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Potted History of the Pillingers (2)

For the last couple of weeks you’ve been biting your nails, wondering what brought Steve and Johanna together after Johanna turned him down like a bedspread. We will now put you out of your misery.
As we said last time, the idea was first mooted (in Steve’s mind) while we were both doing our training at [...]

Potted History of the Pillingers (1)

Steve and Johanna were born at an early age. Separately, of course: Johanna in Tanzania (yes, that’s right: Tanzania, then the British colony of Tanganyika); and Steve in South Africa. They grew up speaking different languages.  Steve spoke a South African dialect that might loosely be called ‘English’; and Johanna spoke a corrupted version of [...]

Fundraising or Team-building?

Johanna’s new role in Wycliffe
I now have a new role in Wycliffe as a Partnership Development consultant. This means helping colleagues find the supporters they need to carry out their God-given assignment.
Someone asked me how I raise funds to help fellow Wycliffe members. Actually, I don’t raise funds for other Wycliffe [...]