Funeral of late Simi Tome
{Apologies, this was started and in the draft for a long time}
Simi Tome, a 74 year old double amputee, went to be with the Lord or Saturday Evening 21st of September. Simi welcomed the Jesus Film showing in his place and was instrumental along with his children in the establishment of the Petra Church in Iriiri Pasapasa village in the Vonavona Lagoon.
Saturday night when I received the news from Pastor Fred, Simi's son-in-law, it was not unexpected as he had been ill for a long time. Pastor asked if I or another pastor would be available to come for the burial. The shipping schedule travels to the western Solomon's every Sunday morning. The timing worked out great. There was a former pastor of the Petra Church, Pastor Revelation, who is now in Honiara for other church business. He was the right one to go and conduct this burial service.
Thank you for your continual prayers for the work in the Solomon Islands. Pray for Pastor Fred Safe, the pastor at the Petra church and his continued effort to bring the healing love of Jesus to the people in the Vonavona Lagoon. The Petra church is also operating a school teaching reading to the children of the village.
