Morogoro

So why, you might ask, are you in Morogoro, Tanzania? Morogoro is definitely not in the Diocese of Tanga.

The short answer is that the Rt. Rev. Maimbo Mndolwa, Bishop of the Diocese of Tanga, has been elected Primate of the Anglican Church of Tanzania (more on that exciting news soon). Several of us from the United States will be attending Bishop Maimbo's enthronement Sunday.

Colin Johnstone and I traveled to Tanzania earlier this week.  Yesterday we left Korogwe, the seat of the Diocese of Tanga, and are on our way to Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania, for the event.

Internet access is available here and there, so we  hope to post pictures from our time in Dodoma and from our time earlier in the week at Hegongo Holy Cross Secondary School in Magila.

Please pray for Bishop Maimbo and his family as he prepares to shoulder this enormous responsibility on top of his work as diocesan bishop.

Hello again!

You will have noticed that the Friends of Tanga blog has been on hiatus. However, the friendship has continued and has grown in new directions over the past five years. There is news to share, and I hope to update you on some of the activities of the past few years.

I should introduce myself first, however.  My name is Sarah Randall. I am a Sister of Saint Margaret, a priest of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, and the new coordinator of the partnership between the Diocese of Tanga and the Diocese of Massachusetts. We hope to develop our collaboration both between dioceses and among parishes and individuals in the US who are interested in this relationship. The Diocese of Ohio, for example, has been in relationship with the Diocese of Tanga for decades, and we have coordinated our efforts from time to time.

There will be many voices on this blog, some familiar from previous entries and some new. The former coordinator, Colin Johnstone, is still involved, though he has moved; we are grateful for his continued enthusiasm for this partnership.

-- Sarah SSM, Morogoro, Tanzania