Trinity has "adopted" a husband-wife missionary team in Kenya, Rev. Michael G. Fonner and Leslie Weed-Fonner.

Michael earned a BA in Religion from Dartmouth College, and MDiv in Pastoral Ministry from Harvard Divinity School and a ThD in Comparative Religion from Harvard. Leslie earned a BS in Dental Hygiene from Columbia University, an MEd in Psycho-Education Processes from Temple University and an MSW in Clinical Social Work from Hunter College School of S. W.

Michael serves as pastor of International Lutheran Congregation, a congregation of the Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Nairobi, a companion of the ELCA. Leslie works with the Pangani Lutheran CHildren's Center, a ministry for orphaned girls and girls in need. Together, they work wit hthe congrfegation's HIV/AIDS program, nursery school, knitting and sewing schools-all programs that serve the local community.

Update from the field:January 2013

A letter to the children at Trinity: Ephiphany in Kenya