Godfrey and Rachel Tarling - Tanzania |
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Prayer Update June 2008
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Praise for a most fruitful 15-years of service that God has been able to bless through our time in Mpwapwa.
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Pray for the transitional period at St Luke’s Health Centre following on from our departure in the run up to the return of Dr Lugwisha after the completion of his Assistant Medical Officer’s Course in October. A temporary administrator has been appointed to oversee day-today matters up till then and shortly thereafter a VSO Nurse from the UK will join the team for two years to help plug the gaps. An overall Visionary Director of Medicine is still needed.
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Praise for the Chapel at St Luke’s which was consecrated on 17th May by +Jacob Chimeledya. Pray that the new Chapel will prove a blessing to many who come through its doors in the coming years.
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The 12-bed Women’s Ward (completed just before Easter 2007) will be officially opened by The Prime Minister, Mizengo Kayanda Peter Pinda on 6th June. Pray that this National recognition may engender an ongoing sense of involvement and a positive future as St. Luke’s endeavours to care for the ladies coming in to give birth.
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Pray for the continued discussions with the Tax authority, that St. Luke’s may be given a letter of exemption from the Commissioner quickly, before it is charged tax for which it should be exempt. The Commissioner in Dar es Salaam rejected the initial application for lack of evidence and wants the Regional Tax Officer to visit us and send a report. We await his visit.
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Give praise for a really positive time experienced during our final farewells from all those we are leaving to carry on taking God’s Word to God’s People here in Mpwapwa – our passing on of the mantle means that they need our ongoing prayers and support all the more!
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Pray for the numerous staff who have been made redundant in our going – pray that they will be able to cope in an economy that has little or no benefit system.
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Pray for us as a family as we readjust to life together in the UK. We will be having a good time of recuperation over the summer and then in the Autumn start our final Mission Education visits to our supporting Churches. We will continue working with Crosslinks until January ‘09.
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Pray for Crosslinks Head Quarter Staff who are juggling finances to cope with an anticipated budget deficit this year. As ever thank you for your ongoing prayers without which our Partnership and therefore yours in the Gospel in Mpwapwa would not have been possible.
Yours,
Godfrey & Rachel Tarling