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Latest News from David & Heather Sharland,
our CMS link partners in Lui, Sudan
Christmas in Arua, Northern Uganda
In a recent email David & Heather Sharland, our link CMS partners, tell us of their Christmas.
“We came down from Sudan on the 18th December feeling tired and looking forward to Christmas. We so enjoy our African Christmases that are free from frantic shopping, Jingle Bells blaring in all the shops and tinsel draped everywhere. |
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Though we do miss the cold weather, having a fire to sit around and family nearby. We really did have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.
We celebrated with friends and enjoyed singing carols around a beautifully decorated Christmas tree (probably the largest one in Uganda). Having a choice of twenty varieties of ice-cream, we were a little resilient; we did not taste all twenty! We worshipped on Christmas morning in the newly consecrated cathedral; it was wonderful as we waited so long to worship there. We rejoiced when our zone accumulated the largest collection on Christmas Day (almost £6000). During the year people have their small projects and then on Christmas Day they bring their contributions to the church. Now the zone gets the church flag for one year. We so enjoyed reading your Christmas cards and letters.We roasted a duck on Christmas day, and on Boxing Day we enjoyed some cold with friends.
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It has been a lovely time catching up with friends around Arua, each of us had different Christmas treats and it is so good to be able to share them. On New Year’s Eve we had mince pies with a friend before going to the Ebenezer Concert in Arua.It was a lovely celebration organised by Christian leaders in the Diocese. It was an evening of singing, music and dancing as well as games. One of the pastors gave a devotion and as midnight was approaching we lit candles and prayed as the New Year came in. Near by there were fireworks and we were able to enjoy the beautiful display. |
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They also write “During our time in Lui, there was a real glut of citrus fruit, (usually we have the opposite problem of not having any fresh fruit). The trees have matured and fruited well, David was bringing grapefruit by the bucket and sackful. We ate, bottled, made marmalade and still we were overflowing. What a joy and blessing. Then we had to prepare the lemon seed for planting, so hundreds of lemons to be squeezed and the seeds kept, by the middle of December Heather was tired of looking at lemons.”
Please pray for David and Heather as they travel around Southern Sudan on very inhospitable roads and also as they prepare for their leave in England later this year. |
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