'This year I have found exhausting. The fact that we started this year with optimism, has made it harder. I boldly declared to my church at the start of the year, that 2021 would be the year of fellowship, then we had to cancel everything. I reckon I have been operating at 70% of normal capacity. I have found this year has taken a bigger toll on the people of our church. Last year we came back with energy and excitement. This time some people have drifted away, despite really good followup...
'I’m so thankful to the Lord for your perseverance, prayerfulness and sheer hard work for the sake of the gospel, over the last two years. I know it’s been hard for individuals and families, and the responsibility of caring for the churches has been complex, difficult, unexpected, constantly changing, stressful and often just lonely.
Archbishop Kanishka Raffel