MESSAGE OF THE DAY

Have faith God is working day and night just for you and me
The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for GOD to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming.

Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and to store his few possessions.

One day after scavenging for food he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, with smoke rolling up to the sky. The worst had happened, and everything was lost.. He was stunned with disbelief, grief, and anger. "GOD, how could you do this to me?" he cried.

Early the next day he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the island. It had come to rescue him.

How did you know I was here?" asked the weary man of his rescuers. "We saw your smoke signal," they replied. It's easy to get discouraged when things are going bad, but we shouldn't lose heart, because GOD is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain, and suffering. Remember that the next time your little hut seems to be burning to the ground. It just may be a smoke signal that summons the grace of GOD.You may want to consider passing this on, because you never know who feels like their hut is on fire today......

Asante Sana kwa kusoma Ujumbe Huu!!!

SPECIAL MESSAGE

Dears friends,

I was delighted to get the list of your emails and I am very pleased to be able to write to you when the memories of our days together in Nairobi are still fairly fresh. I would like to begin by thanking you all for your whole-hearted participation in what was a demanding, but very rewarding programme. I was very impressed by the quality of your participation; by your attention to lectures and inputs, by the insightful nature of your questions and by the outcomes from the work-groups. I look forward to receiving the final version of the closing statement which I am confident will bring together all the fruits of your reflection and discussion.

More important in many ways than the formal outcomes of the Workshops, however, was the wonderful spirit of communion and solidarity that we experienced together and I hope we can create a forum that will allow us to maintain something of that sense of togetherness. I would like to invite you to use this group email facility to post any comments you might have about the Workshop and how we might follow up on it. We would also love to know about the various communications projects and activities that you are engaged with in your home countries and how your involvement in the Workshop might have impacted there.


I would like to let you know about an initiative of this Council which is addressed in particular to young people like you. To highlight the Pope’s message for World Communications Day, we launched a new website – http://www.pope2you.net/ - where you will find a range of materials related to the message, including “e-cards” with images of pope Benedict and short quotations. I would invite you to share this material with your friends: with your help, the message of the Pope could reach many young people who might not otherwise hear of it.

I will be in touch again soon to let you know about our different projects and plans. For now, I would like to wish each of you and your families every grace and blessing. I ask you to keep me in your prayers.

+ Claudio Maria Celli
President
Pontifical Council for Social Communications

THE INPORTANCE OF SILENCE

Silence is a splendid gift. By silence, I mean the atmosphere of quiet and meditation that helps us to attain a sincere conversion of the heart.
In our modern world, a welter of noise fills the streets, places of work and even our home.
I would however make distinction between two types of noise.
The first type is external noise. Noise from outside ourselves, which can take many forms, vehicles, music, the welcome voice of people and many other exterior sounds of that sort. But even this noise can become overwhelming. If it interferes with our inner life, we may be in need of returning to the schools of silence.
The second type of noise is internal noise and this is the one of the major causes of conflicts in Africa as we were told by Mr.Katunga John is last completed AMECEA Youth workshop.
A person may be torn by inner chaos and division. At the root of it, there is often some kind of frustration, to which we may have contributed. I therefore urge every body to curb whatever might undermine the spiritual health of our fellow clerics to such a grave state.
I feel that we need to rethink and meditate on the wise saying of Socrates that "Unmeditated life is not worth living". On what Arthur Graf says, "We must be silent, if we want to hear the singing of our hearts."
In our struggle to foster peace , justice and reconciliation in our respective places, if we don not create time for silence, there are bound to time when we shall have to retrace our steps , to plead that they allow us to undo what we have done. We shall indeed cry over split milk. Ant that will not improve the image people have of us as leaders.
Silence will help us to understand ourselves better so that we can sturdy and understand others in the struggle to resolve conflicts.
I know this may not be easy, but give it atry and you will see the fruits.

Special thanx also from friend of mine Jean - marie from Uganda

JOKES OF THE YEAR

Bakari is a house boy who every day drinks the wine of his Boss and puts
water in the bottle to replace what he drank. But the Boss having suspicionsas for the quality of the wine, he decides to buy pastis (a French wine thatchanges colour if you add water).Bakari as usual, takes a mouthful and add water to replace what he drankHowever, soon after he added water the pastis became milky.When the Boss came back and noticed it, he was sure he had managed to nailBakari as thief!!! At that same moment Bakari realized he was in trouble anddecided to go into the kitchen.The Boss told his wife that 'Mary, you will see today, he will be obliged toacknowledge'.. So he calls Bakari.He shouted: 'Bakari!'.Bakari answered: 'Yes, Boss'.Boss: 'Who drank my pastis?'.No answer.The Boss reiterated his question: 'Who drank my wine?'Still; No answer..Then the Boss went to fetch Bakari from the kitchen and says to him:You insane or what? Why when I call you, you say yes boss' but when I askyou a question you don't answer me?Bakari retorted that 'It is that boss, when you are in the kitchen there,you don't hear anything at all, except the name.Then to prove that Bakari lies, the Boss says to him: 'You stay beside Madamhere, me I go in the kitchen, and you ask me a question '. Bakari acceptedand the Boss went in the kitchen.Bakari shouted: 'Boss'.He answered: 'Yes, Bakari'.Bakari continued: 'Who goes in the maid bedroom when the Madam is not here?'.No answer.Bakari shouted again: 'Boss, I say who made the maid pregnant?'No answer.Bakari shouted again (third time): 'Boss, I say who made the maid pregnant?'The Boss returns from the kitchen running and says, Bakari; it is true, youare right. When one is in the kitchen, one does not hear anything, only thename!

MHHH hebu cheka kidogo leo uongeze siku.....tehe!tehe!kwikwi!

TALK WITH MEDIA

Kamanda wa Polisi Mkoa wa Tanga SIMON SIRRO akiongea na vyombo vya habari ofisini kwake.

Shirikisho la Afrika Mashariki tumeshaanza as u can see hapa Tanzania,Kenya naUganda but hapa tulikuwa Nairobi after the workshop

FAHARI YETU

Fahari yetu!!!!!!!Twiga waliopo katika Mbuga za Mikumi this day was passing way to Mbeya....