A Family Cabinet of Ministers: Godriver’s Creative Solution

Greetings from Tanzania!  Last week was a great week in Tanzania, hearing amazing testimonies of business and church growth. On Sunday, I was privileged to preach in three different churches in Morogoro.  It made for a busy day, but it was good.  Pastor Anthony Kayombo is the leader of DML Tanzania, and he also served as my translator (see picture).  The fun thing about a translator who is also a fantastic teacher and preacher is that they can add value and context to what I was saying.  

Last week, we conducted our foundational workshop in Chalinze at a church that has been implementing DML for several years.  The pastor of the church has been in contact with other pastors in the area and has mobilized more pastors, along with leaders of the Pentecostal Union of Churches, to attend a DML workshop. They are now organizing additional workshops and training sessions.  What was particularly interesting was that the members of this church were eager to attend the workshop to share their testimonies with the new pastors and church leaders.  We spent about two hours listening to stories about business growth, church growth, and financial freedom for families (budgeting).

I am going to share one here because the creativity of this woman in organizing her household is something I will share again and again with other families, as it is such a good idea!  Read her story here and enjoy!

Godriver Mussa Daudi’s Story of Growth and Creativity (written by Leticiah Kayombo)

After receiving training in DML (Discipling Marketplace Leaders), Godriver Mussa Daudi decided to put her learning into action by starting a chicken business. She began with just 100 chickens, but through hard work and dedication, her business grew to over 1,000 chickens. She now raises them in batches of 500 every month, steadily building a thriving enterprise.

Along the way, Godriver also learned about the importance of saving. One of her biggest struggles had been electricity—frequent cutoffs and running out of units without warning caused stress and losses. After her DML training, however, she became more creative in her approach. She sat down with her children to openly share her challenges, and together they came up with a family solution.

Godriver appointed her children as “cabinet ministers,” giving them responsibilities:

• Minister of Energy – to monitor and manage electricity units so the family would never run out unexpectedly.
• Minister of Environment – to ensure cleanliness and good care of the home and chicken environment.
• Minister of Food and Agriculture – to help with feeding the chickens and managing food supplies.

With this collaborative approach, Godriver no longer faced the same struggles. Instead, she found herself flourishing—with less stress, more savings, and a family that worked together in unity.

Her story is a testimony of how Godly wisdom and creativity, when combined with training and family support, can transform not only a business but also a household.

Tomorrow, we will travel to Turiani to conduct another workshop with pastors and church leaders.  On Thursday, I will travel to Zambia to visit DML Zambia and assess its progress.  

God is good, all the time!