In 2022 we are going to celebrate the TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY of THE LION OF JUDAH ACADEMY’s ministry (In Kiswahili the school is, “Simba wa Yuda Academy”). As we begin 2022, we’d like to give you just a glimpse into why the school exists, as well as the amazing miracles God […]
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An unusual new addition was made to the Lion of Judah Academy sciences teaching staff this past summer. “Bonita Bones”, accompanied by her traveling companion, Martha Deegan, finally made her long awaited journey from Connecticut to Bulima, Tanzania, to join the school staff. Her departure from Connecticut had been delayed […]
What is now the secondary girls dormitory was the first dorm we built. At that time all boarding students, boys and girls, of all ages, stayed there. It also included THE dining room…the one and only dining room on campus…and at that time there was plenty of room for everyone! […]
Most everyone in the U.S. knows by now that “Giving Tuesday” is a real thing…joining the host of other uniquely American days clustered right after Thanksgiving, such as Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, etc.! But, unlike those others, Giving Tuesday is focused on giving, rather than getting. […]
Please remember to pray for the Form Four students taking their national examinations this week. For more information about the examination see the previous post — just a couple of weeks ago — on the subject. These exams are very important. On Sunday, November 22, the student body had the […]
COVID 19 has presented challenges worldwide, and Tanzania has not been exempted! Classes at The Lion of Judah Academy were allowed to resume in July (after several months of closure), and the second term has proceeded more or less as normal. But there have been lots of extra classes to […]
We’ve just received two pieces of important news from The Lion of Judah Academy First, classes have been allowed to resume at Tanzania schools. So Lion of Judah Academy students are returning to the campus. That’s VERY good news! But it also involves a lot of travel for a large […]
Form 6 National Examinations — National exams for our oldest students, Form 6, begin Monday, June 29, and continue through the week. These examinations are extremely important for the students, and their results have great impact on what options will be available to them moving forward in their education. They […]
June 2020 Providing Hope and a Future This is a challenging period at The Lion of Judah Academy…COVID shutdowns…record-breaking floods on Lake Victoria. Here are updates and prayer requests…. COVID 19 at The Lion of Judah Academy The virus itself has had little impact on the school, however… The economic […]
Some have asked us about the Coronovirus situation in Tanzania and how that is affecting Lion of Judah Academy. The virus has reached Tanzania, though the last we heard there were only a handful (six, as of March 19) known cases, mostly in Dar es Salaam. The government has shut […]
What’s Happening at The Lion of Judah Academy — We sent this email update out a couple of days ago. If you didn’t receive it or would rather read it online, here’s the link December 2019 Update
Be part of a miracle. Double every gift. On Giving Tuesday even triple it!! In a recent post we told you we had a special way you could support the students at Lion of Judah Academy on Giving Tuesday, December 3. Here it is. We have kicked off a campaign […]
How you can support The Lion of Judah Academy while doing your shopping! We’d like to remind you about ways you can support the students and ministry of The Lion of Judah Academy while you are shopping from your computer or mobile device. Here are the top three: #1 […]
Many prayers have been offered up for a good season of rains this fall, and they are being answered! Let God be praised! Things have been difficult in recent years, and it was certain another failed rainy season would have terrible consequences for the school and the region. But God […]
Greetings Everyone! This is a quick post on two subjects: 1 — Lion of Judah Academy will have a graduation celebration on Saturday, October 12, for students in Class 7 and Form Four. All together this will include approximately 120 students!! Class 7 is roughly equivalent to 7th grade in […]
Were headed back to Tanzania tomorrow, July 2. We’ll be there about a month. This is an exciting time to be going back. We should have learned by now not to be so surprised when we experience moments of jaw-dropping Divine Serendipity. But the most amazing moments catch us so […]
It was early September, 1999. Lynn and I had been in Tanzania less than three months. I had recovered from my first (and most serious) bout with malaria…that was the time all the veteran missionaries told me I couldn’t possibly have malaria because I hadn’t been in Tanzania long enough […]
The adventure began on an October Sunday in 2001. For months – close to a year – we (Lynn and Hart Inlow) had been seeking God’s guidance about whether or not we should help our friends, Mtebe and Pili, start a school for the children of Nassa Theological College students. […]
We pray for God’s blessings to be with all The Lion of Judah Academy family, friends and supporters! Christ has come! Immanuel. Our hope. Our Light. Our Life. Our Tanzanian friends are celebrating the wondrous blessing of our Lord’s birth, though in different ways than most of us in North […]
A major expansion of the girls dormitory is currently under way, and is progressing well. The current girls’ dormitory was the first dorm building constructed, nearly 15 years ago, shortly after the school opened. Originally it served boys and girls…girls on one side and boys on the other. As the […]
One of the great blessings of the 2018 Work Team to LOJA was the work done by Tony Zurolo, with the assistance of his family members (wife Elaine and daughter Elizabeth), and Santiago Noriega. SPECIAL NOTE: we are asking all our Lion of Judah Academy friends to pray for the […]
October marked the yearly meeting of The Lion of Judah Academy Students’ Ministry. LOJASM is the alumni association of Lion of Judah Academy. The alumni enjoyed a wonderful time together with each other and with the current students, and were a great blessing to the school. They met together as […]
Here’s a report, only mildly edited for clarity, from a participant in the 2018 Graduation Celebration November 3, 2018, at The Lion of Judah Academy We thank God for the wonderful graduation we had yesterday! The number of graduates was 44 Standard Seven students, and 87 Form Four students. […]
Saturday, November 3, The Lion of Judah Academy will have a wonderful day celebrating the graduation of this year’s Form Four class. The campus will be filled to overflowing with students, family and friends, to honor the approximately 80 Form Four students who mark the completion of their Form Four […]
We recently received word from The Lion of Judah Academy about the Standard 7 national exam results (which were administered several weeks ago)…and once again our kids did fantastically well!! — we were at the very top of our district — #1 out of 74 schools — we were #2 […]