We are making plans for a team from the Mid-South District to return to Tanzania, Africa in May of 2022. We pray we will be able to communicate to the people of Tanzania the life-changing power of Jesus Christ in a practical and understanding way; to develop them into responsible, productive, successful Christians, and equip […]
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Like Father…Like Daughter
Mission Trips & Mission Life As I sit down to write this article, it’s Father’s Day Weekend. After 23 years of being a father, there is no doubt that one of the greatest blessings from the Lord is being a parent! What a joy it is to be a daddy, to watch your child begin […]
Tanzania Mission trip 2019
The 2019 trip will again focus on outreach to the Sukuma tribe, in a group of villages, located in the South East Of Lake Victoria District (SELVD). Bishop Makala will determine which area we will work in. The Sukuma are the nation’s largest tribe, comprised of 6 million people. Most of the people believe in […]
Trinity HOPE April Mission Trip
A team returned this weekend from Haiti and one team member shares pictures and captions. The team member is Ashley Owen from St. John’s Lutheran Church in Effingham, IL. On Wednesday morning we visited a small inner-city school, Jubilee. The students at this school truly had jubilant hearts. Though small in number, the children praised […]
Youth Mission Trip – Update
Summer Mission Trip to New Orleans 49 high school students from across the Mid-South District participated in an enriching mission trip experience in New Orleans. Students traveled to Camp Restore and took part in outreach projects to help New Orleans residents who are still struggling to recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. The […]
Mission Team Prepares for Trip to Tanzania in May 2018
Twenty-four representatives from the Mid-South District are preparing for a mission trip to Tanzania in May. The first group of 10 (team 1) will be leaving Memphis on May 19th and the 2nd group of 14 will be departing on May 31. Each group will fly into Kilimanjaro Airport and then board a smaller plane to […]
St. Augustine’s Lutheran School-Sudan
St. Augustine’s Lutheran School in South Sudan. Pastor Russell Shewmaker (Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Jonesboro, AR) has been teaching there on a short term mission trip.
First Lutheran Church travelled down to Guatemala
A team of doctors, nurses, and educators from First Lutheran Church in Fort Smith traveled down to Guatemala at the end of September to provide dental and medical check-ups along with ongoing professional development for the teachers at Resurrection Lutheran in Gualan. CALMS (Central American Lutheran Missionary Society) provided trip support, planning, and transportation. Contributed […]
Pastor Dave Tews reports on his first mission trip
I had the opportunity to go on my first mission trip with 12 others from the Mid-South District to Tanzania. This was an evangelism mission trip that took us to remote villages in the South East of Lake Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Tanzania. The one way trip each day was 2 hours over […]
Tanzania Mission Trip-May 19, 2016
A team of 13 will be leaving for Tanzania on May 19th for a mission trip to the South East of Lake Victoria Diocese (SELVD). The Mid-South District has been sending teams to Tanzania since 2004. The Kishapu district, the area we will be visiting this year, is a very dry and poor area with […]
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