Hi there. On 20 September (next week) 8 of us will be traveling to spend time with two Grassroots partner projects in Nairobi, Kenya. We want to invite you to join us in being part of the team for this trip by following the daily blog update and also praying with us. Good Neighbours is […]
Join a Mission Team in Tenerife!
The Living Room is a centre situated on the infamous strip of bars in Tenerife called “Veronicas”. We aim to reach people through love, support and friendship and use the centre as a way of doing that. Many from the community come to chill out, chat, use the internet, play pool, table tennis, find job […]
Home from Mbeya
Thank you to all those who have followed our time in Mbeya. We have had a great time and the team in Tanzania are thrilled with all that has been done. The team have now returned home – apart from the Bishop Luffa School students who are currently on a trek to Lake Malawi. There […]
Last Day – Zoo, Bank and more sponsorship interviews: Mbeya 2012
Oh how much we had to squeeze into the last day. It started taking another group of children to see the Conservation Centre (Zoo – to you and me) where there are animals from Tanzania that these children have never seen before. It was great! The zoo keeper even let us into the cages. Not […]
Singing and Dancing: Mbeya 2012
Church here is for many a very different experience from the UK. The joy and excitement, the music and dancing is amazing. Many choirs sang including a number of child choirs, one led by a 4 year old…. so sweet! It was such fun to see the UK team sing and dancing in our own […]
Laughter and Pain : Mbeya 2012
Today started with sad news. One of our little girls on the sponsorship scheme died this morning. In fact, before we had reached the Grassroots centre we had heard of three deaths. Sometimes the smiling faces and cheerful laughter hide the pain that is all around just under the surface. Today we were interviewing all […]
Neonatal Medical Care in Mbeya and more…
All three of my children were born prematurely, without medical intervention at quite a big scale they would not have servived and possibly neither would I. Today we visited a neonatal ward. The two rooms were full of babies at different stages, very few nurses, medicine and medical equipment. There was no bleeping of machines, […]
Chicken Kiev and football : Mbeya 2012
We started a little later this morning. An extra 30 minutes in bed was gratefully enjoyed. Another action filled day. Pig pens continue to be made and filled with piglets. Water filters delivered. It is a real hounour to be able to enter into the homes of the families receiving filters. Homes are often very […]