Mbise, the ELCT's deputy secretary-general for social services and women's work, oversees church health and education work and supervises programs for women and health care, ReVoir said. Mwenegoha, a faculty member at a Tanzanian teacher's college, specializes in training special education teachers.
Special education is a new field in Tanzania.
During their afternoon in Waukon, they will join Martin Luther Homes staff and clients in a pot luck luncheon at one of the MLH homes. In addition to showing them our services, we wanted to plan some fun event that reflects our culture here, ReVoir said. She wanted to give them a remembrance, too. Since we cannot wrap up a rainbow to signify the faith and hope God showed Noah, we will give each of them a window prism to catch the rainbow in their homes in Tanzania, and to express our gift of faith and hope. Martin Luther Home Society's President and CEO, George Meslow, visited Tanzania last summer with Lynda Ogden, director of staff development and training.