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LBMT Newsletter 2008 (click here) Gashirabwoba The Diocese of Cyangugu was given a large plot of land at Gashirabwoba covered with Eucalyptus trees to build a school. 13 trees had to be removed for the school, but that was matched by a tree nursery with hundreds of young trees of several varieties. The Rwanda government is pleased with the six classes built on the land they gave the Church. Picture (right) shows the classrooms St Matthews Nursery School was built after the genocide for the orphans on Mont Cyangugu. After three years six primary school classes were built. The Diocese has bought all the building plots below the school to build the first three years of secondary schooling, now called years 7, 8 and 9. The three classrooms and a library will be finished in time for the present P6 to start there in January. They will then need toilets, a rain water tank with hand washing basins and staff accommodation. The picture below shows the pupils in the classrooms The Diocese of Butare added to Shalom Guest House, with its eight en-suite bedrooms and lounge, a fully equipped Dining Room and Kitchen with staff quarters. Now a new Bishop, Nathan Gasatura, is installed in a renovated house and started his ministry with a big convention in the town's stadium where over 300 people pledged to follow Christ. Picture (right) is of Bishop Nathan and his wife in the cathedral on their first Sunday. The Diocese of Buye in the Province of Burundi is looking for funds to build an income generating Guest House in the growing and strategic town of Ngozi. This is fast overtaking Gitega as the second town of the country. The diocesan site for the building is very close to the office of the President of Burundi, whose home is at Buye. His home is only 100 yards from the Lawrence Barham Theological College, which is being repaired with funds from LBMT. The picture shows the Bishop and the Principal in one of the classes in the college in need of repair. Shalom Guest House, Butare On 30th July 2008 the Shalom Guest House in Butare was opened by Government minister Dr Alfred Ndahiro, Advisor on Communication and Public Relations in the Office of the President. The new guest house, funded through LBMT, provides the Butare Diocese with excellent accommodation for visitors to this busy town in southern Rwanda and will generate income to support the work of the Diocese. Buye Diocese, Burundi LBMT has recently given two grants to support the work of this Anglican Diocese in Burundi. The first was to help with essential repairs to the cathedral originally built by Lawrence Barham 60 years ago. The second was to carry out repairs to the buildings of the theological college. Rwanda Earthquake Appeal On Sunday 3rd Feb 2008 the Cyangugu area of Rwanda suffered an earthquake registering 6.2 on the Richter Scale and then a subsequent one registering 5.0 3 hours later.If you would like to find out how you can help please click here. Read the Newsletter written by Ian Whiteford about the earthquake before leaving Rwanda to return to Scotland. To open these files and other links on this page which are in pdf format, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer. You can download that for free by clicking here If you would like to be added to the emailing list for the annual LBMT newsletter please send an email to: info@lbmt.org.uk

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