St. Paul's Missionary

BARBARA ROBINSON, Missionary Morogoro, Tanzania

Barbara Robinson is a missionary in the area served by the Northeastern Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania -- the companion synod/diocese of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod. A desire to become more involved with the companion synod led St. Paul's to sponsor Barbara's missionary work. She is currently responsible for developing and implementing a program to deal with HIV/AIDS in the communities served by the Morogoro parish of the Northeastern Diocese. Barbara earned a B.A. in music and secondary education at Western Washington University, and she pursued graduate studies in counseling at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. Prior to becoming a missionary, Barbara held positions as a Music Educator (Jefferson Middle School, Olympia, WAS0, Director of After-School Tutoring and Director of Music (Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Olympia, WA) and Deputy Coordinator -- HAVACOP and English Teacher (Haydom Lutheran Hospital, Mubul, Tanzania). Barbara enjoys sailing and reading in her spare time.