Activities at the Chimala Mission

Sometimes Gage Coldwater teases me about how many meetings I have to call. It’s all in fun – you have to have a sense of humor to do mission work! But when you consider the magnitude of this mission—a 120-employee hospital that touches the lives of 60,000 patients per year, 700 primary and secondary students plus teachers and staff, missionaries, 30 CSOP students and staff, and a host of doctors, matrons, cooks, cleaners, gardeners, farm workers, carpenters, plumbers, electricians and guards on a 720-acre estate—understanding the numerous things that occur at the mission every day is of upmost importance.

Just to name a few: teaching, preaching, tending to the sick and injured, learning new farming techniques, edifying, staff meetings, assemblies, repairing or making something, giving, receiving, asking, explaining, praying, listening, digging, baptizing, examining, giving birth to a newborn, mourning the death of a loved one, singing, eating, laughing, crying, driving…..you can literally get the picture in the images below:

These are only a fraction of the activities and works that go on at the Chimala Mission. They are not just pictures, they represent the souls of people on a journey that will eventually take us all before our Creator. Making the gospel available in this far and remote part of Africa is what has made the Chimala Mission so invaluable to so many people.

Your continued prayers, encouragement and support help keep this vital effort in southern Tanzania alive. There is still much to do and many challenges yet to face. Meeting these challenges is frequently at a financial cost, as are all effective works of the Lord. But we are confident that our God shall supply all our need to accomplish His will through good people like you. God bless! 

Howell Ferguson