Category: Tanzania
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OK Vacation Bible School offering brings the Good News to many in Tanzania
Immanuel Lutheran Church in Broken Arrow, OK collected over $2,000 for our sister diocese in Tanzania to help buy motorbikes for the pastors serving congregations. Pastors serve several congregations that are miles apart. They often walk, ride bicycles and in some cases ride public transportation,when available, to get to their assigned churches. Pastors serve several…
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Evangelizing in the bush is only the beginning. Church planting continues after visitors leave
Evangelism on the annual trips to Tanzania is more of a church planting project. The LCMS has a partnership with the Lutheran church in Tanzania. They are educating pastors, building churches, evangelizing, and disciplining the Tanzanian population. Bush evangelism is only the introduction. The visitors drive long distances over dusty roads and walk by foot…
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Buhangija Albino Center
One of the most sobering places we have visited the last few years on our annual mission trip the Buhangija Albino Center in Shinyanga. This is a place where we see the innocence of youth and learn of the evils of man. The Buhangija Albino compound is one of 4 or 5 similar compounds in…
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Mwadui Secondary School receives gifts of Kindle Fires from American students
The 2016 mission trip to Tanzania is finished, and filled us with many wonderful memories. One of my favorites is visiting the Mwadui Lutheran Secondary school. We came to present the students with a gift of six new Kindle Fires loaded with reference materials and two tablets for their use in the new library that…