Another fun day in Mbeya with team involved in a number of different activities. 30 Tanzanian children were packed into two trucks and, along with some of adults, headed for the conservation park. The children returned wide eyed with big smiles talking excitedly about the zebra, snakes and other animals they had seen for the […]
Water filters and pigs : Mbeya 2012
Wow what a busy long day! We had four different teams out engaged with different activities. Before getting into teams Richard and Dr Frank gave us a presentation on the work. It was wonderful to hear about the impact Grassroots is having at so many different social levels. Dr Frank made us squirm with his […]
Thoughts from Anne: Mbeya 2012
Joy is my over-riding response to the smiling, dusty, dirty faces of all those children who surround us each time we gather outside the Grassroots centre. They all love having their photograph taken, giggling and squealing as they see their images on digital cameras. The "Hokey Cokey", "heads, shoulders, knees and toes" and Alice's "break […]
Sunday in Mbeya
Great first day in Mbeya. The team all enjoyed worship in the various churches. Everyone had to “bring a greeting” – which is a way of saying hello to the church. Sharon spoke this morning and then there was lunch. Lots of rice, a little meat, and veg. Lovely! The afternoon meant more church services. […]
Summer 2012 Team going to Mbeya, Tanzania
In less than 12 hours the July 2012 team of 10 will be leaving for Tanzania to visit the Grassroots project in Mbeya. This is later in the year than normal as we’ve been asked to host a team of 20 young people and their teachers from Bishop Luffa secondary school in Chichester. They will […]
Orison in Bradford Cathedral
This week the Cathedral in Bradford is hosting Orisonschools.org.uk along with one other parish in West Bowling. Children from a number of primary and secondary schools are coming as classes to investigate the interactive prayer experience.
Walk the Walls – 21st-26th July
Here are full details from Dave, Pete and the Walk the Walls 2012 team (larger version of the route map at the bottom of the page). Join them if you can: In just two weeks time we start Walk the Walls. Walk the Walls is a prayer walk around London, 120 miles in 6 days. […]
Update about Abeyi, Sudan
From Tim Flatman: Since my last prayer update, there has been much good news in Abyei. Sudan’s armed forces and police have withdrawn from Abyei town and the numbers in Abyei area as a whole are considerably reduced. Security has remained good with the Ethiopian peacekeepers (UNISFA) protecting returnees and no recent reported attacks on […]