Karibu Sana! to our Guest Pastor from Tanzania
In Swahili Karibu Sana means "You are very welcome!" St. Matthew’s had the privilege of welcoming Pastor Anaeli Nasari from our sister congregation, Sing ‘isi Lutheran, to St. Matthew’s. Pastor Nasari was here with a 13-person delegation from Tanzania in our Synod October 7 through 20.

Pastor Anaeli Nasari is pastor of our partner congregation, Sing’isi Lutheran Church, near Arusha, Tanzania. He is married and has three sons.

During their time here, Pastor Nasari and the Tanzania delegation visited congregations and various ministries, as well as sites in southeastern Wisconsin. Among the activities were visits and participation at the Theological Conference at Green Lake, Meru Coffee Project, and Guest House and Cross Meal serving ministries. Pastor Nasari also spoke to St. Matthew's Confirmation classes and there was a special Fellowship event at Lake Front Brewery.

Photos of Pastor Nasari's visit [here].

A video of the delegation singing "farewell" at the airport is [here].

 

A Special Thank You
A Message from our Partners in Meru Diocese, Tanzania: “Many greetings sealed with Christ’s love from the diocese of Meru. Thank you for sending us relief funds for hunger. Our sincere gratitudes are to St Matthew L/C, Shepherd of the Hills L/C and Ascension L/C Waukesha not forgetting the many blessings we have received from so many friends in the
USA. Yesterday was a public holiday. We could not rest while people have no food, so together with Jerry Schmidt we had an opportunity to distribute maize to two congregations in the Southern District. As many as 200 people benefited from your hospitality. May the Lord bless you. --Sincerely, Rev. Abdiel Ndosi - GENERAL SECRETARY - DME"

 

Tanzania Partnership

• Word has come from the bishop in the Meru Synod in Tanzania that many are facing famine due to the economy and the drought conditions there right now. The Greater Milwaukee Synod is doing all it can to help. St. Matthew’s is using monies from Hunger basket collection to help.

• Twenty-four youth can now attend secondary school thanks to scholarships given by St. Matthew’s. Although primary school is provided by the government, secondary education must be paid for by the families, and often there is no money left for education. Educating the youth will help to raise their economic level.

 

Our Synod and Congregational Partnership in Tanzania

The Diocese of Meru, ELCT and the Greater Milwaukee Synod, ELCA have agreed to have a partnership based on both spiritual and physical development under the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, based initially on the following guidelines:

• To fulfill the mission of our Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:19-20 and John 17:20) by upholding each other in prayer, exchange of personnel and bilateral visits of partnership in an endeavour to improve our relationship and bilateral sharing of information.
• To celebrate ministries together
• To set our hand to the plow of addressing our problems together and develop opportunities to learn from each other and grow in our cultural and spiritual understanding of each other.
  

During the past 10 years, individuals, institutions and congregations in the Greater Milwaukee Synod have:

• Purchased vehicles for pastors on Mt. Meru so they no longer need to walk to their parishes
• Created a loan fund so pastors can send their children to school or meet other financial needs
• Started the Meru Coffee project - “Justice Never Tasted So Good”
• Funded a medical scholarship so that the diocese could train a new doctor for their hospital - Dr. Julius Bartho Mollel
• Completed medical facilities
• Helped build and sent funds for the Ailanga Junior Seminary
• Funded school scholarships so that the youth of Meru can go to school
• Funded the education of three Carthage College graduates and a current student
• Funded well and water harvesting projects and emergency food needs
• Initiated and funded the two year South to North Missionary Program - Pastor Elias Kitoi Nasari
• Established 20 congregation to parish partnerships
• Sent delegations to Tanzania to support the partnership of the Companion Synod Program and funded and hosted delegations from Meru

More information about our Synod and congregational Tanzania Partnership and many details are available [here].

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