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he is risen wolf kona especially likes to sing this easter him because it was composed in tanzania, one of the few hymns of african origin. and the german lutheran hymnal, tanzania is where booth kona was born. the daughter of a missionary, when she left africa, she was too young to have any personal memories, but now aged 92, she wants to see tanzania for herself. ah, ah, ah, ah, shoot a nice souvenir. actually it has a few cracks, but it still sounds good. i love the clean feelin. oh,

the retired teacher is confident about making the journey playing. the piano and gardening have kept her young, she says, ought kona taught music and religion to generations of children. and she continues to offer her services in the parish to prepare for her trip. she's reading documents and letters of her father auto haga, stored in the archives of the lutheran missionary society. shortly after completing his theology studies, pastor hogan, i was sent to africa. the german colonial period and east africa was already a thing of the past. with the end of the 1st world war in 1918, the victorious allies were mandated by the league of nations to administer the german overseas territories. most of the german missionaries were forced to leave. but 10 years later, the envoys of the berlin based bethel mission returned among them. otto ha, gonna in jesus service as

a 1927 film put it souvenirs from africa. arnold's cone as only link with tanzania. she has fond memories of her parents talking about africa on the landscape. the people the simple life guns i take that he did, they told us about everyday life in africa yet. and i for instance, they had a boy who helped them in the kitchen. and as i, unlike in europe, even fetching water, another errands took much more time than in a gym and household in me upside financial. and we always listened with great interest. if 5 out on the mazda inch, we'll see it's word on the day before, she's due to leave woot packs, photos, and documents from her family's time in africa to give the tanzanian parish. she herself doesn't have any personal memories of the country. when her mother became

gravely ill, the family had to leave. when home was just 2 years old. of the essence i had every minute i photographed my birth certificate for the 1st page it, it was issued in book colbert or at that time the country was administered by the british. so it's in english. okay. english. oh gosh. did hasty killed in this? the church? my father built portals then so so those of us girls, i'm out of here again with a group of black and white children. you don't eat at home just mostly. my father school house will father with his students who run before leaving for the british mandated territory passed her auto ha, gonna had to take an english course. he also studied swahili and other african languages goods. grand daughter layla is boning up on the local customs. she'll be accompanying booth on the journey because it is an older people

are often referred to as baba or mamma lawana. i know that word from my father co. harry means good bye. i remember that too. we can learn the stuff to morrow on the plane. or after a 9 hour flight, they have a stop over and doris alum townsend, he has financial capital. they've been joined by their cousin, a doctor who's familiar with africa. kilimanjaro africa's highest mountain. that means it's not much farther to the car, get our region bordering lake victoria, on tans, and he has north western boundary. the journey by ship took holt's father several weeks they land and bo cobra airport, located in the border triangle of tanzania,

rwanda and uganda. their excitement mount, what has become of the parish roots? father established 2 representatives of the lutheran diocese are there to meet the travellers. they'd like to take root straight to the place she was born. but 1st they go to the headquarters of the lutheran church and bu, cova. here in north western tanzania, people live off the border trade with the neighboring countries of rwanda and uganda. from fishing, coffee and bananas. christians and muslims make up around 35 percent of the tanzanian population. there are also hindus and animist communities. islam was brought to the tanzanian mainland and the 19th century by muslim missionaries from the sultan it of oman.

but in the conga region, most people are christian. the largest church in bu cova is the roman catholic cathedral. the headquarters of the lutheran diocese is much simpler, but the complex includes a guest house restaurant and seminar rooms. with ye go, man, yes. magazine. yeah. why don't zia the corn and what is it said dots that should. yeah. bishop abednego cash. i'm chava studied in germany and is curious about the photos and reminiscences of the missionary, auto ha, gonna as a, as an into not mine, which i had to port. his view of the german missionary's contribution is positive. he cites the words of the 1st indigenous bishop of the lutheran church and tanzania . andrea katy, general, b r. m mac m. b. after the german missionaries left the country because of the war,

he said weak. the church in tanzania is now an orphan shade, tanzania, his ts rice. but the bishop tells his visitors that unlike the churches in europe, the african church is constantly growing. however, he's concerned about our new development and east africa. pentecostal missionaries are competing with the established churches. our escalated, misty executive. that in itself wouldn't be bad. the bad thing is that they are spreading false teachings, add somebody or in eat, and some of them say the st should only pray without going to the hospital. no, i bitten or met some crank and houses again. fool e holly together. they sing the easter him more in swahili and german 4. ha ha is dash don done. hi lee. oh hi george sean 3. 0941. yeah god. yes,

