The Mission of the Global Missions Team (GMT) of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Wyoming, is to support and strengthen the congregation’s relationship with our partner congregations in the Iringa Diocese in Tanzania by maintaining correspondence with them and being aware and involved in the Bega Kwa Bega program of the St. Paul Area Synod. The team also attempts to keep the congregation informed about other missions of the ELCA.
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The Global Mission Team (GMT) at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Pictured from left to right: Dave Nordhausen, Fran Nordhausen, Diane Mahonen, Claudia Nelson, Jenn Cockburn, Ruth Koehly, Carole England, Kathie Marabella.
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GIVING UPDATE FEB. 21, 2018: $2400.00 was sent to Mtera and Migoli ($1200 to each site) for a total of six student scholarships, $1000.00 was sent to the Equity Fund for student scholarships, which are students who do not have a sponsoring congregation.
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A letter from Mtera Secondary School, Tanzania
Dear Fran. Bwana Yesu Asifiwe.
With happiness from the Entire community as we received $1,000 from Global mission team. The construction will processed as you support us. The money has already deposited to our school account through BKB. May our Almighty God bless you for the support you made for the school.
We intend this week to buy some materials for construction of this multipurpose hall and will let you know the updates through pictures. Our whether is cold some how. Hope one day will meet each other.
Please receive greetings from Upendo and Couban with their kids.
Thank you again for the support.
Yours in Christ
Kelvin
The headmaster - Mtera sec school
With happiness from the Entire community as we received $1,000 from Global mission team. The construction will processed as you support us. The money has already deposited to our school account through BKB. May our Almighty God bless you for the support you made for the school.
We intend this week to buy some materials for construction of this multipurpose hall and will let you know the updates through pictures. Our whether is cold some how. Hope one day will meet each other.
Please receive greetings from Upendo and Couban with their kids.
Thank you again for the support.
Yours in Christ
Kelvin
The headmaster - Mtera sec school
Mtera Secondary School, Tanzania
TANZANIAN TASK FORCE HISTORY
2000 Pastor Beebe received information about MWANGAZA, an educational partnership program between the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Evangelical church in Tanzania. He passed this information to Gerry Lidstrom, a member of St. Paul Lutheran and a junior high English teacher.
2001 Gerry Lidstrom becomes involved with the MWANGAZA program and is paired with Haran Ngede, headmaster at the Mtera Secondary School in Tanzania.
Spring 2001 Haran Ngede comes to Minnesota to work with Gerry Lidstrom for two months.
Summer 2001 Gerry Lidstrom goes to Tanzania to participate in seminars and training with Haran Ngede and MWANGAZA.
2001 St. Paul Lutheran joins the BEGA KWA BEGA program, a partnership between the St. Paul Area Synod and the Iringa Diocese in Tanzania. We are partnered with the Mtera congregation. The Tanzanian Task Force is formed to support and strengthen this relationship.
April 2004 Couban Letema comes as an exchange teacher through the MWANGAZA program.
February 2005 Pastor Beebe, Carole and Bill England and Fran Nordhausen travel to Tanzania and visit our companion congregation in Mtera, Mtera Secondary School and various ministries partnered with BEGA KWA BEGA.
Summer 2005 Vacation Bible School students raise $600 for bicycles for Mtera Evangelists.
September 2005 The Tanzanian Choir visits.
February 2007 Pastor Jeff and Melissa Beebe, Marcia and Kirby Smith and Dave and Fran Nordhausen travel to Tanzania. They assist in a food distribution at Izazi preaching point where there is famine due to drought and purchase and deliver bicycles for the evangelists using the funds our congregation sent in 2005 for this purpose.
September 2007 Bishop Mdegela and Provost Bangu visit our congregation.
October 2007 $5000 is sent to St. Paul Partners for drilling a well at the Chamsisili preaching point.
January 2008 Carole, Bill and Stephanie England, Michael and Allision Beebe, Stephanie and John Kennedy and Jenny Coozennoy traveled to Tanzania. In addition to visiting various ministries and preaching points, they worked at the Mtera Secondary School. Jenny stayed for three months.
May 2009 Pastor Jeff, Melissa and Allison Beebe and Dave and Fran Nordhausen visited Mtera and discussed plans for Pastor Lufyagila and two members to visit St. Paul Lutheran.
September 2009 Pastor Lufyagila visits St. Paul Lutheran
July 2010 Fran and Dave Nordhausen visited Mtera Parish and Secondary School while on a “Discovery Safari” with a group from an organization called Godparents for Tanzania.
2011 The name of the working group was changed from “The Tanzanian Task Force” to the “Global Ministry Team”.
May 2011 A sending service was held for our cluster leader, Rev. Tom Nielsen, before he left for Tanzania.
May 2012 Dr. Faires Ilomo, professor at Tumaini University and a visiting professor at Luther Seminary, was a guest preacher.
