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From The duPs Photo Album:

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America switches on its lights
Inc 1
One of the conference rooms - UN, Geneva
Early morning silhouettes, Westgate
RCMP at the Centennial Flame, Centre Block, Ottawa
Lilac in The Garden of the Five Senses
Lower slopes, Hornli
Arum lilies
Strelitzias - Caledon
The church secretary occupies the spot where the wedding took place, St Paul's Church, Amritsar
Denbies Barrels, hand-carved
At the end of the climb up to Carmel
In an area of outstanding natural beauty
More yellows
Welcome here too - Stein am Rein
Bananas from afar
From Falls Avenue
Ham House Wisteria
Across the River Ij to Central Amsterdam
Hospital - boy with his dogs at dam
Zambia and Africa

Both Margaret and Paul had visited Zambia, and Chikankata Mission before appointment there at the end of the dry, cold season in 1968. It was a few months before the dramatic Zambian rainy season arrived. The Rains Have Come records the joy of the experience.

 

Understanding traditional religion and Tonga cultural practices were an important part of life. Vengeance is Mine, The Holy Dance, Chief Mweenda’s Ziliango and The Rain Maker’s Prayer give some insight to these.

 

It was at Chikankata that the children were born. Catherine remembers many Saturday afternoon walks with her mother and father. Several poems record these: The Lakeshore King, Butterfly Thoughts, The Walk and A Zambian Summer Sunset.

 

When the family returned to Zambia in 2007 it gave Catherine the opportunity to fulfil a long-standing dream to show to her husband, Steve and the children the Chikankata Mission and its surroundings. It became for all a Journey to a Sacred Place.

# Article Title Date
1 Journey to Harare April 2008
2 Journey to a Sacred Place April 2007
3 On Visiting the Chinoyi Caves August 2005
4 Mission with a Mission September 1995
5 The Rain-Maker's Prayer August 1978
6 Woven for the Evanses July 1977
7 The Cortege March 1977
8 The Walk July 1976
9 The Lakeshore King July 1976
10 Goodbye to an Evergreen April 1976
11 Chief Mweenda's Ziliango September 1973
12 Sounds in an African Night November 1972
13 A Zambian Summer Sunset April 1971
14 Butterfly Thoughts January 1971
15 Communion September 1969
16 Vengeance is Mine June 1969
17 The Holy Dance March 1969
18 The Rains Have Come December 1968
19 The Praying Muslim February 1967