“To belong to Jesus is to embrace the nations with Him.” – John Piper
Solar Ministry Toolkits in Tanzania
Two of our Solar Ministry Toolkits (SMT) were installed in the country of Tanzania with two church plants just outside of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
The first church plant is pastored by Pastor David, who won respect from the village by clearing the land, tilling the soil and planted crops. That same week of the installation, Pastor David showed The Jesus Film using the SMT and a bed sheet. A Muslim boy from the neighborhood chose to follow Christ. Additionally, shortly after Pastor David's church opened and started growing, three mosques popped up surrounding him. Please pray for this church and for the Muslim boy to continue to grow.
The second installation of an SMT was at Pastor Hery's church. This church is located in an area where at night, the darkness is fairly complete. There are no competing lights when the power goes out, which it does often. Pastor Hery hosts plenty of trainings for other leaders at his home and church. One particular Thursday the power went out, and he had about two dozen leaders at his home; they were able to keep working because of the light provided by the SMT. Please pray for this church as they reach out and also train leaders for other areas of church planting.
Cedarville GO Conference in January
We interacted with many Cedarville students. David is in the center and is from Papua New Guinea, the Mt. Hagen area, where some of our teammates have gone and ministered. The student on the right is Daniel, who was a student of one of our former SonSet Solutions summer interns.
We appreciate that Dr. Jeff Shortt, who recently retired from teaching at Cedarville, came and helped us out at our table. The students were glad to interact with him! Also, he and his wife Sandy now volunteer at SonSet Solutions and sometimes stay with us when they're in town.
Annual Giving Statements
Though John isn't pictured, he was an integral part of preparing, running and getting our SonSet Solutions annual giving receipts ready. The rest of us, Jean and coworkers, printed, stuffed, stamped, folded and emailed them out. Whew! It's a big job, and we're done! 
· Praise! During 2023, SonSet Solutions assisted 125 ministries in 51 countries via equipment, service, consultation, training, and partnership development.
· We praise the Lord for good conversations as we represented SonSet Solutions at Cedarville University's GO Conference and saw a supporting church in Illinois.
Requests
· Please pray for the two church plants in Tanzania as they face opposition.
· Pray for the Lord to supply continued strength as we travel, host, and still carry multiple roles.
· We’ll be representing SonSet Solutions at Wheaton College in February. Please pray for great conversations at our alma mater.
