My name is Caleb Anderson. I was raised in a Christian home my entire life. I’ve attended Braidwood Bible Chapel for the past 12 years. I have always agreed with what I was taught in family devotions and with what I heard in church. However, it wasn’t until I was about 9, as I was praying, I realized that I was trusting in my parents’ faith and didn’t have a faith of my own. There was no dramatic change in my life, but my love for God has only grown.

October 6-18th, Caleb will be joining EastARM in Tanzania to serve our projects along the Rufiji River as part of an exposure trip. LORD-willing, he will return in 2023 as a full time labourer with the mission.

Since then, I have been participating in a street ministry in downtown Peterborough. I loved spreading the Gospel here at home, but beyond that I hadn’t seriously considered foreign missions work. That was until this summer, when I was informed of the immediate need for help in Tanzania. I’d heard about EastARM many times, but didn’t realize what type of help they were looking for. When I realized my skills met their job description, I began thinking, “Why not me?”

According to the world, there are lots of reasons “Why not me?”, but the more I prayed about it, the more certain I became that this is what I need to do. I had previously been planning to attend Fleming College starting this September, and the same week I decided to leave the country I was accepted into their electrical techniques course. This obviously means I won’t be attending college this year. However, I’m convinced that there isn’t a better time to go, as the only major commitments I have in my life are my job and house, both of which will likely always be present. In the past two months I’ve talked with friends, family members, and elders in my church, and almost all have encouraged me to do what I can to join the work in Tanzania. All of this has led to where I am today, living out an idea I thought was a bit ‘out there’ just two months ago.