CMS Link Letters
Our 17 Church Missionary Society Link Letters written from St Andrew's College, Kabare, Kenya, to our 10 link churches in England from 1985 to 1991. These are first hand historical accounts of many of the events in the Diocese of Mount Kenya East and the Diocese of Kerugoya during this period.
Kings Family CMS Link Letter 9, July 1988
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In our ninth CMS Link Letter from Kabare, Kenya, I describe missionary work in the north of Kenya amongst the Rendille people, the use of role-play in teaching biblical studies, and our children's education.
Kings Family CMS Link Letter 8, Mar 1988
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In our eighth CMS Link Letter from Kabare, Kenya, I describe the setting up of our secretarial course and visitors from Durham University and West Germany, an Anglican International Partners in Mission Consultation, and the plans for a Centre for Development Studies.
Kings Family CMS Link Letter 7, Sept 1987
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In our seventh CMS Link Letter from Kabare, Kenya, I describe the international consultation of mission theologians at St Andrew's Institute and the consecration of Embu Cathedral.
Kings Family CMS Link Letter 6, April 1987
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Alison Kings writes our sixth CMS Link Letter from Kabare, Kenya, describing the arrival of our third daughter, Katie Esther Wambui, the responses of Rosalind and Miriam, theological writing in the college and Graham climbing Mount Kenya.
Kings Family CMS Link Letter 5, Dec 1986
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In our fifth CMS Link Letter from Kabare, Kenya, I describe the style of teaching, the different students in the college and Rosalind's friendship with Ciru.
Kings Family CMS Link Letter 4, Aug 1986
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In our fourth CMS Link Letter from Kabare, Kenya, I describe my stay over Easter with a Maasai student and his family in Maasailand, south of Nairobi.
Kings Family CMS Link Letter 3, Feb 1986
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In our third CMS Link Letter from Kabare, Kenya, I describe an extraordinary Confirmation Service in the semi-arid area of Epinding.
Kings Family CMS Link Letter 2, Dec 1985
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In our second CMS Link Letter from Kabare, Kenya, I describe the 75th anniversary celebration of the gospel coming to Kabare in 1910.
Kings Family CMS Link Letter 1, Sept 1985
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In our first CMS Link Letter from Kabare, Kenya, I describe our first impressions of living in the fertile foothills of Mount Kenya at 6,000 feet.