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Friday & Saturday - farewell

2/12/2017

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Friday was a quiet day with a dinner out with the Jee family who took them to Denny's family restaurant followed by 10-pin bowling.  We understand John was the winner twice over and wants to play more!

Saturday was the last parish event with St Stephen's on this trip.  We had a picnic together at church and then gathered in the chapel to give thanks, say goodbye and bless them on their way.

It has only been 2 weeks but there were several people who teared up on saying goodbye - such has been the impact of John and Tito's visit to us.  We hoped "to deepen our relationship" - clearly that has happened and it is very good.

Tito said, "Kariboni (welcome) to Kondoa."  We say in return, "Kariboni back to New Zealand."
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    Reverse Mission
    from Kondoa to NZ

    As part of our Centennial Celebrations we decided to mount a reverse mission and bring two friends from Kondoa Diocese to visit the parish.  We hope to deepen our relationship and that their joy, faith and courage will rub off on us!

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