2013 Team members attended events and meetings sponsored by SPAS and BKB affiliates to reorganize the Bega Kwa Bega partnership under the new coordinator, Rev. Pater Harrits. A $500 annual commitment for three years was made to Radio Furaha for agricultural programing.
February 2014 Jennifer Cockburn led a trip consisting of her husband, Tom, Pr. Patterson, Kathie Marabella, Fran Nordhausen and Pr. Jan Mehlhoff to Tanzania to visit our partner’s congregation in Mtera and the students we support at Mtera Secondary School. With the help of Haran Ngede and his daughter, Judith, we purchased science textbooks and visited many of the BKB affiliates in and around Iringa.
2014 Working with H2O for Life and Wyoming Elementary School, we contributed approximately $3000 to St. Paul Partners Water Development Project for the upgrade of the water system at Mtera Secondary School.
2015 The congregation committed to a separate partnership with Migoli parish, formerly a preaching point of Mtera parish and now an independent parish. Jim and Betty Wolf presented a video of the celebration marking the completion of the water project at Mtera Secondary School at our annual Tanzanian Sunday service.
2001 Gerry Lidstrom becomes involved with the MWANGAZA program and is paired with Haran Ngede, headmaster at the Mtera Secondary School in Tanzania.
Spring 2001 Haran Ngede comes to Minnesota to work with Gerry Lidstrom for two months.
Summer 2001 Gerry Lidstrom goes to Tanzania to participate in seminars and training with Haran Ngede and MWANGAZA.
2001 St. Paul Lutheran joins the BEGA KWA BEGA program, a partnership between the St. Paul Area Synod and the Iringa Diocese in Tanzania. We are partnered with the Mtera congregation. The Tanzanian Task Force is formed to support and strengthen this relationship.
April 2004 Couban Letema comes as an exchange teacher through the MWANGAZA program.
February 2005 Pastor Beebe, Carole and Bill England and Fran Nordhausen travel to Tanzania and visit our companion congregation in Mtera, Mtera Secondary School and various ministries partnered with BEGA KWA BEGA.
Summer 2005 Vacation Bible School students raise $600 for bicycles for Mtera Evangelists.
September 2005 The Tanzanian Choir visits.
February 2007 Pastor Jeff and Melissa Beebe, Marcia and Kirby Smith and Dave and Fran Nordhausen travel to Tanzania. They assist in a food distribution at Izazi preaching point where there is famine due to drought and purchase and deliver bicycles for the evangelists using the funds our congregation sent in 2005 for this purpose.
September 2007 Bishop Mdegela and Provost Bangu visit our congregation.
October 2007 $5000 is sent to St. Paul Partners for drilling a well at the Chamsisili preaching point.
January 2008 Carole, Bill and Stephanie England, Michael and Allision Beebe, Stephanie and John Kennedy and Jenny Coozennoy traveled to Tanzania. In addition to visiting various ministries and preaching points, they worked at the Mtera Secondary School. Jenny stayed for three months.
May 2009 Pastor Jeff, Melissa and Allison Beebe and Dave and Fran Nordhausen visited Mtera and discussed plans for Pastor Lufyagila and two members to visit St. Paul Lutheran.
September 2009 Pastor Lufyagila visits St. Paul Lutheran
July 2010 Fran and Dave Nordhausen visited Mtera Parish and Secondary School while on a “Discovery Safari” with a group from an organization called Godparents for Tanzania.
2011 The name of the working group was changed from “The Tanzanian Task Force” to the “Global Ministry Team”.
May 2011 A sending service was held for our cluster leader, Rev. Tom Nielsen, before he left for Tanzania.
May 2012 Dr. Faires Ilomo, professor at Tumaini University and a visiting professor at Luther Seminary, was a guest preacher.
2013 Team members attended events and meetings sponsored by SPAS and BKB affiliates to reorganize the Bega Kwa Bega partnership under the new coordinator, Rev. Pater Harrits. A $500 annual commitment for three years was made to Radio Furaha for agricultural programing.
February 2014 Jennifer Cockburn led a trip consisting of her husband, Tom, Pr. Patterson, Kathie Marabella, Fran Nordhausen and Pr. Jan Mehlhoff to Tanzania to visit our partner’s congregation in Mtera and the students we support at Mtera Secondary School. With the help of Haran Ngede and his daughter, Judith, we purchased science textbooks and visited many of the BKB affiliates in and around Iringa.
2014 Working with H2O for Life and Wyoming Elementary School, we contributed approximately $3000 to St. Paul Partners Water Development Project for the upgrade of the water system at Mtera Secondary School.
2015 The congregation committed to a separate partnership with Migoli parish, formerly a preaching point of Mtera parish and now an independent parish. Jim and Betty Wolf presented a video of the celebration marking the completion of the water project at Mtera Secondary School at our annual Tanzanian Sunday service.