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 Elaine works. He will be joined by Bishop Ken on 31st October in Paraguay and then on 1st November they fly to Santiago in Chile for SAMS International meetings. Here they will be joined by representatives of all the Dioceses in South America and the leaders of SAMS Great Britain, USA and CANADA. They also hope to meet Gerardo and Suyai Gimpel, Pablo Ochoa and Raquel Greco who all spent time in Ireland in recent years and also Samuel Lago who is due for a year’s placement in 2008. Denis and Bishop Ken return on 8th November.Please pray for good health and safety in travelPray for wisdom and discernment at all the meetingsPray for Bishop John and Judie Ellison who are due to retire after 20 years in Paraguay and for a successor as Bishop of ParaguayPray for the SAMS International meetings at this time of great change in the Anglican Communion and in Mission

5th November 2007 PRAY