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A message from Mervyn Maciel from his Hospital Bed

Morning my dear friends. Want to write to each one of you but I am exhausted! Thanks for everything. You have done much for me. Being discharged today after three long weeks. Have to live with pain for the rest of my life! Home at last, thanks to all of your prayers and kind wishes! From Mzee Mervyn Maciel to all of you. Morning Skip. Please don’t think I am or have been ignoring you – quite the opposite hard to spill it out with diminishing gufu (strength). Wish they could establish what is causing the chronic bleeding in my brain region. I want to sing again and write so much however gufu na shindwa mimi (lack strength is hampering me. Please thank everyone for their prayers and for enriching my life. I was the dunce in the family: My brothers Rev Joseph SJ and the late Wilfrid are my heroes. I owe them so much, also my darling Elsie and each of my loving children, including Conrad who suffered so much during his short life. Our faith kept us going during those painful days in Marsab...

FERDINAND J.E. RODRIGUES

  In Memoriam FERDINAND J.E. RODRIGUES Born 10th December 1933, and died 11 August 2018 THE EULOGY For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Celia – Ferdie’s youngest daughter. On behalf of my mum and our family I would like to thank all of you for coming today to pay your last respects to our dad. And to thank all of you for your messages of condolence and support since our dad passed away. As all of you will know, dad was a very organised and well prepared man, so much so he even got me to the church for my own wedding before the priest! Well in keeping with that, dad wrote part of his own eulogy for us. Which we have added onto and will now share with you. Born 10th December 1933, in Jinja, Uganda, under British Administration, where our grandfather was serving in the Forestry Department. At the very tender age of 6 he and his two elder brothers were sent for schooling in India, whilst their parents had to work in Uganda. Indeed those were during World War 2 days and there were n...