People celebrating the consecration of a bell, Mbeya, Tanzania, 1934

"Glockenweihe in Mbeya Weihnachten 1934. Von weither kommen die Christen angewandert, um an der Feier teilzunehmen. Blick auf den Glockenstuhl." ("The consecration of a bell in Mbeya at Christmas 1934. The Christians are coming from afar to take part in the ceremony. View of the belfry.") A group of people wearing traditional clothes is gathering in front of a belfry with a thatched roof. On the left: a thatched hut. In the background: mountains. On the right: Africans wearing European clothes. Cf. photo nos. 10603-10607. -- Werner Hauffe (1909-1982) was a carpenter and later a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. From 1933 to 1939, he served in Rungwe, Utengule and Isoko. In Utengule, he was an assistant to Brother Gemuseus. In 1937, he married Irmgard Wolff.