Eleven mouths to feed, a roof that is caving in, and no certainty if they can provide. This was the reality of Felister Oswago, her husband George, and their nine children. “I was living my life as if I weren’t,” said Felister as she reminisced, coasting through life, praying each day that the family farm […]
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Lucas Nyambende Willson was born in Bukabwa. Given a rare opportunity to study outside of Bukabwa, Lucas attended primary school in Dar es Salaam and later finished secondary school in the Serengeti district. With big dreams for the future, Lucas graduated from university in the capital city of Dodoma with a degree in linguistics. Graduating
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Safi Msafiri had always struggled to make ends meet, but when she attended the Community Transformation Program organized by Twelve21 Global, everything began to change. The program aimed to equip parents of students with skills to utilize the resources around them, improving their lives and lifting them out of extreme poverty. One day, during a
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Christina Selemani’s parents abandoned her as a one-year-old. Looking back, she expresses gratitude to the family who adopted and cared for her. But despite feeling loved by them, she also remembers how she lived as a maid doing all the chores in their home. Because her adopted parents neglected to send her to school, Christina
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“Helping the likes of me to become what God designed them to be” Israel Onesmo Masige slowly opened his eyes and peered at the wakening world around him. He shook his head to clear the fog. “Where am I? Why am I here?” he asked himself. Panic seized him, realizing he had spent the entire
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How can one sum up the journey that God puts us on? Maybe it’s a blessing, an adventure, a miracle that He has chosen us. So many things come to mind. My trip to Tanzania with Twelve21 Global was all these things and much more. However, it didn’t start that way. In the beginning, there
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My birthday was the first day of evangelism in the villages. I was still feeling a little lost; why was I even there? The travel had been long, and the newness of everything so extreme. Nevertheless, I was hopeful that our first day out would be meaningful. Our team of 3 Americans, 3 Tanzanian translators,
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“This One”
These are the words that kept running through my mind while I was holding the hand of a little girl laying in a hospital bed in Tanzania.
I (Elizabeth) have wanted to travel to Tanzania with Twelve21 Global since the fall of 2019 after my best friend told me about her experiences on a mission trip that summer. She returned from her mission trip with a transformed heart and a new understanding of sharing the good news. So naturally…
I needed Tanzania as much or more than Tanzania needed me! One of my motivations for returning to teaching was the opportunity to use my summers to serve on short-term mission trips. When I heard about an opportunity to serve alongside Twelve21 Global in Tanzania, I knew almost immediately that God had opened a door
We just got back from Tanzania, and it was incredible to see all that God did on this trip! One of my favorite stories is of these 10 guys. My translator and I met them while they were building a house one day, and we started joking around together. After a few minutes, I was
