{"id":1584,"date":"2018-11-26T20:48:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T19:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2019-05-25T14:38:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T13:38:52","slug":"2018-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/2018\/11\/2018-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends of Makeni,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image005.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1586\" src=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image005-272x300.png\" alt=\"image005\" width=\"272\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image005-272x300.png 272w, http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image005.png 308w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image006.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1591\" src=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image006-257x300.png\" alt=\"image006\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image006-257x300.png 257w, http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image006.png 291w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is an update from MEC on activities in the last year.\u00a0\u00a0 We hear about the children at St Nicholas Child Care Facility, some of whom are preparing for their end of year of exams.<\/p>\n<p>In July there was a youth conference held in Mwembeshi, including some children from St Nicholas.<a href=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image007.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1587\" src=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image007-254x300.png\" alt=\"image007\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image007-254x300.png 254w, http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image007.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A confirmation service at The Church of the Good Shepherd Makeni saw children from St Nicholas confirmed: Pexilida Hanyimba, Basil Tembo, Anna Tembo and Bupe Bwalya.<\/p>\n<p>The Girls&#8217; Brigade took part in a competition that included Bible quizzes, poems and handicrafts, as well as more physical contests such as relay races.\u00a0 The Church of the Good Shepherd won a first prize trophy!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image002.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1588 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image002.png\" alt=\"image002\" width=\"268\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a>Peace Club held an event at the centre in October attended by 520 pupils and teachers from around Lusaka.<\/p>\n<p>Rains arrived, though the farmers await a good downpour to soften their fields.\u00a0 The children at the centre have also been keeping a vegetable patch.<\/p>\n<p>The staff and children at the centre wish all of our <a href=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image004.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1590\" src=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image004.png\" alt=\"image004\" width=\"233\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a>supporters a very happy Christmas and rich blessings in the new year!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MEC-NEWSLETTER-ENDING-YEAR-2018.pdf\">The 2018 newsletter is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image003.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1589\" src=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image003.png\" alt=\"image003\" width=\"234\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends of Makeni, \u00a0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Here is an update from MEC on activities in the last year.\u00a0\u00a0 We hear about the children at St Nicholas Child Care Facility, some of whom are preparing for &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/2018\/11\/2018-newsletter\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,88,39,30,22,83,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1584"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1608,"href":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions\/1608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makeni.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}