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‘We look forward very much to Peter's visit and hope to welcome others later on – when it might be a little cooler – and the time is right.

‘We will be with our Sunday School on Palm Sunday, making crosses and Easter Cards. On Easter Day itself we will be at our old church in Mvumi: it will be a really joyful occasion with their new, young, evangelical Pastor. We will be singing and dancing – and we haven't done that (in Swahili) for a year. We will also be bringing them greetings from you all.

‘Be joyful with us: Simon, Laura, Grace, Esther and James.'

I am the first person from a link church to visit Simon and Laura in Dar es Salaam: other churches visited them in Mvumi, where they were before, in the past. I hope to come back with lots of stories and pictures.

I will be sharing some of them with anyone who is interested at ‘...another time' on Tuesday 8 th May at 7.30 in the Parish Centre, Small Hall.

Peter Hemming

Church Services Learning & Growing Outreach Christian Fellowship Giving & Caring Parish Diary & News Music at St. Chads Church Building Social Activities Contact us Parish Centre	News from the Waltons in Tanzania... Readers will be aware that I am going to spend 10 days with Simon and Laura in April. By the time you read this I'll have bought the things on their ‘shopping list', been and come back to UK. The months up to Easter were clearly difficult for Simon at the Health Centre. Life often seems impossible, but they are aware of God's grace going before them in times of difficulty. They needed to move house and have done that, so I will see the new place when I go. There will be jobs to do but the garden is big enough now for them to run Kid's Club at home. I know it's a bit after Easter now, but here's what Laura wrote in our church Easter Card: ‘To all our friends at St Chad's – we wish you all a very blessed and joyful Easter: even 4000 miles away we will be joined with you celebrating, forever thankful and hopeful. Thank you for your love and support and thank you for your prayers. We have recently had a difficult month, but we praise God for carrying us through. ‘Today the heat is intolerable as we wait for the rains to start: even writing makes you sweat!	‘We look forward very much to Peter's visit and hope to welcome others later on – when it might be a little cooler – and the time is right. ‘We will be with our Sunday School on Palm Sunday, making crosses and Easter Cards. On Easter Day itself we will be at our old church in Mvumi: it will be a really joyful occasion with their new, young, evangelical Pastor. We will be singing and dancing – and we haven't done that (in Swahili) for a year. We will also be bringing them greetings from you all. ‘Be joyful with us: Simon, Laura, Grace, Esther and James.' I am the first person from a link church to visit Simon and Laura in Dar es Salaam: other churches visited them in Mvumi, where they were before, in the past. I hope to come back with lots of stories and pictures. I will be sharing some of them with anyone who is interested at ‘...another time' on Tuesday 8 th May at 7.30 in the Parish Centre, Small Hall. Peter Hemming