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.

For the next couple weeks, youth at Shepherd of the Valley are raising funds for their mission trip to Haiti by selling merchandise with the SOTV logo.  There are hooded sweatshirts, long and short sleeved t-shirts with the "Deeply Rooted" logo, ceramic mugs, and water bottles.

Here's a win-win proposition for you:  When you purchase an item for yourself, consider purchasing another item to send to Tanzania with next summer's travelers as a gift to our partners.  The money you spend helps the youth traveling to Haiti, and the gift you send to Tanzania will be treasured by our partners there.

We would love to carry 30 SOTV coffee mugs and 30-50 t-shirts.  Sweatshirts would also be welcome. 

You can order items at the SOTV website or in the narthex on Wednesday nights.  Orders are due February 1.

When you pick up your items, we'll have a drop box for items you want to send to Tanzania.  Thanks for all your generous gifts for our partnership!