Zion has made a commitment to donate 3% of income received through the Forward in Faith fund to a variety of mission projects on a semi-annual basis. The Global Missions committee selected the work of Dr. Kristopher Hartwig with Hospice Development in Tanzania for the May 18-November 17, 2008 gift.
Dr. Hartwig was in the area in November visited Zion to tell the Global Missions committee more about his work. If you missed that event, you can still catch Dr. Hartwig’s slide presentation at www.zionbuffalo.org/TZ
Hospice in Tanzania
November 24, 2008 — AngelaA Letter from Dennis Murnyak
September 18, 2008 — AngelaDear Supporting Congregations,
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! I am writing to give you an update from my last letter written from Tanzania. Since that time we have departed from Tanzania on July 2 and returned to the USA. The departure was not easy in that it was a lot of work to move from a country where I lived for 25 years. There was the house to move out of, belongings to give away, dispose of, sell, or ship to USA. There was work to finish up and responsibilities to turn over. There were farewells to friends and colleagues, and to the country we grew to love. It was an emotionally draining time.
Now perhaps is the more difficult time for us as I adjust to living in the USA Read the rest of this entry »
Dennis Murnyak Update
June 23, 2008 — AngelaMissionary Dennis Murnyak is moving back to USA from Tanzania on July 2 and is in the midst of sorting, packing, moving and saying farewells.
His family will spend the summer in Minnesota as they search for jobs and places to live.
Dennis has a new email address, so please delete old addresses and contact the church office for his new address.
Murnyak Mission News
May 22, 2008 — AngelaMay 22, 2008
Dear Supporting Congrgations,
Greetings to all of you! While many of you are welcoming spring/early summer we are just marking the end of the rainy season. It was a good stretch of heavy rains and farmers are pleased – but it did a number on our dirt roads (like the one that leads to our house) which are nearly impassable in spots – happy we have four-wheel drive!
Mission Congratulations
April 18, 2008 — Angelaby Dave Wright
After 25 years of digging fish ponds, coddling Tilapia fingerlings with his farmer protégé, and negotiating the African bureaucracy, Dennis Murnyak and family are returning to the United States in July. You can find Dennis’s final report of their ministry here and a letter from Dennis here. It’s been an amazing journey and well worth the read. Our congregation has supported the Murnyaks financially and prayerfully since they began serving as missionaries in Tanzania in 1983.
This is just one of the many ways Zion has made a Christian impact on our international neighbors. We have sent approximately $30,000 to projects around the world from our building fund. Three percent of our contributions to Forward in Faith is ear-marked for missions. Each year Harvest of Hands commits thousands of dollars to alleviate suffering from hunger, and our Forty Days of Purpose has led to a groundswell of financial and social outreach locally. We can be proud of these efforts to act as Christ’s ambassadors.
Murnyak Mission News
April 15, 2008 — AngelaApril 15, 2008
Dear Supporting Congregations
Greetings from rainy and muddy Tanzania! We are in the middle of the raining season and it is really raining this year. Despite being tired of the muddy roads and paths and gloomy days we are all thankful for good rains that are needed for the crops and to recharge the ground water and springs.
As I have written you earlier we are nearing the time to leave Tanzania. My contract with Heifer is up on June 30th and we will return to USA on July 3rd. I am starting to feel in limbo Read the rest of this entry »
Howard’s visit to Tanzania
February 25, 2007 — Angela
Out of This World, that was truly my experience in January 2007 as I visited Zion’s missionary, Dennis Murnyak in Tanzania. Dennis partners with Heifer International and World Mission of the ELCA. He has directed fish farming in Tanzania for 24 years. This was to be an inspection tour of one area. I was most privileged to go along as we bumped and lurched over rocks, sloshed through water and slid through greasy clay. Only by a great stretch of the imagination could these be called roads.
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