Janet O'Shea will be arriving at Sierra Leone this evening!

Below is a letter, written on 20 January, just a few days before her departure:

Hi everyone,

As the children say ‘only four more sleeps!!’

I am very much looking forward to visiting our family in Sierra Leone and seeing first-hand the amazing work that they have been involved with. There is so much, that possibly a month might not be long enough for me!

I will stay at Bethesda and spend time catching up with each and every one of the children. I am hoping that Mariatu and Abdul might be home from University, but if not I am sure we will visit them. I have not met Marie (the latest house mum) so I am looking forward to meeting her. Our usual treat is to visit the beach for a day; we hire a mini bus and pray (very earnestly) that we will make it! The children usually only go to the beach at Christmas so they get very excited.

I will be teaching at Magang School for at least three weeks. We will replace windows and doors and paint the entire building inside and out. I am taking templates and paint to decorate the classrooms with teaching aids. My focus will be on early reading and numeracy.

I have received some money to buy food for the street children. I am hoping that we can visit them two or three times during the visit. As well as feeding them we also share the gospel, most would profess to be Muslim but they always listen attentively.  

I will also be very excited to visit the new Church and School at Kamakontakay. Magnus has told me that they will be holding their first baptism when we visit.

The Connexion in Sierra Leone are holding their annual conference during my visit, which will be very interesting. I shall take fraternal greetings from several of the Trustees and committee members.

I am very much looking forward to actually seeing the Health Centre. There are already patients staying there and everything seems to be going well. It will be a great asset to at least 35 villages around Brama.

Thank you so much for your support for Sierra Leone.

God bless

Janet

We hope to be able to post some photos with updates from Janet during her trip!