Miwani for Mwanza: October 2009

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Shout out to our Newton Partners

Here's a picture of our M4M partners from Newton, Iowa - the picture was taken while they were working at the Nyakato Clinic.

My mom and I drove through Newton today on our way to Chicago.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Thank You to Paula and Denny!

Loren, Paula, Denny and Ruth at Atonement on Sunday morning. It was truly a blessing to have Paula and Denny with us over the weekend.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Thank You to all who attended the dinner and evening of sharing last night. It was a wonderful night with the Lofstroms and we appreciate all the continued support for Atonement's mission work for Tanzania.

Stay tuned as we see how God works though us to be a part of the future in Tanzania and the work being done there through the Lofstroms and International Health Partners..

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Dinner and Sharing Tonight

Join us TONIGHT for an evening of sharing and dinner with Gabe, Paula and Denny.

Friday, October 2, 2009

Faces of Tanzania

Thanks to Elsie for sharing some of her pics of the faces of Tanzania.

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!

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