Diocesan News03 Mar 14

Tuam, Killala And Achonry Cycle In Aid of Diocesan Overseas Mission Link, MABWENI

The rain held off. Just! And a few dozen dedicated and committed TKAites ( including a few clergy) gathered at Holy Trinity Church, Westport to cycle in aid of the Diocesan Overseas Mission Link, MABWENI.

The course wasn’t arduous. Only 11kms to Newport and 11kms back to Westport. But for some who hadn’t sat on a bike for quite a while, it was testing enough. The legs felt the strain for sure. But other body–parts were smarting too by the end of the course.

The Gathering, on 1 March, (Saint David’s Day) was in the hall of Holy Trinity N.S. Sustenance in the form of hot tea and sandwiches, was provided by Su Minish and her band of fortifiers. They also provided the half–way revival food which was whisked off to Newport by The Dean and Professor Paul Ryan ( both non–cyclists owing to Anno Domini ) who waited there with other supporters and encouragers in a camper van to welcome the real heroes of the day and send them back refreshed.

All who started the course finished the course; ‘some on planks, some on pieces of the ship’ for sure (cf Acts 27:44). But none among the brethren was lost. In TKA we’re like the Marines: we never leave a fallen comrade behind!

This effort and sweat was directed towards our on–going project to raise money for the Maasai Girl’s School in the Kajiado region of Kenya. It was a sponsored cycle and while a full accounting of the funds raised are not yet to hand as we go to press, it is expected the final amount will be well over E2000.

Photo: Diocesan Secretary, Heather Sherlock at the half way mark.