america, will ye crash b? oh yeah. long i would think the minds of an african him sung in german, that's very rare, that's perceived. imaged then finally on take eager ramayo where hood corner was born. 50 kilometers in the direction of the ugandan border. this would have been almost a day's journey for her father 100 years ago, but the missionaries put up with many hardships, gladly they missoula could that the concept of mission that was current 100 years ago no longer exists, as the absolute claim of any one religion has long since been replaced by into a religious dialog upgraded form. the pastors of the bethel missionary society had

no doubts about the universal validity of christianity. they came to convert the africans in his letters and records whose father describes the native religions as pagan serving of spirits. traditions such as polygamy were condemned. ah, finally they arrive antigua rama, lutheran church. the missionaries daughter has returned and she is given a warm welcome. older members of the community shake her hand. it seems that auto ha, gonna has not been forgotten. even after almost a 100 years a service is held in honor of the guests. today. the kicker, rama parish has almost 4000 members. it's one of the largest in the diocese. most of the residents here are subsistence farmers

and his welcoming address church, elder enough come lazara, recalls the difficult beginnings of the 1st christians in this area. even before the arrival of german missionaries. regular, rent in pseudo full 14 people had been paid by then we can process of the see a miss from uganda. this now, since congregation was forced to worship you may be, it only goes from grandma, my dear little whoa, who may do the movie for fear? oh, i'm the good. he will give her a wish good. i'm a power. the 1st it was a miss to one. well, the visionary, oklahoma, i imagine with you to blue, but we live one is one big go. yeah, i didn't end up with

a new parishioner is baptized bunny. when who and her siblings were baptized. here there were already african pastors, quite flat, i had my father wanted his 1st child to be baptized by a black pastor, moscow called fitness. good of me. that's part of the image i have of my parents sat out of all they always treated africans as the equal sky maggie mouth. oh, with the collections during church services don't even cover the basic causes. the lutheran church and tanzania depends on partnerships with other countries, especially with parishes in germany. oh, the german lutheran church hasn't sent out any missionaries for more than 50 years . the evangelizing situation is reversed. today the german church is learning from tanzania. it's in get you, it's a younger church. he is,

they don't have the same hierarchy, provide tools. they don't have our enormous administrative burden. could might. it's a passion and not as big as our parishes them manageable. you hobbling speak, i think, and they don't have the problems and concerns that our past has and church members have to cope with asian kinds of inter shlang. at times kept ham on the old church registers are brought out baptisms, weddings, funerals, everything has been recorded here in 1930, she comes across her father's name. this is all otto. how can i hear you about via a busy the parish is relaxed about its history. is the, the question of whether the africans had any reservations about the european missionaries amuses the parish elders. mother to a people, people. i don't know what happened,

but the grandest screws were established. people like penance like to send their kids to screws her and do the disability, which was awesome. by the way, the missionaries, her people went before treatment. our church is principally a gym and church because even though a song saw gym over lunch, the guests learn how the parish has developed during the past decades to new schools have opened. soon a new church will be built, the school building where, whose corona's father taught is still standing. they want to show it to her after lunch. them being the 5th. for the mission of ed. good am i asking?

the elementary school of key gramma, the swahili word for school is sheila pronounced to like the german word, a relic of the colonial era. 220 pupils are taught here. elementary school is compulsory in tanzania, and attendance is free. they would love secondary schools on the other hand, charge tuition fees. that's beyond the means of many parents, judging issue. once england i'm john guardian warrior i like the school was built by a pasta. i gamma by the name of auto ha, gonna from germany. the door came more than me were you mama, he was here from 1928 to 1932. you mama, i'm jak, and this lady is one of his children. are you and broke up? what did you understand? got more that allison mother hear the children respond with

a lively song and appropriate tribute to the retired music teacher from germany with school then it's on to the main building built of brick over 90 years ago. new, the thought that didn't come through that with the community and especially the pupils had to lend a hand and constructing the school. pastor ha, gonna attached great importance to this. and not only because it cut costs what the missionaries called work training was part of their educational concept. they wanted africans to learn the suppose a german virtues of diligence and discipline. hug. and i noted i was pleasantly surprised by the cheerful competition with which the boys went about this. not so easy task of pounding the clay in 2 hour sessions over just 5 afternoons. we were able to produce more than $800.00 bricks

and the school is still standing. i think a further because his school he do this with that's where i had the my primary education. it was a few visually. he, i this can not, that's exactly the picture. we have a father that would this would this, it was, it was, it does it. he but he always said, i'm everything that i have in terms of knowledge, skills or talent is not for me. i listen, i have the obligation to pass it on to others and i love i test something that's what her father called sewing the seed of god's word. schoolwork was an important instrument of evangelization for the missionaries. hug and i campaigned with his superiors and the lutheran missionary society to set up

