Category: Stories
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Are you upgrading….do something wonderful with your old Kindle, iPad, Nook or eReader to help students in Africa
Every year we travel to Tanzania on a mission trip. One of the schools we always visit is the Mwaudi Lutheran Secondary School, a boarding school open to secondary level students regardless of faith. Although they take all classes in primary school in Swahili, they take all their classes in secondary school in English. They…
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BARIADI OUTREACH
A mission outreach event occurred in the Bariadi District during the week of July 19-26, 2015 in the Southeast of Lake Victoria Diocese (SELVD). 107 lay people supported by 28 pastors joined in outreach in the villages, many traveling from other regions in Tanzania. The team was led by head of the Lutheran Church of…
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Sinema Leo mobile movie van ministry in Tanzania
Sinema Leo, a mobile movie van, is a tremendous ministry in Tanzania. The van goes into villages, many of which have no electricity and show the Jesus movie in Swahili. Hundreds of people appear, just after dark, to see a movie, sometimes for the first time. Some hear the name Jesus…
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Pity or Mercy
By Bob Allen The most unsettling experience during our mission trip was our brief visit to the albino compound outside of Shinyanga known as Buhangija. Thoughts of these children have continued to haunt me for the last month. There are four compounds in Tanzania established to protect albino children from death or serious injury from…