with him through this process and look forward to a possible partnership with the station. It was fun to meet the man behind the voice that I hear on the radio each morning.

Over these past 24 hours it has become completely real that this is happening. We will be moving to Tanzania, probably by this time next year. We now are feeling an urgency to start sharing our hearts with close friends and family in hopes that they will be able to somewhat understand this heaviness on our hearts for the people and orphans of Africa.