Miwani for Mwanza: Giraffe Story from Nancy

Monday, August 10, 2009

Giraffe Story from Nancy

"I met this little girl at a Masai village we visited. She was with her grandma I would assume and she was just watching me and just had a look of an open sponge, just needing information and love to absorb. She obviously had no toys or anything special, so I felt the need to give her my giraffe for her to keep and take care of.

She just held onto it as if she couldn't believe what she was seeing, I am sure she had never seen a stuffed animal before. Anyway I told her to keep track of "Mac" and that God was with her and watching over her. Not sure she understood but I did."
Nancy

No comments:

Post a Comment

Miwani for Mwanza Mission

In July 2009 the “Miwani for Mwanza” mission team from Atonement Lutheran Church traveled from Overland Park to Mwanza, Tanzania. “Miwani” is the Swahili word for eye glasses.

While in Tanzania the team worked with International Health Partners to begin the construction of an eye clinic at the Nyakato Health Center. The eye clinic is critically needed to serve over 200,000 people in the Southern Lake Victoria area.

Dennis and Paula Lofstrom and IHP-TZ oversee the Nyakato Health Clinic through the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania.

In June of 2012 another team from Atonement will travel to Mwanza with the goal to finish the eye clinic as well as to serve in various medical roles. Several members of the M4M team are Health Care Professionals and during the trip will be providing medical & eye exams, treatments and eye surgery for the people in that area of Tanzania.

$36,000.00 US is needed to to purchase the supplies to complete the Ahlrichs Eye Clinic, and $21,000 of that has been raised already through a Golf Benefit last fall and the "Spread Some Salt" Gala & Silent Auction this past March.

Your contributions toward the final $10,000 needed to complete the Eye Clinic are greatly apprieciated by the M4M teams, IHP-TZ and the people of Mwanza. Asante Sana!

Click here to make a donation.