Life is hard in Mwitikira especially during times of drought like East Africa has experienced this year. Crops don't grow, which means there is little food and no cash for other needs. Women in the village are willing to work, but lack of capital makes it difficult to start income-generating businesses.
Last Christmas, the Global Missions Committee sold… Read More
posted by Sandra Whitfield, Global Missions Committee
Music, dancing, and laughter told the tale at the dedication of 70 desks for Mwitikira schoolchildren on November 19th. Our own St. Paul's parishoners, Roger Whitfield and Will Brooks, participated in the celebration. These desks, along with 70 given earlier, completed St. Paul's committment to the village regarding desks and mean that each primary school student… Read More
At this stage, we can be very flexible in designing a pilgrimage or pilgrimages around the preferences of pilgrims. Early in 2011, we will need to decide on details.
Who: Pilgrims from St. Paul's have been as old as 74 and as young as 15; youth or children who have not… Read More
St. Paul's parishioner Will Brooks is now in Tanzania, where he will serve for over a year.
You can follow his reflections and work online at: http://willtanzania.blogspot.com
St. Paul's next pilgrimage to Mwitikira in Central Tanganyika is scheduled for summer 2011. Questions? Contact Mark Gordon, Global Missions Committee Chair, at mark_gordon@bshsi.org.
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