In just a month I will be travelling to northern Tanzania to visit the Diocese of Kilimanjaro (7th – 15th October). Some people may know that I spent a year teaching in a university in central Tanzania in 2011 and also visited projects associated with the sponsorship charity ‘Compassion’ in north-east Tanzania in 2019.
The link with our parish and the Diocese of Kilimanjaro has been a successful one for many years and a number of you will have visited already. It was mediated by the Tearfund charity but around a year ago Tearfund said they would be need to restructure and would not be able to mediate the link for us. They encouraged us to continue the link, and this is something we have been keen to do.
The aim of this visit is to establish a meaningful and ongoing relationship with Christians and projects in the diocese. I will spend time at a training conference for reducing poverty in rural areas, meet the Bishop and his staff, worship on a Sunday and many other things yet to be determined! There is a hope that this might lead to members of the congregation visiting in the near future – for those who are might be interested, look out for evening event I will run on my return. Do pray for Roland on his travels, for the people that he will meet and the ongoing relationship that the parish has in Tanzania.