{"id":3658,"date":"2019-12-29T10:29:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T16:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hopeold.tadtime.dev\/?p=3658"},"modified":"2021-03-08T13:30:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T19:30:43","slug":"3658-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopeministries.co\/3658-2\/","title":{"rendered":"December 29"},"content":{"rendered":"

I called a taxi driver to come get me to go to church.\u00a0 <\/span>He arrived early and joined me for some coffee.\u00a0 <\/span>He asked where I was going and I said I was going to church. He said he was really surprised that I was an American and that I was going to church. He says he has asked many Americans what religion they are and most of them say I have no religion so he was surprised I was going to church.\u00a0 <\/span>As I arrived in church and was praying my heart was sad to hear about what my driver had said about my home country.\u00a0 <\/span>Tanzania is a country full of poverty and hardships yet their faith is strong and that is what sustains them. I thought…..so do we have too much, do we take things for granted and why have so many in my country strayed from their faith. <\/span><\/p>\n

As I looked at the altar I saw the words Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. \u00a0 <\/span>This is what Jesus brings to us, and to think that many people are missing the true meaning of this Christmas season.\u00a0 <\/span>We need to open our hearts and let Jesus in.\u00a0 <\/span>I ask that each of you search your hearts and come back to the church so that you can experience HIS Hope, Peace, Joy and Love.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I was excited when I returned to my lodge that a long time friend Paul came to visit me.\u00a0 <\/span>It was so good to catch up and reminisce about the times we worked together here in Africa.\u00a0 <\/span>He is a lovely man with a very kind heart.\u00a0 <\/span>I have known him for about 10 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Then my dearest friend Sister Renatus came to visit me.\u00a0 <\/span>She is my strongest prayer friend and whenever I need some prayers I always contact her.\u00a0 <\/span>She was the one that gave me the beautiful gift of her rosary about a year ago.\u00a0 <\/span>I have never had a more special gift given to me.\u00a0 <\/span>I had to treat her with some topical and oral medication because she had a bad rash on her face.\u00a0 <\/span>Looks like she come in contact with something and reacted to it.\u00a0 <\/span>We had a lovely visit the three of us and I was able to share my pictures and stories of my tour to the Holy Land, and they were so excited to see and hear about the places I visited.\u00a0 <\/span>So a lot of our conversations were based on stories in the Bible.\u00a0 <\/span>Couldn\u2019t have been a better Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thanks for all the prayers and sending a lot of love. <\/span><\/p>\n

Gayle<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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