Less than a week to go ...

In less than a week seven of us will be on our way to Matlosane to lead a training course for the Sunday School teachers of the Diocese. We are all very excited, especially those who never been farther than Guernsey!

'We' are Chris and Chenda Nuttall, Libby Leech, Rob and Ruth Hitchens, Clare Spooner and Nita Edwards. This is Nita's sixth visit to the Diocese, but it's a new experience for every one else. We fly out on Thursday 12th April, arriving in Jo'burg at 09.15 the next day. We have a weekend to acclimatise, familiarise and  - can't think of another -ise to mean getting ready! - and a weekend in the homes of people from the Diocese. The conference itself begins at 2pm on Monday 16th April, and we are expecting around 60 participants.
Our second weekend in the Diocese will be spent with different hosts, enabling us to experience Sunday Schools at work in their own settings. After that it's a couple of days of fun - at Pilanesburg Game Park and the Apartheid museum before we fly home on Tuesday 24th April.

It will be a hectic two weeks - and then its back to work on Thursday 26th.

Please pray for the team from Lichfield:

·         for our health, stamina and safety:
·         and that we will be sensitive to the culture and expressions of faith in Matlosane.

And for the delegates from Matlosane

·         that they will be open to and inspired by new ideas and ways of doing things:
·         and that they will be given vision and endurance to stick with it for the years ahead.