18. Bp Ise-somo here in June

Bishop Ise-somo will be coming to Australia in June 2013.

 
The tickets haven't been bought yet but all the money has come in and special thanks to all those churches and individuals who have generously given to make this visit a possibility.

Also special thanks go to the Hon. Matthew E.K. Neuhaus

Australian Ambassador to Zimbabwe

High Commissioner to Zambia and Malawi, and Ambassador to the DR Congo   who has helped us immeasurably.

The program which is still being planned is roughly this:

Sunday 2nd June  Springwood Anglican Church 8am 10am (The Factory)
                             Lunch at the Factory
                             4.30pm Arvo Church 7pm  Night Church
Sunday 9th June (Long Weekend)  OFF

Sunday 16th June Gymea Anglican Church  All services.

Sunday 23rd  June  Winmalee Anglican Church 8am 10am and Lunch
                     Moorebank Anglican Church 5pm 7pm

Sunday 30th June   Springwood Community Church (9am)  to be confirmed
                               Evening to be confirmed

17. Thursday 7th March: The visas are granted.

Well everyone, at long last the visas have been approved.
We had a lot of help from a number of people and for that we are really grateful.  It is hard to believe after 7 weeks waiting.  Unfortunately we will not be able to bring my dental colleague Timon Grodya to Australia as we had a window of opportunity and we have lost it plus the extra costs  incurred in trying to get the visas (it's a long story).
Ise-somo is at the moment looking at his diary to see what is the best time for him to come to Australia as his window of opportunity is larger than Timon's and we should have some news for you first thing tomorrow morning.

16. News coming soon

Hi everyone,
The  second round of 15 working days imposed on Bishop Ise-somo and Timon Grodya back on Monday 21st January and then again on Friday 8th February was up 2 days ago and we are hoping that on Monday evening or Tuesday we will have some good news to pass on.
Well it will be only partial good news.

We are still very hopeful that Bishop Ise-somo  will be here sometime in the next week or two.  I will let you know as soon as any positive news comes from the Australian High Commission in Nairobi.

But sadly for Timon, the time limit and difficulties imposed by our welcoming Australian High Commission in Nairobi have ruined his chances of visiting Australia in the near future and he is on his way to Congo to launch our support venture called CONGO DENTAL SUPPORT Inc. at the 3 Anglican Clinics - in Butembo, Aru and Mahagi.

We have launched the CONGO DENTAL SUPPORT blog at the following address:

congodentalsupport.blogspot.com