May 18, 2022
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UPDATE FROM GALILEE’S
MISSIONS AND OUTREACH TEAM (MOT)

Here is a story of how a small pebble dropped in an arid outpost has created a tsunami of change for one tiny community of people. Galilee has a long-standing history of supporting the Maasai community of Longido in Tanzania through the fundraising and outreach efforts of Friends for African Development (FAD)*. In 2021, the Missions and Outreach Team voted to fund the construction of a school building in the village of Ingutot in the Longido district. This little remote village sits below Mt. Kilimanjaro and has forever struggled with access to clean water. FAD helped provide pipes for water from the mountain to the village (an interesting story involving hyenas—ask a MOT member). Then someone built an Anglican Church in the newly thriving community—this remains their only church. Then the villagers decided they wanted a school. They collected stones and sand and hopes and dreams. Dr. Ben Fraser, founder of FAD, brought the idea to Galilee’s MOT to help them build the school. With $10,000 they built a one room school with all its chairs and desks and immediately put it to use. The Longido Member of Parliament, Dr. Steven Kiruswa, then brought the Tanzanian Secretary of Education to see it, and the government agreed to build an additional 2-room school building and also a gravel road to Ingutot. Now this tiny village in the foothills of Kilimanjaro has the Kale Preschool and Elementary school, where children receive a Christian academic education and have clean water to drink and easier access to the opportunities of the outside world. Praise God for small pebbles in dry places.


* FAD was started in 2007 by Dr. Ben Fraser, a Galilee member, to assist the efforts of his friend and former student Dr. Steven Kiruswa, to share the gospel and improve the lives and opportunities of his native Maasai people in Tanzania. FAD’s efforts focus on providing clean water, education, and Christian teaching to the Maasai in the Longido district.
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