On Sunday I was invited to attend the church service at Ledbury where Fr Emmanuel Chilumba was preaching and later to a lunch to welcome him. He is from the parish near Mtwara, Tanzania, where Ledbury Deanery has a lively link. Rev Walter Gould and his wife Hazel brought another Tanzanian Father with them, also on a link visit to Uk. He had been working on Pemba and Zanzibar and due to my links with Zanzibar, we were able to have some interesting discussions on the political and religious situation there. Zanzibar has a fascinating history, and is a melting pot of peoples and cultures which has been the cause of both harmony and conflict. The buffet lunch was truly delicious and lively discussion interspersed with an occasional snatch of Swahili, ranged over many subjects.
Thank you Anne and David for inviting me to such a lovely occasion.
Monday, 2 June 2008
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