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:
New brothers in Christ…Gage Coldwater baptizing John, one of the newly hired farm workers. 
New brother in Christ…Gage Coldwater baptizing Watson, one of the newly hired farm workers. 
The beginning of the farm project with raised beds at Chimala Mission. 
Land Cruisers are legendary for their off-road prowess; but good maintenance by men like James Blackwell (replacing a clutch) is key to surviving Tanzanian roads. 
Aurora, Pike and Kelly Coldwater and Carol Rogers wait for the CSOP English students to receive their quilts. 
CSOP Swahili students receive new handmade quilts donated by generous hands of faithful supporters from churches of Christ in the USA. 
A brief devotional at the mission hospital is always a good way to start the day as patients and staff hear the words of Jesus Christ, the Great Physician. 
7:30 morning devotional at the mission estate shop. Every part of the mission has a morning devotional to start the day! 
Naaman Sheiza, one of the farm workers and old friend of Howell’s from Arusha, stands in front of the tilapia pond. 
Foundation and walls of new pig stalls as part of the farm project. 
Radiographer Ochard stands in front of an x-ray machine donated to the mission. 
Keeping the Chimala Mission estate operational for our frequent guests and missionaries is a continuous challenge as when water heaters need replaced
Students from the Herring Christian Secondary School stand at attention during drill and devotional time 
A Herring Christian Secondary School student during afternoon worship at the mission congregation 
Shadrach Obely, Health Secretary at the Chimala Mission Hospital, gives a tour of the ER 
Sunday morning worship at the mission congregation with Chimala Mission primary and secondary school students attending 
Mary looks on as a tall CSOP students is trying-on-for-size his new handmade quilt.
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
