Mama Kinara

Mama Kinara, left, kisses her youngest daughter as her oldest daughter looks on

With her broad smile and friendly demeanor, it's easy to forget that Mama Kinara has the stretched earlobes and white beaded jewelry characteristic of the Wataturu tribe. She and her family have been attending CMC Tanzania Mission Church for 8 years. Before accepting Christ, her husband Kinara was known as the man who would get drunk and pass out on random street corners only to be found by other villagers so that his frustrated wife could fetch him. He now proudly owns a large plot of land that he farms with his wife and seven children and has cut back significantly on his drinking. Mama Kinara is Kinara's second wife. Since accepting Christ, Kinara chose not to take on an additional wife after the death of his first wife. Mama Kinara and her husband attribute many of their life's positive changes to their acceptance of Christ. Their family is a proud testament to the power of God's grace at work.