Meet the team...

Name: CHRISTINE Anderton

Occupation: Pharmacist

Church: St Andrew's Church, Kildwick (nr Skipton)

Hopes for the trip: to learn more about the work of the Lees in Jigsaw Kids Ministries, and to experience a different culture

Name: DIANA Wild (Team Leader)

Occupation: former CMS mission partner in Singapore

Church: St Oswald's Church, Sowerby, Thirsk

Hopes for the trip: to enable the team to enter into the work and ethos of Jigsaw, to gain an understanding of the people who live in the slums of Manila, to explore and see the outworkings of the Gospel of Christ in mission among the poor, to encourage the local leaders of the project and also CMS mission partners Tim and Kate and their family.

Name: HELEN Conley

Occupation: Senior Nursery Nurse

Church: Elim Pentecostal Church, Huddersfield

Hopes for the trip: to experience different cultures, and to experience God working in different ways in my life

Name: JILL Barrett

Occupation: Nurse (Elderly Rehabilitation Unit)

Church: Stranton Church, Hartlepool

Hopes for the trip: to learn and understand about life in a different culture

Name: JULIE Watson

Occupation: Principal Lecturer / Associate Minister

Church: St Peter's Church, Redcar

Hopes for the trip: to be able to share the experience of Tim, Kate and Jigsaw Kids Ministries in order to encourage them and, when I return home, to share those experiences with others, especially from my own church whom I represent on this visit

Name: MALCOLM Egner

Occupation: Minister

Church: Rising Brook Baptist Church, Stafford

Hopes for the trip: to be changed and to see change at work in the lives of the poor

Name: MAUREEN Horsley

Occupation: Occupational Therapist

Church: Wheldrake, Thorganby, Elvington, Sutton-Upon-Derwent, East Cottingwith parishes

Hopes for the trip: to have a greater understanding of Kate and Tim's ministry, and to be able to bring something of their needs and successes back to York.

Name: PAM Hopkins

Occupation: Retired Teacher

Church: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry

Hopes for the trip: to see God at work in the worldwide church and to interact with the Jigsaw Ministry working with street children

Name: PETER Horsley

Occupation: Vicar

Church: Wheldrake, Thorganby, Elvington, Sutton-Upon-Derwent, East Cottingwith Parishes

Hopes for the trip: Looking forward to learning about a different culture and gaining an understanding of life in the Philippines

Name: RUTH Pugh

Occupation: Music Teacher

Church: Knaphill Methodist Church, Woking

Hopes for the trip: Understanding the poverty that these people live in and the work being done to help these children out of poverty, and what I can do in the future