Letter to Mbulu

October 1, 2002

Pastor Samwel Sulle
ELECT - Mbulu Diocese
Northern District,
Mbulu Congregation,
P.O. Box 51,
Mbulu,
Arusha, Tanzania

Dear Pastor Sulle:

Pastor Siefken just have me another beautiful cloth that you sent to us. I have been displaying the various cloths that you have sent so our entire congregation can enjoy them. Please accept our thanks for your beautiful gifts.

I also wanted to let you know that we have been preparing for the November Breakfast with Jill McKinney from the Synod offices. We have been teaching our Sunday School Students about your Country. They are learning some Swahili songs. We hope to show them some rhythm instruments made in your country. A church member who is a splendid artist taught the children how to draw animals that may be found in your Country: giraffes, elephants, lions & fish. Well, it is our understanding that some of your countrymen maybe fish farmers. Is that true?

You have asked several times about our Preschool/Daycare. There are several laws in our State/Country that dictate how we are supposed to run our center. We have to have a specific number of adult workers to children, certain procedures that we have to follow under certain circumstances, etcetera. I am not sure if you have such laws/regulations defining your operations. I am enclosing a flyer about our preschool, that describes the curriculum and activities that the children will experience during the course of the school year, September - May. I hope that is of some benefit.

We will keep you in our prayers, and send our best wishes.

Your in Christian Fellowship,
Linda S. Newton, Outreach