UCE missionaries of chastity swarm across Kilombero, Tanzania: 11,105 commit to chastity in February

Last month in Tanzania UCE missionaries of chastity used 4-wheel drive vehicles, motorcycles, and walked on foot as they swarmed across the district of Kilombero reaching 42 schools. By the end of the month, they had held 49 outreaches across 4 districts and helped 11,105 youth commit to chastity. The team members, working on a budget that provides only for chastity commitments cards, transportation, and 2 meals per day, said, “We thank God in Jesus Christ for His guidance of all UCE activities. We are very grateful to the UCE Prayer Warriors who have devoted their time to pray for UCE activities in different countries. We have seen God’s hand continue to lead and protect us in bringing the chastity message to Tanzania. In different places God has called and appointed people to work with UCE. As the Word of God says in Psalms 32:8, “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shall go. I will guide thee with mine eyes.”

Mr. Renatus Benges is one of those God has called and appointed, and thus He has blessed UCE. Rentaus has been working with UCE since 2010 as a patron of the Ifakara Girls Secondary School UCE Chastity Club. Since then, he has continued to join the team on outreaches to various regions. As a volunteer, he is very committed to UCE activities despite his very busy schedule. He has been praying for and asking the UCE headquarters to bring the chastity message to Kilombero District for over a year. The team in Tanzania, acknowledging his great work with UCE, chose him to be the UCE coordinator in Ifakara and Kilombero Districts (in the Morogoro region).

In February of 2016, the UCE team responded to Renaus’ request. After arriving in Kilombero, the team spent time together in prayer, and made other necessary preparations to reach the schools. Kilombero has many schools, some of them are located in remote areas while others are along the main highways. In order to save time and money, the UCE team divided up into smaller teams so that they could reach many schools at once, especially those schools in remote areas. In areas where the infrastructure was poor this proved very helpful. The UCE team used motorcycles to travel to the remote schools, and where there was no road, they travelled on foot.”

There were many success stories from the outreach. Below are several of the highlights.

At the end of the outreach at Kilamsa secondary school, the students were given a chance to share their thoughts. One girl stood up and said, “We are very grateful for this education which you have given us. We have made our commitment to wait and to study hard in order to raise our academic performance. We will live a chaste life from now on. Thank you very much.” The academic master then stood and said, “Certainly, today is a day of blessing in our school because this education is very vital for this generation. I will make sure we have established a UCE Chastity Club as soon as possible.” At Kilamsa of the 220 gathered students 164 made commitments to chastity.

At Nyasaka Secondary School the headmaster shared, “In the last academic year I had to expel two students because of pregnancy. However, there are other students who have engaged in sex but they are using condoms and birth control pills to prevent pregnancy. It is so sad to find very little girls now a days using those pills to prevent pregnancy. Thank you UCE team for coming with this new message of chastity. I believe from now on my students will no longer think about using condoms or pills to prevent pregnancy. The risks of using condom and pills were very well explained. Thank you for teaching them that abstinence is the only right solution for them. I will encourage my students from today to just think about abstinence. For those who signed cards, hold your card in right hand, in front of those who might try to seduce you and convince you to engage in sex before marriage.” 298 of the 400 students made commitments to chastity.

At Kwashungu Secondary School, the headmaster, Mr. Msafiri Chindengwike shared some of the challenges facing his students. He said, “Some girls have engaged in sexual relationships with adults who help them financially. This has led to a serious problems where students fail to concentrate on their studies. The school has tried to take legal action against some adults, but the results were not good, because families of the students negotiate and compromise with them. Last year we had two students who were found to be pregnant.” After delivering the outreach: a message of forgiveness, hope, love, second chances, and God’s plan for our lives regarding our sexuality, chastity, the students asked many questions.

Students were then given a chance to choose chastity, they shouted “we want to abstain in order to achieve our goals!” 353 of the 440 students at the school chose to commit to chastity. The headmaster then wound up the outreach by saying, “I am a teacher by professional but I cannot provide this kind of education as clearly as the UCE team does. So we take this opportunity to welcome you to our school as many times as you can come. We wish you a safe journey.”

At Kibaoni Secondary School the team found that the UCE message had preceded them. One girl had committed to chastity at the UCE Easter conference in Ifunda, Iringa in 2014. She assisted the UCE team by showing all of her peers her chastity commitment and giving a witness to chastity. She said that as a student, “I have chosen abstinence as my way of life.” Her teachers shared that, “she is a very good student with good behavior.” The UCE team congratulated her on being a good role model of chastity. She helped to encourage 298 of her 350 gathered peers to commit to chastity.

Bravo Secondary School is located in a village community. The team used a public address system to share their message, as the outreach progressed many people from the community came to listen to the chastity message with the students. After the outreach, the team gave elders in the community an opportunity to address those gathered. One man said, “I never knew that there is any organization which educates students with good things like this. Most of the NGO’s are insisting students to use condoms and do masturbation as the way of getting relief when their sexual desire is high. But UCE educates students in chastity, truly this message is from heaven. I am grateful to the UCE team. Students remember to follow this message, and you will not perish!” Around 400 people gathered for the outreach and 357 committed to chastity.

Bringing a message of hope, forgiveness, second chances, and chastity is the work of UCE! Thousands of lives are changed each month because of the tireless work of chastity teams, the prayers of our prayer warriors, and the financial support of our donors.

We need your help! Stories like this are made possible because of the support we receive from donors, just like you. If we, the people of faith, do not support our youth in chastity, no one else will.

Please consider making a donation and/or joining us in prayer. You may sponsor a complete outreach to a school for $250. Our team will send you a report of your outreach once it is completed. $50 will print 300 chastity pledge cards, and any amount will help us bring the life-saving message of chastity. Thank you for joining us. Together we are spreading Christ’s message of purity and faithful love to youth all over the world, so they can live out His wonderful plan for their lives.

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