Freetown

We've arrived!

I'm sat in an internet cafe just down the road from the YMCA where we are staying.  It's very hot and humid, although quite cloudy today.

We flew in yesterday, and took a helecopter from the airport to Freetown.  Everything was dark when we arrived, so it was great to wake up this morning to the hustle and bustle of life in Freetown!

The team are - Anita, Dave, Dan, Willan, Sian, Zoe, Judith, Lisa and myself.  At this moment, some are watching the Bolton v Manchester United game (no surprises who!) While others have gone for a wander around town.

I've just turned around to fnd out what the noise outside is - and it's started to pour down!  Big time!  Better stay here for a while.

The Cathedral here in Freetown is called St Georges.  We visited it early today to check out where we will be working with the school children doing Free For All.  We are due to have around 150 kids each day (Mon-Wed) and to put on a performance of the play at the end of each day.  However, on visiting the Cathedral, we discover that there is no room to do any drama with such a large number of kids, so we're looking into using a hall instead!

We met the Bishop of Freetown at lunch time today - a lovely man who welcomed us informally, and chatted with us before going for a wander down the street.  I guess we all thought it would be much more formal a meeting, but were glad to just chill with the Bishop for a while!

The Diocese have two 4X4 vehicals we are using while we are here in Freetown.  On Friday, we move out to Bo to visit some more rural schools and do some more Free For All workshops.

I'm sure I will think of much more to tell you after I sign off here, and Dave has a lead that will hopefully mean we can put some pictures up here soon.  But for now - thanks for reading, and feel free to leave comments on this post for any of the team members, and I will make sure they see them!

Mike

Comments

[John Pollendine]

Hi Mike
Good news to know you all arrived safely and that there is an internet cafe just down the road from where you are staying. I guess you are in the thick of it as there is no further news. You are all in my prayers for your safe sojourn and send blessings and wish you all a Godly success. A particular 'hello' from me to Dan & Dave. Tell them we went to see Yo's production and it was terrific! Looking forward to further missives.
Poppa Polly