Merry Christmas.
I wish you a Merry Christmas from all
the Mudges and from all my friends and colleagues in Belize and Tanzania.
In Belize, preparing for Christmas
began about the time of the annual diocesan Harvest Festival, about the time of
Columbus Day Weekend in October.
Meanwhile, in November, the Diocesan
Office in Belize moved to a new location, not far for the old one. The mailing
address, phone number, and email address remain the same.
This is a time of year for looking
back at the past year, and to look ahead to the new year. A metaphor that
several people in Belize are using for this balance is: you are driving a car,
and while you need the rear view mirror on occasion, your view needs to be
primarily looking forward, eyes on the road.
For the Diocese of Belize, forward is
towards 2030. My visits are part of the plan.
Looking back, if you have been following
my Web statistics over the past year or so, here are some current Web visit
updates:
The Diocese of Belize Web site:
accessed by over 1100 computers.
The Church in the Province of the West
Indies Daily Office Web site: accessed by over 136 computers (repetitively, I
would guess).
78 individual computers accessed the
Moodle course Web sites, and over 470 computers accessed the Global OATC public
Web site.
What is ahead for 2015? More
ordinations. The anticipated completion of the Spanish version of the Caribbean
province’s Prayer Book. More
ministry opportunities in Belize and from the United States. Leadership
development, and many surprises.
We are thankful to God that Bishop
Philip of Belize has been on the mend. He is a good friend.
God bless you all and thank you for
your help,
Shaw, and on behalf of Julie.
Examining Chaplain, Diocese of Belize
SAMS missionaries.
Support.
Please pray and continue to make
checks out to: "SAMS". Put "Shaw and Julie Mudge"
in the memo, to support what we are doing. Your continued support makes the
work in Belize possible.
Mailing address:
SAMS,
P. O. Box 399,
Ambridge, PA 15003-0399.
Or on-line, at http://goo.gl/nll8ut
Dr. Shaw and Bp. Philip of Belize in color fitting for the season (even though this was a Pentecost photo). Photo copyright Fr. Shaw Mudge
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