What Child is This...Jonathan
By Marty Malley, Tanzania Ministries Coordinator “My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you, how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you!” – Galations 4:19-20 I’m pretty certain that if Paul was with us today, he would still be perplexed. I am sure he would be perplexed about me. But I want to tell you about a young Tanzanian man named Jonathan. Paul would rejoice about the formation of Christ in Jonathan. I am humbled to know him, because in spite of being born into enormous challenges, Jonathan is a teacher to all of us. I came to know of Jonathan through the Building a Caring Community (BCC) project that is a joint effort of Mosaic (a Nebraska Synod serving arm) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) Northern Diocese – our partner diocese of 25 years. Children with intellectual disabilities come into the world at a hug...