Category: Stories
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2023 Mission trip to Tanzania impressions and making memories
It is a special mission trip when you can take your grandchildren with you. 2023 I took my grandson Austin and his wife Morgan. Enjoyed her thoughts on the experience. By: Morgan Petitt To go on an African safari was an immediate “Let’s go!” but to do the missions part, I was a little skeptical.…
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April 30….consecration ceremony for Bishop Nzelu…second bishop of SELVD/ELCT
Naomichi Masaki writes the following on his Facebook page and shares pictures of the festivities. On April 30 2023, our brother Dr. Yohana Nzelu was consecrated as the second Bishop of South East of Lake Victoria Diocese of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (SELVD/ELCT) at its Ebenezer Cathedral in Shinyanga. Following his installation, another…
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Announcement of new leadership team for SELVD
On December 9th and 10th of 2022, the General Assembly met at Tumaini Bariadi Congregation and elected Reverend Dr. Yohana Ernest Nzelu to serve as bishop of the Southeast of Lake Victoria Diocese (SELVD) for a period of ten years. He had previously served as Assistant Bishop of the SELVD and as headmaster at Mwadui…
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Fire burns down the dormitory, killing three children with disabilities in Shinyanga
Linda Funke post: On the night of Nov. 23 around 11pm, a fire broke out in one of the dorms of the Buhangija refuge center and school in Shinyanga. This center houses kids with albinism and kids who are blind and/or deaf. Three girls died in the fire and 28 girls were injured. The three…