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Archive for November, 2007
SAMS Ireland General Secretary and Chairman visit South America.
Denis Johnston and Bishop Ken Clarke are visiting South America during the next few weeks.Denis leaves on Friday 26th October for Paraguay where he will meet up with Elaine Hutchinson and Claire Holmes in Asuncion, and also have meetings with Bishop John Ellison and other church leaders and the head of St Andrew’s College where [...]
Further update for Denis Johnston
Denis was joined by Bishop Ken Clarke last week and they are now in Chile for the SAMS International conference – one of the most important international conferences in recent years. Read more in the Pray section.
Update from Denis Johnston
Denis arrived in Paraguay on Saturday 27th of October. He spent the first weekend visiting the Annex School on its 35th anniversary, seeing the Chacarita where many Annex pupils live, meeting Mission Partners and visiting local churches. This week he will meet with Elaine Hutchinson and Claire Holmes, and spend time with Bishop John and [...]
SAMS Ireland General Secretary and Chairman visit South America.
Denis Johnston and Bishop Ken Clarke are visiting South America during the next few weeks. Read more in the Pray section.
Visitors from South America
Hugo & Techi Vergara visited Northern Ireland this week. They are working with SAMS Ireland on project ‘La Caldera’. This will see the restoration of a church centre near Salta, Northern Argentina by a 2008 BTN team from Down and Dromore Diocese. Raul Valdiviezo (Cecilia’s dad) was also with us for two weeks. It was [...]
SAMS Ireland Annual General Meeting Oct 2007
The SAMS Ireland AGM was held on Thursday 11th October 2007. General Secretary, Denis Johnston, reported a very successful year, and chairman, Bishop Ken Clarke, remarked that SAMS Ireland is entering a period of expansion. The committee looked forward to another good year in 2008. Download the report.
Update from Elaine
Elaine Hutchinson, the latest SAMS Ireland volunteer writes – It’s been a cold winter, but now it’s hotting up. It’s 30 degrees Celsius and the others say this is not even hot yet! School is going really well, I’ve settled in, go to the gym and really enjoy it here. I’ve noticed how friendly everyone [...]
Linn Tedman reports from Paraguay
Linn Tedman reports “In the Chaco there has been no rain for months and people are suffering a lack of water. There have also been fires on a scale never before witnessed in Paraguay. Whole regions of the country have been burned. Thousands of people have been affected and many have lost homes, crops, cattle, [...]