a complete christian school system in the region. we cannot limit ourselves to teaching, reading and writing in the village schools and leave further education to the government. schools which is 99 today, almost a century later, huggins vision has become reality. private schools run by the churches have a better reputation than state schools in tanzania. a christian education is a passport to social advancement. ha. gonna advocated a soft missionary approach, respecting the african languages, social structures, customs, and traditions. the incumbent, bishop of bukosa, says that this was what made it possible for an african national church to emerge. and these missionaries use the g, the language, the language of the traditional religions to explicate, to explain to in dublin,

the bible in the chretien teachings. for example, the name good was taken from the african tradition already. jim. the education was you the establish, it was use the the as a means over the quarter. my vision we have, we're freedom fighters will weigh. i told the by missionaries, it was missionary schools, and they also established you hospitals in order to heave civil diseases which had him dead air, many african back and keegan, rama who is shown a clinic run by the church. it was originally established by missionaries from germany. there is no national health insurance scheme in tanzania. patients must pay for treatment themselves, but with assistance from partner parishes, some of them in germany, the church and hans and he can help some of the poorest patients. and a senior doctor explains that the

h i v and malaria programs organized by the government are free of charge. vaccinations against the corona virus are also free. and then go back and tell them that we have we have a campaign to reach those who cannot get to that facility. so you my back mor bang clinics. oh, we got a g to day that i don't s's wins for books, vaccination to reach the poor. the life expenses are getting hard day and had bed happiness. la newburgh confirms this assessment. the widow and mother of 2 school aged children runs a small diner on the main street of ki kurama. today there is fish and rice on the menu. her earnings are no more than a one euro a day. passed

her. some will resolve comes to her assistance. the widow can't expect any support from the state. the church is her only hope. a killer she was, i don't earn enough to pay the school fees for both my girls. that's why i have a 2nd job. open by now. i also help out on a farm. them specialty now goodness, sorry, knock them out of poverty. here is an enormous challenge for the charge. cut the cookie. did you, especially young people who don't have jobs or prospect a while to quote fine yoga, either they move to the big cities or they drift into crime and drug abuse. but when i shouldn't girls in particular fall by the wayside, because if, well, they don't have money for further school education to escape from poverty, cuz i've got amazon for over la quinta to courtney cooper. happiness,

lenovo could benefit from a micro credit program, the diocese has set up to combat poverty. it's intended to give women in particular, the opportunity to be economically independent where people can contribute to money, can to save and borrow money in groups air. and we have seen emily a being successful in our groups. would you establishing the basis? where are $4.00 video convenient shootings, which is related to media in a euro's to a $1000000.00. and they affect relating in diffidence, groups of people who saved and borrow money. and they, they give us more low interest, which is the also divided among themselves. after the end of the year. everyone else tries to survive through subsistence farming and key grammar. most people own a bit of land. what's left of the crop they sell but poverty is

increasing. here. the corona pandemic and the war in ukraine have triggered a cost of living explosion. and above all, it's the lack of water caused by climate change that's making life so hard. tanzania has experienced a severe drought for more than 3 years, and it's estimated that global warming could turn large parts of the country into desert. the lutheran church and northwest tanzania has started a modest reforestation program to combat the effects of climate change in keegan, rama to a grove of spruce. it has been established on land belonging to this parish explains one of the deacons. it's hoped the trees will prevent further soil erosion and also provide firewood before the property is re forested. those

on for mission is students. when we come to our church, they went to set the castle mission. we told them to come with 5 kids every student. then we assisted them, took lunch, and it keep it well. oh, at the end of routes, visit the middle school choir, performs in her honor. the music of africa fascinated her father. he left the collection of traditional lyrics from this region. i know you are to be envied for the joy and vitality with which you sing here in kings, rama it's time to say good bye. i this was more than a pilgrimage to her place of birth. it was a moving encounter with africa with the african church and the complex history of

evangelization. time to sum up rushed. i'm surprised and overwhelmed by the hospitality and the way guests are welcome to you as a matter of course. i'm just, the scout is the and that the people remember with fondness the evangelizing period long ago in which missionaries, late the foundations of a small church community. here i'm chasing your monitor doc, yvonne decimal, which donnelly, malone, gan air. you know, oh, oh, day of europeans coming to tanzania to preach the gospel are long gone. replaced by encounters of mutual respect between christians from 2 continents. africa was the great love of ruth conan's father who died young. he was particularly impressed by the people their music and their lively faith now aged

more than 92 hoots. kona has been able to experience these things 1st hand. good. i mean i'm incredibly grateful. i could experience it myself. oh oh oh wow. oh oh. oh ah

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