TRISHA WICK'S NEWS FOR AUGUST

Having just returned from UK I am writing this from Kampala in Uganda:

RETURN TO MARIDI
Praise God journey went well to Uganda. I fly to Maridi tomorrow.

MUM AND DAD
Pray for the health of both my parents as my Mum had a slight stroke on July 22nd. However when I left she was much improved.

DEATH OF CANON CHRISTOPHER
Until February 2009 he was my Assistant Manager in the TEE Programme. He was due to retire in November this year as his health has not been good. However while in UK I heard he had died in Mid July.

TEE ASSISTANT MANAGER
Pray as I wait for the Province to appoint another Assistant Manager and also find funding for the programme.

DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING
Pray as I train our Archdeacons and Rural Deans from August 12th-13th on how to lead the new Discipleship Training Course which we have written ourselves. Every parish in the diocese will then use it from the second week of September until mid December.

FUNDING
I now have no funding for the TEE programme and only some small gifts towards the Discipleship Training. Pray that Project Proposals I have written will be successful in finding funding

WILSON'S SALARY
Many, many thanks to those who have sent me gifts to help pay Wilson's salary (my driver) now TEE can no longer cover this.

MA STUDIES
The three week MA Summer School in Gloucester was excellent but now I have much work to do including four big assignments to be written during the next nine months. There are no extensive libraries here so getting resources will not be easy. I hope I will be clever enough to find some things on the internet. 50% of my time is for my studies so pray I can protect that time when there are so many demands here.

HEALTH
I put on a lot of weight during my time in UK and my cholesterol is too high. Pray I can rectify these things now I am back here.

CMS COLLEAGUES
Pray for my colleagues in Sudan - Ruth, Garry and David and Heather.

MA DISSERTATION
For this I may be looking at 'We have a problem retaining the Youth in Maridi Diocese due to a lack of Discipleship Training'. I need to start gathering resources for this so if you know anyone who has experience in how we can retain youth in the churches, and also the best way to disciple youth, then please let me know.

SWINE FLU
There have only been eight cases in Uganda, and none yet in Southern Sudan. No travel restrictions at present.

LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY
LRA the Ugandan rebel group are still roaming around in our part of Sudan but not too close to Maridi at present. Pray for a solution to this problem.

With best wishes,
Trisha Wick