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 Hi from Mike
& Lyndall ....
In
two short weeks we will be heading out to Australia! We will miss our work
here but it will be great to catch up with friends and family and share
with you in Oz what is happening over here. [see WA itinerary below if you
would like to catch up with us] 
Foundations........ "Build strong
Foundations" is what I felt I needed to say to the leaders we are
working with this year. But God had something there for Imara as well. We
are working at building strong foundations ourselves in many areas of our
work. As growth has taken place, we are needing to
build stronger capacity in Imara before the next step. What does that mean?
Foundations
for Leadership Work:
 While we have
great encouraging testimony from many pastors we work with, we have been
trying to identify 'indicators' of our progress with our unity,
discipleship and DNA work. Using indicators has not been something we have
been strong in the past but its a foundational
area we need to develop so we can see how we are going with our leaders.
Foundations
for Evangelism:
Stanley
and Paul are refining our evangelism approach somewhat. We are still using
film at night as a seed sower, but during the day we are now teaching
simple foundational truths in seminar format to the new Christians.
We are also working with youth in the Arusha area in the schools and higher
educational places.
[Stanley recently started his own church with discipleship groups as the
foundation- pray for him. this is the second we have now within our Imara
staff!]
Foundations
for HIV/AIDS:
Lyndall
and Esther and team just graduated another 14 village volunteers. We have
177 in many villages of Tanzania now. Elizabeth is coming soon to re-look  at a grant we are applying for to enable us to conduct a more
detailed and concentrated effort into two areas - Arusha and Mwika.
Lyndall says: Our team of Esther, Eva, Elijah
and myself (Lyndall), have just completed our 12th training session. We
have now trained 177. These sessions take 3 weeks: 2 weeks in the class
room and one week doing field work. This class did their field work at
Mwika, on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. It is a densely populated area and
there are many people suffering from AIDS in this area. Some we visited
Have Kaposi’s Sarcoma which is a cancer of the
connective tissues. Many of these people are living at home far from
medical treatment and the only treatment they receive is from our volunteer
health workers. The people and their families are very appreciative of the
help they receive, both physical and spiritual support.
Yesterday in Arusha, we went with one of our volunteer health workers,
Rebecca, to visit a very sick young man who was dying of AIDS. He was
suffering a lot of pain from Kaposi’s sarcoma. I have seen hell and it’s
name is Kaposi’s Sarcoma. Rebecca has
been regularly visiting this young man. By God’s grace, we were able to bring him some physical and
spiritual comfort. He died last night after our visit. We are thankful that
through the volunteers we have trained we can now reach many more people.
This is the church in action.
Other News:
We
have had our normal profusion of teams join us June  through
August. I have been pleased at how our Imara co-workers have handled things
and the teams have been a blessing in the various areas of ministry they
were involved in. It was great to have Jerry and Judy Kaye Thames with the
YP team in July... they blessed Karanse and Mwika very much. Fred and Howie
were here at the same time at Mairowa and Kondoa. Fred dedicated the water
project up at Mairowa.... so many people are blessed with that water!!
Roger  and team were
here too last week in Mwika. We will be starting building very soon on the
plot. Paul Prentice really encouraged our team last week and will be with
us again next week.
Gabbie
George is doing an internship with us for 6 months from Sydney- she is
already a help to us as we prepare for Australia. And Meagan has taken over
from Miriam to look after the 5 schools we will have next year. They are
both sharp! Welcome both of you wonderful ladies!
Prayer
Points:
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The HIV/AIDS team and the village volunteers... I don't know
how they do it when they go into the houses of the sick month after month.
Lyndall is my wife, but I have to say to you all that I hold the highest
admiration for her, Esther and the others as they pour themselves out for
those folks.
·
Jenny in Australia who is still trying to sell her farm. We
need her here!
·
Likamba: donors in the US to pick this school up
·
Us on the road in Australia.
·
Our house- to finish it well and finance for it.
Love
and blessings from us both and see some of you in Australia!
Mike
& Lyndall
Western Australia Itinerary
[Margie Brookman [ kdma@westnet.com.au +61 417963827]
in WA can make bookings if would like to like to hear or talk with us]
Sunday 2nd September
Lyndall
Grace Church Bunbury [Dave Moore]
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Mike Vineyard
Australind [Danny Sullivan]
Wednesday 5thSeptember
both
Augusta
Church (Trevor & Carol MacIntyre) 1.30
informal at MacIntyres
Thursday 6th
September
both
Plantagenet Family Church [George & Hillary Hartley]
Friday 7th
September
both King
River Fellowship, Albany [Mac & Maureen Cameron]
Sunday 9th
September
Mike Denmark
Family Church [Nick & Chris Robinson]
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Lyndall Kendenup Fam Church [Kevin
& Kerry Watterson]
Wednesday 12th
September
both Metricup – Paul & Mandy French
Sept 13th, 14th, 15th ?
Down South, Busselton Noel & Steph Kara to advise
Sunday 16th
September
both Blackwood
Family Church combined with Boyup
Wednesday 19th
September
both Jim
Wall Donnybrook home group
Sunday 23rd
September
both Lake
Joondalup Baptist Church
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Evening
both
Church of the Living Water Mandurah – Dave
Hunt
Sunday 30th
September
both Church
of Christ Warwick
Wednesday 3rd
October
both Kathy
Lamp home group
Sunday 7th
October
both West
Coast Fellowship [Phil and June Allen]
Wednesday 10th
Oct
both Cornerstone
Church? [Peter & Lesley Hack]
Sunday 14th
October both House
of Glory [Mike & Edna Walter]
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both Gin
Gin Fellowship 3.30pm afternoon tea at Judy De Vries
Wednesday 17th October
Depart for Newcastle
17th – 31st
October Newcastle
Wednesday 31st
October
Depart for Auckland
Saturday 10th
November Return
to Perth
Friday/Saturday 16th-17th
Nov Perth
MissionOz Imara Conference
Sunday 18th
November
both Wembley Downs Baptist Church – [John & June
Matthews]
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