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Last Updated: Monday 17 Mar, 2008, 02:11 PM

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	Epistle the Seventy-Third
	Who's Who in the Parish
	Shrove Tuesday
	Bulletin Board
	What to do if a Fluorescent Light Bulb Breaks
	Parish Outreach News
	Our Foster Children
	Plan 2018 - Round 2
	Favorite Hymns
	World Day of Prayer
	Primate's World Relief & Development Fund
	The Legend of The Trees

Our Foster Children Robinah Tusubira In January, Robinah started her studies at the Uganda Christian University in Mukono, Uganda. Her course will take 3 years, leading to a thesis in Child Development & Children’s Ministry. We are continuing to support her through this programme. She will be living in the university hostel, attends the local Pentecostal church, and is an active volunteer with children’s programmes. The University campus consists of 77 acres of green and peaceful land, 21 kilometers outside the city but accessible easily by public transport. The University reports that she is talented in singing and drama, loves reading, storytelling, and socializing with people. Her ambition is to become a teacher. Her childhood was spent in the sugarcane estates near her home. She went to school within the estate and made friends with the children of those who came to provide labour in the sugar factory. Many of her childhood friends dropped out of school. Our sponsorship through Compassion Canada made the difference - her family is large and there were few resources available. Not all her siblings have been able to complete their high school education. 35% of people in Uganda live below the poverty line, and the literacy rate for females is only 61%. We continue to pray for Robinah as, with our help, she develops to her leadership potential. Nahomi Celestin in Haiti 28/11/2007 Dear St George’s Anglican Church Today it is a great day for Nahomie to write the church. She greets you all like her mom and dad and she is very happy to thank you for your prayers, your love and the birthday presents you sent. She is not too bad by the grace of God. She says that she is very well, she is not sick; her family is fine in the name of Jesus. She says that she is doing well in school and she is getting ready for Christmas term. She wishes that she will succeed so she can have a nice Christmas She always goes to church and she would like to ask you a question: do you always pray God for so He can give her more spirit and respect for everyone? She is asking God to give you courage, and she wishes you a merry Christmas. Written by Widna, her cousin. Christmas in Haiti Traditionally, a few days before Christmas, Haitians cut or buy pine branches to serve as Christmas trees. They then decorate them with bright ornaments. At the base of the Christmas tree, they add a fairly large nativity scene. On Christmas day the children set off fireworks. One specific Christmas feature is the “reveillon”, a French word which means to stay up overnight. It includes a lot of eating and drinking, singing, listening to music, and exchanging wishes.