The Langley Family
Jon, Carrie, Kevan, Caleb, Keenan, Jada and Jasmine
We’re a family of seven originally from a suburb of San Diego, California, USA. We’re currently living and serving the Lord in Kigoma, Tanzania, East Africa.
We are currently teaching Bible College classes at two different schools in the Kigoma Region as well as establishing a new Bible College in Uvira, DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo). Most of the students are current pastors and leaders of village churches who have no Biblical training and very limited Biblical knowledge. We’re also in the process of developing a town-wide youth ministry, as well as children’s and women’s ministries within the church.
We’re in Tanzania because God asked us to go, and telling God “no” just didn’t seem like the right answer. He asked us to go and share the truth of His Word so that people may be set free from the bondage of sin and death, and transformed into the image of His Son, Jesus Christ. We have experienced firsthand the awesome power of the Holy Spirit, working through His Word, in order to bring transformation in our own hearts and minds, and we long to see others receive the same.
In the early 90’s, we both attended Calvary Chapel Bible College, then in Twin Peaks, California. In 1995 we were married and remained active in a couple of different fellowships as we moved around San Diego. Then in 2002, together with a good friend that we attended Bible College with years earlier, we planted Grace Chapel in Santee - a suburb of San Diego. Jon served as Assistant Pastor of the fellowship and Carrie managed the home and schooled the children full time. Then the Lord called us to sell everything in the States, pack our bags, and move to Africa.
God first called us in early 2006 and by early 2007 our family was on a plane headed for Tanzania. We’re so blessed to be counted worthy of this calling. God has been faithful to send us out and to bring us through many trials and tests, causing each of us to cling to Him and grow in Christ. Most of all we’re blessed to see what the Lord is doing - and will continue to do - as His Word goes forth and the Holy Spirit opens the spiritual eyes of those who are bound in darkness.