November 2011

Linn’s News November 2011

Thank you for all your prayers and support this month. Our staff retreat was wonderful, with perfect weather. So far, we are surviving the run-up to the end of the year. The weather has been glorious, with cool mornings and Spring temperatures, but we have been warned that the Summer is about to arrive, with high temperatures as from Saturday.

The Church
I am now participating in the English church here and I am enjoying it very much. This week I led the prayers. (I don’t know if they will ever ask me again. Ha! Ha!)

Some of our other congregations are making headway towards being  ´healthy churches`. I have heard good reports from Roque Alonso and Zeballos Cue, where communities are working together.

The Country

In the north of the country a search, organized by the Minister for the Interior and involving the Police and the Army, is on for the leaders of the People’s army. The region has become very insecure.

There is not much other news of interest this month. Life rumbles on.

The schools
We began this half of the term with a staff retreat at our school Sports Centre, out in the countryside. The weather was absolutely perfect. Bishop Greg Venables came to teach us. He was so inspiring and extremely relaxed. That rubbed off onto us all. We enjoyed a good barbecued lunch too. We came away spiritually refreshed and challenged, ready for the weeks ahead.

The Annexe School pupils have been busy writing poetry this year. Last week they launched a book of their work. The supervisor for the local school in the area was so impressed that she told the school headmaster to apply for free school meals for all the children. Next year they are planning to write a book of stories.

The children from our fourth grade celebrated their first communion this month. Mags Southern, Gwen Carlisle and I went along to our local Catholic Church show our love and support. It was a lovely family occasion.

  Last week the sixth form spent their last day in school. They now only come in for exams. They had fun on their last day, in keeping with tradition.

Prayer Points:-

1. We give thanks for the lovely weather and the beautiful blossom that has created a sea of colour in the city.
2. Please continue to pray for the government and for the security situation in the north of the country to stabilize.
3. Please pray for all the staff and children during this exam season, that they can remain calm. Pray also for the parents who become extremely nervous at this time.
4. Please pray for us all as we prepare for the shows and Christmas and Farewell services in all the different departments, at the end of the term. Pray for the Lord to give us stamina and to go ahead of us so that each event will be very special.

Linn Tedman working for the Church Mission Society, Watlington Road, Oxford, OX4 6BZ email:- ltedman@hotmail.com

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