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My name is Emmanuel Boaz. I am a Sukuma from Mwanza, Tanzania and was raised by a single parent, my mother. I love her very much. I am a born again Christian, attending and praying at Beacon Mission Christian Center (BMCC) in Malimbe, Mwanza under the Tanzania Assemblies of God (TAG). I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Certificate of Journalism and Media Studies. I work at Emmanuel International (EI) in Buchosa on Kome Island as a Community Developer Trainer on the Health Project, focusing on water and sanitation. We educate and mobilise the society on taking care of their health and of the environment

and water sources. We also provide seminars on other different societal issues such as poverty eradication strategies and teaching the word of God. I am passionate about my work as it involves working with the community, especially the marginalised society.

I love reading the Bible which enlightens me and gives me strength in hard times and also reminds me of believing in God the Almighty, the Alpha and Omega, hence I have nothing to fear. I love playing football in my spare time and listening to gospel music.

This is me coming from Mchangani forest on Kome Island, where we want to

establish beekeeping for the community as a strategy towards poverty eradication

January 2020

Focus on: Emmanuel Boaz

Please keep these concerns in your daily prayers…Canada:1 The auditor will be working on the 2018/2019 books. Please pray for their work to be completed on time.Tanzania: We are excited to welcome Suzan Nyigo to our Iringa team! She is the development officer for our Pentecostal Holiness Mission (PHM) partner church and will be working with our team and developing a project for PHM; pray that she will be a great fit for the team and that she can build up our partnership with PHM.Tanzania:2 Laura’s parents arrive in Mwanza today for a month-long visit! Also please pray for Laura and Theopister as they go this evening to Christ’s Daughters Foundation to teach the girls about menstrual health.Malawi:3 It is forecasted that floods will be experienced in some parts of Malawi this January. Let’s pray for the right preparation of responders. Likewise, let’s pray that EI Malawi will have adequate support and resources to respond to possible floods.South Africa:4 Rachel and Nathan Sayers’ visa situation has not been sorted yet. Please pray! It seems that we may need to delay our furlough until their visa application is finalized. International:5 The International Board will be meeting on the 14th of January for its quarterly Board meeting. We are waiting for responses from 3 people who have been invited to join our Board. Pray for them as they make their decisions. Also please pray for discussions and decisions on the day, that God will be glorified.Tanzania:6 6 Amisadai writes her GCSE mocks this week and next. Please pray for her!South Africa: Pray for South Africa and her leaders. The rolling black-outs are back and we reached a point in December where our power was cut 3 times a day for a total of 6 hours. This makes it very difficult for businesses to keep running and will only drive up an already historically high unemployment rate, of about 30% for the general population and 60% for the youth.Tanzania:7 The TAG church has their leadership meetings this week. Please pray for Tim, Joel and Peter travelling to Dodoma for this and presenting our annual report.Malawi:8 We will have our Board meeting this January for the Quarter ending December 2019. Let’s pray for a meaningful meeting.Tanzania:9 The VanWoerdens are preparing to leave Iringa and are busy with goodbyes and packing and handing over responsibilities for the work; pray that these last weeks will be a blessing and not overly stressful.

Tanzania:10 The Upendo wa Mama group is starting on a series of further training, in literacy, accounting, computers. Please pray for them to learn well! And pray for them as they look at starting some small home businesses. Also pray for a person to come and work with the group on marketing and finance.International:11 The International office will be looking at the results of a recent EI in-house survey. We pray that God will use the input from our team worldwide for His glory.Uganda:12 Mike, Marianne and Elias Botting are in Canada for three months to reconnect with supporters and speak about the work of EIUganda. Their first church presentation will be today at a church in Nova Scotia. Please pray for the right words, and for the Holy Spirit’s empowering.United Kingdom: Today Sue Fallon is speaking at Emmanuel Church, Tolworth about EI’s work.Tanzania: 13 Our Iringa team (Ibrahim, Jesca, Ajery, Suzan, and Salome) are taking on many more responsibilities to carry on the projects and the office administration; pray for great teamwork and support network.Tanzania:14 We give thanks to God that all the churches we work with on Kome Island now have toilets! Now please pray for the household toilet improvement project.Uganda:15 This month we will be holding a refresher training for the Sunday School teachers trained in 2019, to encourage them and to reinforce the teaching methods they have learned. We are expecting 16 Sunday School teachers from 8 churches, and 5 teachers from the 5 primary schools who started “Good News Clubs.”Brazil:16 The Terena Bible School finished their school year with the graduation of the indigenous students. We praise the Lord for His blessings this year.Canada:17 EIC and Link Charity are teaming up to help the older generation to remember organizations like EIC in their Estate Planning.United Kingdom: The EIUK board is meeting today, with a social event in the evening where spouses will join.Tanzania:18 We hope to complete the school WaSH project at Ndolela Primary School this month and mobilize the crew to Mkulula health centre; pray that we will be able to construct the tanks in good time to harvest enough rainwater before the end of the rainy season.Uganda:19 This month the Jesus Film ministry will be training church leaders from 16 different churches in order to launch the 2020 schedule of film shows and Bible study groups. Please pray for this training, which is a vitally important foundation for the rest of the work throughout the year!

South Africa: 20 We would appreciate your prayers for our Safe Homes and the children that are being raised in them. Pray for strength and patience for the moms and trust and faith for the children. Brazil:21 We’re still working on some technical details to install photovoltaic energy at the Terena Bible School. Please pray that they’d be solved and they can get rid of their electricity bill as soon as possible.Tanzania:22 At Amani CTC we have completed the solar pump installation and repaired the large storage tank; pray that Amani will utilize the system well and that they would recruit a farm manager who can oversee the farm, including maize farming, irrigation vegetable gardens, and beekeeping to improve sustainability of the Bible college.Philippines:23 Pray for a Philippine Executive Director to be installed this year.Tanzania:24 Simon, Victoria, Emmanuel and Vicky are considering the direction we take the Kome Island project in for the new year.Philippines:25 ERRP’s on-going projects are: Housing in Marawi, Helping Farmers in Luzon, and Housing for 67 Pastors who are Victims of 3 Earthquakes in Cotobato. Your prayers will be appreciated.Brazil:26 Praise God for his blessings on the Águas Formosas Day Care Center in 2019. This year new projects were started and we can see that the Board members’ hard work is finally bearing fruit.South Africa:27 Please pray for a new year of ministry opportunities; for labourers in the gospel and that God would continue to work in the hearts of His people to make His salvation known.

Haiti:28 We partner with Oeuvre Evangelique Baptiste Bethesda to help orphanages/boarding homes (one for boys and one for girls). Please pray for the staff and the children.South Africa: 29 We are currently only receiving 30% of our annual budget for the homes from regular giving. The difference is sometimes offset by general giving but we pray the Lord would encourage more to give towards the operational expenses, which amounts to $700 a month per home.Canada:30 The EI Canada preliminary Audit of 2018/2019 will be submitted to Pam. International:31 We thank God for those who pray for Emmanuel International and who so faithfully give for the work of this ministry. Pray that God will send more of His people to join our ranks in this year ahead.