Sunday 19 May 2013

The work continues.....


It’s been a very long time and as can be imagined, so much has happened.  We will try to fill the gaps as best as possible.


December 2012 was very busy for our family.  Joelle celebrated her 7th birthday, Michael got nearer to being 3 score and 10 years, Janelle was preparing for her 3rd birthday and we celebrated our 9th  year wedding anniversary.  In addition, we decided to spend Christmas and New Year in Ghana.  This would have been Janelle’s first visit, and also her first meeting with her Ghanaian family.  It was a very special time and it was lovely to see her get along with Uncles, Aunties and cousins.  The family has grown since we last saw them more than 3 years ago with now a few cousins about the same age as (and younger than) Joelle and Janelle.  It was a noisy affair on many occasions as they got to know each other – as children do.
















Visitors
Since the beginning of the year we have received a number of visitors to Sierra Leone on various missions.
1)      Lancashire District – Methodist Church of Great Britain
The first to arrive was the team of 12 from Lancashire District of the Methodist Church Great Britain led by Rev. Stephen Poxon.  A team from the district (formerly North Lancashire) has been visiting since 2007 to assist with a number of development projects mainly in the Kailahun District of MCSL. There are two main projects receiving support from the team – The Red Rose Skill Centre in Kailahun and Nixon Memorial Methodist Hospital in Segbwema. The team added a third project – the reconstruction of a hostel/guest house in Kailahun to form part of the skills centre. The guest house would serve as focus for training of the youth in hospitality management. 



 Prayer Points
 – Please pray that the teams who come will be strengthened and not be overwhelmed by the scale of the need in this part of the Lord’s vineyard.
Also thank God for the work of the team who consistently support us here in Sierra Leone.
 Synods
The first quarter of the year is usually filled with Synods of the three Districts and this year was no different. The first – Western District Synod – was held at John the Maroon Church in Freetown.
This was followed by Synods at Bo/Kenema District and the Kailahun /Kono respectively. The Kailahun Kono Synod was particularly significant because the ground breaking ceremony for a new primary school in memory of Rev. Frank Himsworth took place on the Synod Sunday in Segbwema. The school is to be built with donations

 SUNDAY HEALTH CLINIC

The new Health section of the MCSL had its first Sunday Service Health talk and clinic at Ebenezer Methodist Church in Murray Town, in the Wilberforce Circuit.  It was well received, and the plan is to roll out this programme in most of the societies in Freetown. 

 Prayer Points:
Please pray that the new initiative to bring health services closer to the congregation will be a success and more ‘workers’ will join the team. Also there would be resources – especially financial & drugs to support the programme.




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