"Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world." James 1:27


Our short-term mission teams have an opportunity to change lives and be changed.  There is so much to be done, so much to see and so much to experience.  Will you go?  Please email us for more information.  Or, if you can’t join us, please consider helping someone else to go and minister.

Tanzania:  Our teams have the opportunity to love and encourage orphaned and vulnerable children.  We visit the sick and elderly providing small gifts of food, palliative care and encouragement.  We help train local workers and volunteers.  We come alongside the servants of God who faithfully minister to these children and this community throughout the year.  Visiting teams have taught them that they are not forgotten, but rather, have been called for a purpose.  Most often, we learn more from them than they learn from us.  On one visit, we had a Muslim grandmother (105 years old)  invite Christ into her heart.  What a joyous moment! All in all, it is truly an opportunity in which we are “Uniting Believers in Action.”  Our next trip to Tanzania is in June 2018 and we would love to have you join us.  We need medical teams, teachers, builders, photographers and any other skill or talent you can bring.  Most of all we need people who simply reflect the love of Christ for others.

We are very excited to have Jackie and Daniel joining us this year.  Please read below to learn a little about them and their hopes and dreams for this trip.

Hello Friends,

As many of you know, last summer, my daughter Jenna and I traveled to Tanzania.  We spent about three weeks working at the Kim Jones home for children and The Cornerstone Palliative clinic.  It was life changing!  I was truly touched by the amazing hope that the people had, many of whom living in situations where their daily lives and expected future are full of hardship and immense challenges.  I watch as people joined together to help members of their community, even if they did not know them, because that was what you do when you live in a community.  I was privileged to visit a woman who was 106, who lived in the cutest, neatest hut I had ever seen.  My daughter was able to take her vitals, which, by the way, were better that most of us, “youngfolk,” and before she sent us off, she blessed us, and asked us to come visit her again. 

                I worked specifically with the teachers and the children.  I had the opportunity to put on a three day teacher’s conference.  I didn’t know what to expect.  When I got there, and we started the conference, in attendance were not only the teachers, but the woman who run the children’s home. The matron, the lady who cleans the floors, the woman who take care of the livestock and even that lady who tended the garden were all seated around me. Their response was, “We all take care of these children, and we need to learn how to do it correctly.”  I was floored as I watched them take feverish notes and ask difficult, but important questions.  In the afternoons, we worked with the children.  We put on a type of VBS, where we were able to show the teachers practical techniques, and they were able to practice them. 

                As this year had gone on, I have kept in touch with the social worker in Tanzania, as well as Ester, who runs the children’s home and of course Catherine from UBIA.  They have all encouraged me to return and continue the teacher’s conference.  There is more work to be done.  I have felt the tug, and I am answering, “Yes, I am ready and willing to go again!” 

                This year, my hope is to take my son Danny with me.  Africa holds a special place in his heart. He had wanted to go with us last year, but it wasn’t the right time.  Through a lot of thought and prayer, this year is a good year for him to go. 

Danny Lee

                Hi, my name is Danny Lee, I am 12 years old.  I am hoping to go to Tanzania this summer with my mom.  I want to go to Africa, because, my ancestry is from Africa.  I have wanted to find out more about my family tree for some time now, about a year and a half ago, my grandparents gave me an ancestry.com DNA test.  It showed me a lot of places where I have roots.  I really want to explore those roots.  

 While I am in Tanzania, I am excited to work with the kids at the children’s home.  Everyone says that I am good with kids.  I am a part of a big family, this is something that I have always done.  I was able to meet a little girl from the Kim Jones home last fall when she visited Phoenix.  I am excited to see her and meet all of the other children who my mom and sister can’t stop talking about.