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Twende Team go to church
Sunday 15th Emmanuel Cathedral was the setting for two Sunday services. The English service was followed by one in Swahili. At both we...
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CMS Ireland
- Jul 18, 2018
Makamba and Matana
Monday and Tuesday enabled us to experience something of the working of two dioceses in the Anglican Province of Burundi: Makamba and...
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CMS Ireland
- Jul 17, 2018
Coffee and context for Twende Team
Saturday 14th We were delighted to be invited to Ronnie and Maggie’s house at Isinya for coffee. Here, we heard the story behind the...
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CMS Ireland
- Jul 17, 2018
Warm Welcomes, Weddings and the World Cup
The Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, CMSI's Mission Director, Jenny Smyth and former CMSI Trustee, Revd Dr Paddy...
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CMS Ireland
- Jul 17, 2018
Twende Team go Pastoral
Friday 13th Despite the frustration of intermittent power cuts and temperamental keyboards, Lorna continued her work with the girls at...
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CMS Ireland
- Jul 16, 2018
Twende Team go their separate ways
Thursday 12th Bishop Gaddiel Lenini formally welcomed the team to the diocese and heard that our different skills would be put to use...
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CMS Ireland
- Jul 9, 2018
Archbishop of Dublin to visit Burundi
On Thursday 12th July, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, will join CMSI's Mission Director, Jenny Smyth and...
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CMS Ireland
- Jul 7, 2018
Twende Team Prepare to Go!
Well, it's nearly time to go for Twende ('Go') Team. Team members David and Lorna Palmer, Robert Hoffman and David Tough are busy packing...
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Linda Abwa
- Jul 5, 2018
It's in the little things...
Recently, I've been excited to be part of a variety of events which included mission partnership as a thread throughout the broader...
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CMS Ireland
- Jun 19, 2018
CMSI Teams Commissioned
CMSI Personnel Manager, Gillian Maganda, shares some highlights from the Team Commissioning event on Sunday night in Seagoe Parish,...
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CMS Ireland
- Jun 5, 2018
Crossing Bridges Colourful Competition
The CMSI offices were awash with colour as the Crossing Bridges competition entries arrived from over 100 children and young people from...
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Gillian Maganda
- May 30, 2018
Short-Term Visits, Long-Term Gains
Each year, CMS Ireland facilitates a number of Short-Term Experience Placements (STEPs) with our Global Partners. It may be easy to think...
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CMS Ireland
- May 23, 2018
CMSI Awarded Fisher Foundation Grant
(Gillian pictured here with Peter Hilton from The Leprosy Mission, and Mr. Ernie Fisher, Chairman of Fisher Foundation) CMSI’s Personnel...
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CMS Ireland
- May 23, 2018
Out Of Darkness, Light Shall Shine
Weekend News Of all the items on the team’s programme, we were probably most apprehensive about our visit to the Rhino Refugee...
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CMS Ireland
- May 20, 2018
Old Friends, New Friends
Sorry you’ve had to wait for part two - no internet. But here it is, better late than never! Friday 18th An early rise and we were off to...
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CMS Ireland
- May 18, 2018
First impressions and sneak previews
After months of planning and many sleepless nights worrying about the journey that lay ahead, we finally arrived at Arua after nearly 24...
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CMS Ireland
- May 2, 2018
Ready or not, here they come...
An 11th hour request for Easter hospitality prompts a display of true teamwork.
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