Bega Kwa Bega

BKB Community Gathering

BKB Community Gathering

Karibuni sana – you are warmly welcome to attend a gathering of the Bega Kwa Bega community next Monday, March 11, 6:30-8 p.m. at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, located at 1390 Larpenteur Ave. E., St. Paul. We’ll be sharing news and updates from Iringa and about a...

Our Global Neighbors

Our Global Neighbors

A year ago I had the opportunity to travel to Tanzania with my wife, Christine, and Sue and Dave Klevan on behalf of Immanuel Lutheran, St. Paul. Our journey was part of the ongoing Bega Kwa Bega relationship, and we benefited by traveling with a group from Fish Lake...

The Partnership Meeting

The Partnership Meeting

Some members of the travel group were experiencing the villages, the country, and the continent for the very first time. Their morning began with a drive to a preaching point. The drive turned into a mile-long walk (one way) through the mud. After two more visits to...

Medical Progress

Medical Progress

The Iringa Diocese is heavily invested in providing medical care… both regionally through the Ilula Lutheran Hospital and in remote rural areas through its nine dispensaries. This month, healthcare professionals from Minnesota traveled here to practice alongside...

Equipping Teachers

Equipping Teachers

The road to Pommern is rocky and rough. In the dry season, our vehicle kicks up a fine orange dust that sticks to clothes and hair if you leave the windows open. In January, the muddy spots are slick and there are pools of standing water of unknown depth. The...

Deep Gratitude

Deep Gratitude

Another year comes to a close and our hearts are full of gratitude. During our most recent visit, Bishop Gaville commented many times, “This relationship is such a gift to our diocese.” For those of us involved in Bega Kwa Bega from the Saint Paul Area Synod side, the...

What a Year!

What a Year!

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 During all three of my visits to Iringa this past year, this verse from Philippians has been a refrain, repeated in worship and during speeches at diocese events. It has been the diocese theme for...

Practicing Our Three Pillars

Practicing Our Three Pillars

Bishop Lull has been traveling around the Iringa Diocese since Thanksgiving Day, receiving the generous hospitality of the entire diocese. It has been an excellent opportunity to practice the three pillars of our companionship: prayer, presence and projects. Prayer In...

Pikipikis for Unpartnered Parishes

Pikipikis for Unpartnered Parishes

I’ve covered a lot of kilometers with Kulwa, an excellent driver. As we traveled the rough roads of rural Iringa, we would have a friendly competition. Passing a village with a sign for a diocese parish, who could be first to name the U.S. companion congregation?...