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Newsletter from Mary Weeks-Millard in Rwanda:

Dear friends,

I am sorry that ir has ben a week since I arrived and I have not sent an email. We have had difficulty with internet connections.

Thank you so much for your prayers. It has been a good week. I arrived more or less on time with all my luggage intact!  Last weekend I was working with Rev. Nathan Amooti, at his church, The Blessed Mango Tree, and also at the school of which he is director, Star School.  The church is almost built. There is now enough money to put a roof on it, and I am sure Nathan will share about this when he comes to England in March. In the service there was also a thanksgiving for a new baby, and I was asked to pray for the child. I was able to give some baby clothes to th eparents which had been given to me by a friend at St. Aldhelm's.

On the Monday I was at Star School. Again, it is so encouraging to see the progress. Our Thursday Fellowship had kniteed a blanket of squares which they have been making through the winter. It was given to a lad who is an orphan from the genocide, probably late teens or early twenties, who is in senior five and paid for by a government fund. He had almost nothing, just one sheet for his bed. he was so delighted with the blanket and I was able to give some money that had been sent out with me, to buy other things he needs.

Then I spent an hour or two with the teachers of the nursery classes. This is a new venture and there are 10 children. They have almost no toys. If I get the chance  I want to try and buy some in Kigali for them. We talked about early learning etc.

Then, Tues we went to Cyangugu, a long journgey through the Nyungwe forest. We held a training session for advocates of family planning. It was OK, but the women were very poor, all on a feeding programme, and not all could read. The bishop's wife has promised to work with them. The next day we drove on to Kigeme. Here I felt the training was better. We had Mother's Union leaders from all the parishes, and they responded very well.

Next week we train in Shyogwe and Kigali Rural, (Nyamata). This weekend I will be in Kigali at the Cathedral, in th eEnglish service. Tomorrow I hope to visit the Rossingtons, AIM International missionary friends.

Thanks so much for your prayers,

With love,

Mary

(Mary and her husband Malcolm have served God in Africa for many years, Malcolm could not travel to Rwanda this time for health reasons, however Mary continues the good work in his absence).   Mary has written a number of books on her experiences in Africa, to get more details send us a message on mail@mission-international.org 

Summer teams prepare!

If you would like to be part of a Mission International summer team, please get in touch with us soon to make sure you get a place.   We are now at the point where we need to seek tickets/flights and so please don't miss out on your place, get in touch now!   A  new on-line application form is available as well as a printable copy too!

Justice:

An Invitation to Justice from The Justice Conference on Vimeo.

Check out Keller interview on justice

On-line mission teams application form now available:

You can now complete an on-line mission teams application form right from our website.  Of course there is a paper copy too which you can print off, complete and send by mail.   Either way we want to hear from you if you would like to be part of a team during the summer of 2011.   Please get in touch with us if you have any questions mail@mission-international.org .

Mission International double page spread in new Broadcast magazine distributed by D4C

Glorious Outburst!

New Mighty Meals page on Just Giving:

Mission International's Mighty Meals programme has now set up a brand new Just Giving page to accept donations.   Just Giving is a simple, secure way of donating funds to our projects.   If you want you can set up your own page and do some local fund-raising for Mission International.

Nyembuye water supply - funding getting close to total!

The water supply for the Nyembuye clinic needs a total of £15000 to complete, we can tell you that of this morning 3/1/2011 that the total stands at £11,800.  We hope with your support to be at the required total soon!   Have a look at www.HopeCentreBurundi.com/watersupply for the most up to date information.

Having a New Year clear out?

New Year is a great time to begin the clear out after Christmas.  The gifts we receive are often replacements and updates of older technology with new more state-of-the-art equivalents, the outdated items being consigned to the back of a drawer somewhere.   Mission International can use working yet outdated technology in the developing world.  

• Mobile phones
• Digital cameras (1-megapixel upwards) 
• Memory Sticks/Flash drives (low volume drives are very useful 256MB upwards)

Have a look at our Mission Technology page to see more options.   Please send any items to Mission Technology, Mission International, 25 Tait's Lane, Dundee,DD2 1DZ, Scotland, UK.