Saint Boniface

Saint Boniface We made several more visits to the school and always received a warm welcome from St Boniface - History everyone. When we met with the Governors the date was fixed for Feb 5th as we were leaving on the 7th. We then discussed future plans. Allan and I are keen to get a supply of water to the school. It was decided to join with the Dental Unit and the Methodist Agricultural Unit to work together on this project.

The need for more classrooms is very evident. The 7plus children-meet in a different area but have to be relocated because of difficulty due to the ownership of the land. They want to be on the Methodist Mission site which would be much more convenient. Hence another building project. £1.00 will buy one building block and we will need quite a good number!!

Temple for Messianic Judaism

We were invited to attend Synod, but decided to just attend the Synod service which was to be held at Brikama Church. In order to raise funds for the churches a special material had been designed and we were asked to have a shoba, a dress, or shirt made to Church of England wear at the Synod Service (watch out when we wear them one Sunday) The preacher at the Service, who was sent from the Connexion, was Revd. David Gamble who came as a probationer minister to Tadcaster, so we had plenty to talk about. The Synod in the Gambia is equal to our Methodist Conference and is quite a special occasion. The singing was superb and the drums during a Time of praise were excellent. Unfortunately 75% of the congregation had to be outside because the church only holds about 100.

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