Tanzania Partnership

This month, we are collecting funds to support 150 Tanzanian students who would not be able to continue their education without support.  Here are a few words of thanks from our students. I am a student in form four [10 th grade]. I come from Ikwavila in Makifu Parish. The aim of this letter is giving you thanks for the chance to study biology, mathematics and English. In my family, I am the first one to study at secondary school. Yours faithfully, Baricki. I greet you in the name of Jesus Christ. The aim of writing this letter is to say thanks for your help paying school fees. Now I’m in form three [9 th grade]. I promise you I will study hard and I will get high marks in my exams. I don’t have any way to thank you but God will bless you. Yours faithfully, Hans. I greet you with great pleasure. I am a form four [10 th grade] student. I have three sisters and I am the last child. I lack all parents, I mean I am an orphan. But I’m still fighting for my educ...

Our friend Nayman Chavalla, General Secretary of the Iringa Diocese, is fond of telling visiting guests that when we help one student with a scholarship, we are really improving the lives of that student's extended family for years to come.  "When you see me here," he remarked last summer, "at least ten more stand behind me." We've seen that over the years in our own partnership. The young man on the right is one example. Early in our partnership, we provided scholarship support so he could attend university.  He was the oldest of six children, all orphans under the care of their uncle, a secondary school teacher with a family of his own. The young man finished college and began to teach mathematics at a highly regarded junior seminary.  Later, he was an instructor at a university.  Through his young adulthood, he paid the school fees for his younger siblings. One scholarship, at least six who stand behind him. The young woman on ...

Today we celebrate All Saints, remembering the faithful who have died and gone before us to the heavenly feast. Almighty God, you have knit your people together in the body of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Give us grace to follow your saints in lives of faith and commitment. Anyulumye Msigwa Rev. Benjamin Ngede We speak your name, we remember. We light a flame, we remember. Though life is changed now, it is not ended. In this bright promise, we remember. Enock Ndapisi A life lived in Christ is a journey into joy: a life fully lived whether many years or few,  A life fully lived as beloved child of God. We remember. Chake Kuyaa A life lived in Christ is a dance into the light:  a light passed along as the future calls us on, a light passed along in an ever changing song. We remember. Rose Mahlum I'm just a stranger on a journey, traveling to a distant land. Where there's a mansion waiting...