habari from Alan and Davina Sully
Out of Africa - Thank you
As we came near to returning to Tanzania we reflected on our stay in the United Kingdom. Overwhelmingly it is one of thanks. Thanks to the Lord for looking after us in all our adventures, and thanks to family, friends and supporters. Both Davina and I have known that under girding of prayer throughout the whole time but in particular during my stay in hospital with gall bladder problems and we are grateful to each one of you.
Our heartfelt gratitude also goes out to all who have shared their lives and their homes with us over the past ten weeks. There are too many to mention individually, but if I give some idea of what was so kindly provided you might understand how much we’ve been helped by so many people and how it would have been difficult without that help. We were never without a place to lay our heads each night. Davina says she has slept in 23 beds. Old and new friends sacrificially supported us during our ‘open days’. We used many peoples’ internet connections to keep in touch with Tanzania, numerous peoples’ washing machines to keep our limited supply of clothing clean and many gallons of other folks’ hot water to keep ourselves clean. Endless delicious meals were provided not to mention the loan of cars (perhaps best not to mention that one!) Thank you for all this practical support and your endless patience as our itinerary changed sometimes moment by moment.
Spending time with family and friends was precious. It was good meeting new folk from the west coast of Scotland to the south east coast of England. Amongst it all we enjoyed a holiday with Demelza, Kirsty and Luke (our children).
It is good to be back, refreshed and raring to go - there’s much to do and we’ll let you know all about that in our next news letter.
God bless
Davina and Alan
