Meet Ernesti the Carpenter
A humble carpenter sets the tone in a Tanzanian retreat house. Meet Ernesti and the impact he has on visitors and lay missioners alike.
Bread of Life
From bustling basketball courts to quiet daily rhythm at Lake House of Prayer, Stephen and Loyce Veryser’s ministry in Tanzania bridges the physical and the spiritual. This fall, as they celebrate new beginnings—a completed basketball court, a renewed retreat center—they remind us that faith, like sport, flourishes through community, perseverance, and grace.
Meet the team!
In addition to teaching deaf students extra math classes in Tanzanian sign language at Bwiru Boys Technical School in Mwanza, missioner Stephen Veryser helps coach basketball at the school and fund improvements of the court.
Bwiru hoop dreams — the next phase
Team work has helped build the cement slab for a basketball court; now let’s finish it together.
‘To help others is from the heart’
Steve Veryser on his Lenten resolution and recent developments at the school where he teaches.
Humbled and grateful this Advent
Donors’ support has helped to complete a water project and made progress on a basketball court.
Jumpshots and water pipes
The Veryser family takes to the court and wades in the water.
Growing pains and joys
Steve Veryser on learning from the miracle of growing something — and the effort and grace it takes.
Joys and ‘Success’
Teachers pool their resources for Success — and for good times and hard times
Reaping ‘broken’ harvests
The Veryser family’s summer newsletter reports on harvesting their first rice and new efforts bearing other good fruit.
‘Doing something extra’ for Lent
Steve Veryser continues a Lenten practice he learned during high school
