{"id":2119,"date":"2016-11-13T23:59:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T23:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/?p=2119"},"modified":"2016-11-17T19:29:04","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T19:29:04","slug":"mto-pangas-new-priest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/?p=2119","title":{"rendered":"Mto Panga&#8217;s new priest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maggy and i had an early start to get to Mto Panga, though it&#8217;s only a few miles from Shanzu. We were met y Maggy&#8217;s cousin, Dominic, recently ordained priest and appointed to the parish here. After breakfast in the priests&#8217; house we drove to the first of 2 outstations, newly opened above Tudor Creek.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0063.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2120\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0063-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0063\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0063-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0063-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0063.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0063-190x126.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The church is temporary, though it&#8217;s already not big enough for th growing population in the area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0069.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2121\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0069-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0069\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0069-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0069-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0069.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0069-190x126.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The choir<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0071.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2122\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0071-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0071\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0071-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0071-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0071.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0071-190x126.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The second outstation, about a year old and also crowded<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0076.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2123\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0076-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0076\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0076-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0076-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0076.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0076-190x126.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of 2 Sunday School classes<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0088.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2124\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0088-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0088\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0088-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0088-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0088.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0088-190x126.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Father Dominic leads the service<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2125\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0100-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0100\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0100-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0100-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0100.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0100-190x126.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The choir<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0106.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2126\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0106-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0106\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0106-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0106-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0106.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0106-190x126.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A happy mass-goer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0113.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2127\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0113-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0113\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0113-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0113.jpg 680w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0113-126x190.jpg 126w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back at the main parish church<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0129.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2130\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0129-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0129\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0129-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0129-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0129.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0129-190x126.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The priests&#8217; house<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0124.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2129\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0124-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0124\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0124-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0124-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0124.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0124-190x126.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA new bigger church is under construction<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0123.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2128\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0123-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0123\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0123-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0123-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0123.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0123-190x126.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161113_165827.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2132\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161113_165827-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"img_20161113_165827\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161113_165827-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161113_165827.jpg 758w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161113_165827-141x190.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a fine lunch and a little snooze, I hurried on to my next appointment, Shanique&#8217;s 4th birthday party, hosted by Tina.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161113_180004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2134\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161113_180004-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"img_20161113_180004\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161113_180004-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161113_180004.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161113_180004-143x190.jpg 143w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shanique and her cousin Gloria<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161113_175250.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2133\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161113_175250-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"img_20161113_175250\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161113_175250-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161113_175250.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161113_175250-143x190.jpg 143w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cake time<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0141.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2131\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0141-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0141\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0141-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0141-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0141.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0141-190x126.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maggy and i had an early start to get to Mto Panga, though it&#8217;s only a few miles from Shanzu. We were met y Maggy&#8217;s cousin, Dominic, recently ordained priest and appointed to the parish here. After breakfast in the priests&#8217; house we drove to the first of 2 outstations, newly opened above Tudor Creek.&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/?p=2119\">Continue Reading Mto Panga&#8217;s new priest<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","radius"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43dbc-yb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2119"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2136,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions\/2136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}