Editor’s letter April 2010
Dear Friends
It has been a busy few weeks with the MP for Walsall South announcing his retirement and a large number of hopeful candidates beating a path to my door to seek nomination for his replacement as candidate. The recent bad press for politicians seems not to have put off those who seek the job! I did try to be fair and showed them round Walsall, told them all the issues and the vote winner is a Valerie Vaz.. A long term friend of mine suggested to me that there should be a move to put up independent ‘Christian’ candidates who would gradually take over to leave this Country run by a bunch of Christians. He may have a point but I am not sure that would solve all the issues … maybe they could learn some lessons from the bible and so gain back the respect of the people!
The report back from Niger reveals that the water wells are working, the seeds provided are doing well and despite a few bureaucratic spanners thrown in by the Government, it looks like a success. I would like to plan to take groups of young people across to join in the project and learn about the problems that the majority of God’s people face… where is there clean water, where is the next meal coming from and how can I keep myself and my family well and sheltered with some access to some education as a luxury.
Next project is the container to Haiti, an offer by a heart surgeon from Birmingham to do some operations on needy children in Durban South Africa in April , and some more cataract operations in Northern Pakistan in late April. I hope that the orphanage restoration project in Fondwa Haiti will succeed .. If you can look this name up on the internet. I pray that the arrangements will fall into place without too much hassle!

Regards Ian
P.s I have put up full report on church notice Board