On Tuesday, we had the pleasure of learning from and being accompanied by Abbigail Hull of the ELCA’s Advocacy office. We began the day in the ELCA’s office learning about advocacy, how it ties directly into our baptismal promises and confirmation commitments, where the ELCA’s advocacy office direction comes from, and how to advocate for …
On Monday, we spent the morning touring the neighborhood of Luther Place Memorial Church and Thomas Circle. We learned about the challenges of gentrification and lack of affordable housing. After lunch, we packed up outreach packs. Thanks to a Thrivent Action Grant, we were able to pack over 50 bags. The packs were full of …
Our high school students and adults are on the plane and headed to Washington, DC bright and early this morning. We will be serving and learning beside Steinbruck Center, a mission of Luther Place Memorial Church. Throughout the week we will work with a variety of feeding ministries, do an outreach run where care packages …
That cherub of a baby wasn’t born yesterday, but she has the joy of a baby. Connie has a stomach of steel and the memory of an elephant–she forgets nothing! She can even tell you the type of lunchbox she had in second grade, and who she sat with at lunch on October 9, 1972. …
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VBS & VBS +PLUS+ June 17-21 | 9am-12pm Three-Years-Old to Sixth Grade Your kids will travel to the African desert June 17-21 for Roar Vacation Bible School! This epic African adventure engages the whole herd. At Roar, kids three-year-olds-6th grade, explore God’s goodness and celebrate a ferocious faith that powers them through this wildlife. Middle …
By Pastor Lisa I’m on my way home from our annual visit to Tanzania. I often get questions from people who wonder why I continue to return year after year. After an important visit with our partners at Iambi Hospital that was packed full of hard conversations and challenging circumstances, in addition to lots of …
By Tim Daly William is the X-ray technologist newly hired for Iambi and he is wonderful. He has a huge amount of knowledge and background in radiology. Although most of his background is in radiation therapy, he told me that when the patient load was low, they had to do general X-ray exams. William will …
By Bob Jenkins On Friday, Ann, Gaspar and I joined Martina on two palliative care visits (Martina is the palliative care coordinator for Iambi Hospital.) We drove about 10 kilometers to Iambi village and visited a 90 year-old Muslim woman who had suffered a minor stroke. She had been given a walker from the hospital …
By Sue Jenkins We bought fabric in Arusha to serve as blankets in the kits, knowing that the mamas would use it as a baby carrier. Fabric is sold in 6 yard (or meter) lengths. All 100 pieces had to be carefully torn in half. Ann, Lisa, and others enjoyed opening & dividing all the …
By Tim Daly Hearing Fundi called out just makes my day. (In Swahili, fundi means “one who fixes things.”) I love jumping into whatever task that may be asked of me — from our arrival when I ended up replacing several outlets in the Zumbro guest house, to putting the toilet tank back together after …