Category: Stories
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A question that led to wonderful results…
Can you read? Then read this. These were the words of a pastor as he handed a Lutheran magazine to Patrick Zengo, an employee of Mwadui Lutheran School in Tanzania. He found Patrick sleeping near the ovens at the school for warmth when the day was done and the sun went down. Patrick had been hired…
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Sunday services don’t wait for a church building…bringing the gospel to Wataturu and Sukuma tribes
Pstor Yohana Nzelu accompanies newly ordained Pastor Luca Mwigulu and assists in preaching at Magalata on a recent Sunday. 64 Sukuma and Wataturu people were baptized. In this area located north and east of Shinyanga town, there are many people from the Sukuma and Wataturu tribes. These are two tribes considered to be unreached people…
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Sleepless night….Speak, your servant is listening
Bob Allen received a call on his cell phone and it turned out to be from a man from Georgia. He was asking Bob about the mission trips to Tanzania and the work done there. As they talked about the growth of Christianity and how hard the pastors worked serving several churches. I heard Bob…
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We meet Gloria
On our 2014 mission trip to Tanzania, we worshiped on Sunday in a church in the Shinyanga district. About five people came forward for baptisms including an pretty baby girl. I noticed that the person that brought her forward looked older than the typical mother. When she returned to her seat, I admired the baby…