Shirts & Mugs
the Evangelists that serve Tungamalenga Parish When we visit our partners in Tanzania, we always carry gifts or money to purchase gifts in country. Some of the gifts are substantial, like medicines for the clinic or bikes for the parish workers. Some of the gifts are practical and essential, like kitchen towels for our host families, or school supplies for our sponsored students. And some of the gifts are simply to strengthen the bond between us, like the gift of Shepherd of the Valley t-shirts. Every visit, those shirts are worn with pride. One Sunday morning, our travelers had decided to wear our matching t-shirts to worship. We had given shirts to our two young interpreters. The interpreters came to breakfast that morning wearing their Sunday best -- polished shoes, crisp pleats ironed in their dress pants, trim dress shirts and ties. When they saw us wearing our t-shirts, they went back to their room and changed, saying that they wanted to be part of the group.