Thursday 08 September 2022
Some years ago, there were 70 parishes in the Iringa Diocese, and each one had a companion congregation. Since the start of this relationship, companions have been building chapels and…
Read PostThursday 25 August 2022
So far, about 35 Bega Kwa Bega travelers have ventured to Iringa since we reactivated our travel channels. What have we learned about travel during a pandemic? It’s so…
Read PostThursday 11 August 2022
Over the past year I’ve had the pleasure, adventure, challenge, and now success of working with a group from Saint Paul Area Synod and the Iringa Lutheran Diocese on a…
Read PostThursday 28 July 2022
know many of our readers are parents and grandparents, and have felt that heart swelling joy of watching your own young person walk across the university stage to shake hands…
Read PostThursday 14 July 2022
At the end of last month, the Bega Kwa Bega team in Iringa traveled to the far corners of the diocese, visiting secondary schools and students. Ryan skillfully handled the…
Read PostThursday 30 June 2022
I met the first Bibi (Grandmother) when I visited her remote village a number of years ago. We were the first wazungu (white people) to visit. She was rather stern,…
Read PostThursday 16 June 2022
Village visits here in the Iringa Diocese often begin with singing, dancing and palm branches waving – a welcome akin to the greeting Jesus received upon entering Jerusalem. Great hospitality…
Read PostThursday 02 June 2022
Last month we gathered to express our gratitude to Pastors Nixon Mwitula and Lusungu Msigwa. They have been in Minnesota this past academic year, studying at Luther Seminary. Despite their…
Read PostSaturday 30 April 2022
It takes quite a team of people tending to the work we call Bega Kwa Bega. In recent weeks several individuals have stepped into new positions. We welcome them with…
Read PostThursday 14 April 2022
As our Bega Kwa Bega travel schedule has begun to resume [cautiously], I’ve been thinking of my previous journeys. The places I’ve been and especially the people I met have…
Read Post