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.
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.
Team work has helped build the cement slab for a basketball court; now let’s finish it together.
Steve Veryser on his Lenten resolution and recent developments at the school where he teaches.
Donors’ support has helped to complete a water project and made progress on a basketball court.
The Veryser family takes to the court and wades in the water.
Steve Veryser on learning from the miracle of growing something — and the effort and grace it takes.
Teachers pool their resources for Success — and for good times and hard times
The Veryser family’s summer newsletter reports on harvesting their first rice and new efforts bearing other good fruit.
Steve Veryser continues a Lenten practice he learned during high school
December 2020 update from the Veryser family
