A new Archbishop has been appointed in Tamale with our good friend, Archbishop Gregory, now retired. Parties to celebrate Gregory's long tenure are still taking place - one was on Tuesday evening (mainly for the members of the religious community and a few strays like us) with a Mass followed by a reception of drinks and an extensive buffet dinner. Another is to be held this Saturday - a day-long gala open to all the people of the entire diocese. Am sure there will be plenty of music and dancing.
COLWOD (Collaboration With Women in Distress) also has a new director as the unique Sr. Jacqueline has been re-assigned to Kenya. The young women working at Colwod are understandably anxious and wary of the change. I treated four of them to lunch on Monday and amid the usual joking and laughs, was discussion of their future.
Other good friends have moved on to different ventures. Damien, who stayed with us over the weekend, is presently working with banana cultivation in the south instead of with the mango project here in the north. Hubertine has left for a while to visit family in Togo. The Cosways are back in Canada although Nancy expects to be with us for a few days in the fall on her way back from a business trip to Nigeria.
Happily, Mmathuba and Rick are still here. Sr. Elizabeth, of the Sisters of Our Lady of Africa, has returned from Germany to help out after the tragic death from typhoid of fellow Sr. Veronique. There is a new group of novitiates at the Christian Brothers. Godwin, cook and keeper of the house, and Mumuni, the night watchman, remain loyal to our Tamale household.
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