MARMBA NEWS
Dear Friends,
I am very pleased to report that we now have sufficient funds in the Tenbury/Maramba account to pay for all the musical instruments the choir at Mhinduro church have requested. This has been made possible after the PCC at St. Mary's church agreed to make a generous donation to help our friends in Maramba as part of their missionary giving. In the past this has been a very
useful source of income from some of the parishes in the team and if this form of giving could be reintroduced, we would be in a stronger position to donate funds.
Clement Shehiza has been described as a 'man of the people' due to all the good work he is doing for the local community since he has retired. He has now been appointed board chairman of Maramba hospital for three years by Dr Mapunda who is responsible for running this health centre. This is in addition to becoming a board member at Maramba secondary school. More down to earth he has made himself very useful by transporting patients to and from hospital in his own vehicle as the only ambulance has broken down and is need of repair.
Just a few days ago on a Sunday I received a WhatsApp message from Clement asking if I could make a video call straight away to the congregation at Maramba B church. Photographs were included that clearly demonstrated a christening was taking place and the child involved
called Brightness was Clement and Ndina's granddaughter who is their daughter Celestina's first born. The problem was that this request came in at 7.00 am just as I was getting out of bed and still in my pyjamas. Not appropriate attire for making a video call so I opted to write a message instead which was duly read out to the congregation. I've yet to convince Clement that they are three hours ahead of us timewise but I guess it will happen again!
Peter Metcalfe
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