Jonathan Redmayne who is an Sierra Leone Mission (SLM) committee member, and his associate Paul Martin travelled to Sierra Leone on 23 September. There was much disruption at the airports the weekend before, due to a cyber-attack, but thankfully this only delayed their flight by an hour. 

Paul, a retired RE teacher, is making his first trip to Sierra Leone, where he will be teaching at Hailsham Secondary School in FooFoo Water.

Jonathan, who is a retired property lawyer, will be examining property deeds to hopefully unravel some complications that have arisen.

Both Jonathan and Paul will be preaching as well as meeting with headteachers, pastors and leaders. They are staying at Bethesda, where they will experience the wonderful company and fellowship of the children who live there, and plans are also in place to treat the children to a day out at the beach.

On arrival at Sierra Leone, unfortunately Jonathan and Paul's luggage had gone missing. However, prayers were said and we are pleased to report that three days later the suitcases were located and returned, which meant the children at Bethesda could receive their presents from the UK - and Magnus could enjoy his favourite cashew nuts!

Please continue to pray that the visit will be productive and helpful to Magnus and our Sierra Leone communities. We look forward to hearing more from Jonathan and Paul at the Conference in October.

(The cover image shows this year's children's retreat in Sierra Leone)