Anglicans and Acolytes


A visit by two staff members from Church House in Toronto provided an opportunity for the people of St. Joseph’s to say a personal “Thank you” to the Anglican Church of Canada for Echo, our van. The ACC provided the funds to purchase Echo and are providing a monthly allowance to keep it running. Canon Philip Wadham from the Partnerships Department and Miss Stephanie Peddle from Anglican Appeal were in PG this Sunday as part of an extended Caribbean tour. Canon Philip is retiring as staff person responsible for partnerships with Latin America and the Caribbean. For more about their journey go to: http://www.accnotes.org/westindies/.

But now we need to say “Thank you” again because our visitors presented us with a new hard cover NRSV Lectionary Bible to replace our well worn soft cover one. After service they attended a parish lunch, took Echo on a run through three Maya villages, did some computer work, went for a walk, and finally allowed me to test my culinary skills on them. It was a strictly northern-style meal except for the jippy jappy (I think that’s what they call it) a vegetable something like asparagus.

Today was the first time since I arrived that we have had a server (acolyte). Jay Lee and her brother, Peter, have been training and this was the first live performance. Aside from arriving 10 minutes late (“now be sure to arrive 15 minutes before the service!”), all went well. Stephanie took a picture and I’ll post is as soon as she sends it to me.

My last Blog included the suggestion that we might have seen the end of rains in PG for some long time. Well it rained on each of the next five days! People say you can never be sure about the weather in PG. It’s hot and dry now so we’ll take another run at the dry season.