February 2025 Email update from Rev. Joseph Randianasolo of Lutheran Institute of Managerial Enterprise (LIME), to President Paavola. The Lord be with you! Big thanks to Jesus Christ our Good Shepherd, the Head of the Church. Warm thanks to you, to your staff, to the Mid-South District and to your family.
World Missions
Mission Trips…Join Us
What are you doing that is more important? Our next mission trip is tentatively scheduled to leave on May 22, 2025 arriving in Kilimanjaro Airport (Arusha) on the 23rd. We will spend one night there and then fly to Mwanza and travel by car to Shinyanga, the headquarters for the Southeast of Lake Victoria diocese. […]
Mid-South District Mission Team 2024 Tanzania
At the end of May, 14 members of a mission team representing the Mid-South District left for a mission in the Southeast of Lake Victoria Diocese of the Lutheran Church of Tanzania. We have a group of members from Memphis, Little Rock, and Cabot as well as from Missouri. The team will sharing the gospel […]
Church Roofs for Tanzania and All Africa
In the Southeast of Lake Victoria Diocese of the Lutheran church of Tanzania and across Africa, congregations are usually able to build the walls of their church using available materials like mud brick. Members of the church often dig the foundation, make bricks and construct the walls for the new buildings. Then they must fund […]
LIME UPDATE Spring 2024
—Madagascar— Editor’s note: this update is in Rev. Randrianasolo’s own words. The Lord be with you! We just finished the first semester of school year 2023/24. The in between break moving to the second semester was scheduled for oral defense of unfinished last school year theses. This is usually the last wave. We are happy […]
God Hasn’t Told Us to Stop
In Haiti, most school doors opened on September 11th. As we enter the 2023-24 school year, Trinity HOPE is celebrating another big milestone. Since 1999 we have been feeding hungry souls in Haiti, and this marks our 25th year of ministry. During these 25 years, Trinity HOPE has provided over 68 million meals to children […]
LIME Graduates
Editor’s note: this letter is Rev. Randrianasolo’s own words, sent to President Paavola. “The Lord be with you! Sunday October 1st was a great day for LIME and for the Lutheran Central Synod (District in the LCMS terminology). A great worship service was celebrated at the Malagasy Lutheran Church of North Ivory, Fianarantsoa at the […]
August Workshop in Haiti
Since 2020, our mission trips to Haiti have been paused. This started during the pandemic and continues because of the danger Haiti now experiences, with up to 80% of the capital city, Port au Prince, being totally controlled by gangs. However, by the grace of God, three members of the Trinity HOPE United States team […]
Building Maintenance & Computers
Pictures of the LIME in Madagascar. These photos illustrate how the support from the Mid-South District to the Malagasy Lutheran Church and its LIME (Lutheran Institute of Managerial Entrepreneurship) impact their mission. Our continuing support offers a post-high school education for young men and women to prepare them for work and support of their families. […]
Vestments Needed
Forty one new Pastors will be ordained in the Southeast of Lake Victoria Diocese of Tanzania on June 1, 2024. Most of these men have received their Theological training at the Negezi Training center. Their education has been supported by the Mid-South District and Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne. God has truly blessed this program. […]
