Dear Mama Askofu Luanne Skrenes,
(Dear Mrs. Bishop Luanne)

Many greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Bwana asifiwe sana.  (Many praises to the Lord)

I hope this message will find you and your family in good health.

I thank God once again to have this opportunity to communicate to our friends at Trinity believing very well that the Love of God is with you all.  All at Matumbi are very well and they are constantly remembering you all at Trinity.

We thank God for giving us new leaders who were elected a few weeks ago.  This is an event that takes place all across ELCT (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania) in the country once in every four years.

Two weeks ago we had the day for our children to celebrate “Sikukuu ya Mikaeli na watoto” meaning the celebration of Saint Michael and children day.  The children preached on that day and also had plays to the congregation.  It was a very nice day at the church.

We are now preparing ourselves for a big Gospel service meeting to take place within the church outside ground premises between 22nd Oct-29th October 2007.  We have invited Pastors and Evangelists from outside Matumbi to preach during this meeting.  We believe that God will bring more people towards him during this meeting.  Please remember us in your prayers for this meeting.

Have you managed to get a new Pastor?  I hope so. Please send our many greetings to your congregation and to your family. God bless you all.

~ Tirio Manga