Shara Osiro

Serving the Lord in Eastern and Southern Africa

Bio

Shara Osiro serves the Lord through The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) in Africa, based in Kenya. As the regional shared ministries manager, she supports ministry programs and services that extend across multiple countries and personnel in the region. In collaboration with the region’s leadership team, she helps to develop strategic program and project plans for the included ministries, and then she regularly reviews and revises those plans.

Shara was born in St. Vincent, in the West Indies, and graduated from college with a bachelor’s degree in biology. Her home congregation is Christ Lutheran Church in Phoenix, Ariz. Shara has previously served on short-term mission trips to Uganda, Rwanda, Mexico and Peru. She also served with the LCMS for two years in South Africa. She enjoys going to the movies, reading, traveling and working with kids. Her husband, Michael, is Kenyan and works as a software engineer.

Prayers

Pray for Shara and Michael as they serve in Africa. Pray that God grants them continued strength and wisdom to serve Him and to develop and nurture strong relationships with the local people. Ask God to help them be strong Christian witnesses to many people and to keep them in good health so that they may serve to their fullest capacity. Let us thank God that Shara and Michael are serving His children in this part of the world.

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Additional Information

• Birthdays:
  • Shara — Feb. 4
  • Michael — March 28
• Wedding Anniversary: Feb. 11
• Home District: Pacific Southwest

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