Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Farewell in Motupe.

The Motupe parish team of Mick, Marg, Maria, Irma, Clare, Marion and Napa in the back row and Teresa, Lucy and Yeny in the front with Teresa’s daughter Lucero.
Mick McKinnon is the parish priest and Napa is a Columban priest from Tonga. Lucy is the parish social worker and supervisor of all the programs; she was also the instigator of this event! Marg and Clare are Josephite Sisters from Australia and New Zealand respectively. Teresa is the parish nurse and a fantastic nurse at that! Maria is her mother and she conducts extremely successful cooking classes in the parish centre. Irma is a Columban lay missionary and Yeny supports Lucy in the parish office.


The meal, provided by Maria and others, was enjoyed by all.
The final speeches and the presentations of our gifts will be treasured because of the strong and positive memories of the Motupe parish team.
The undoing of quite a few came about with Maria, Teresa, Lucy and Yeny singing the Spanish version of ‘Auld Lang Syne’. It was very hard to say goodbye to such wonderful people.