St Andrew’s Refugee Education Programs are getting back to full speed after the Christmas Holidays. The children’s education program has been back at school for a full week and are working towards their public examinations which begin on March 15. This week is registration and placement testing for the adult education program, and lessons will start next week. 
We have had many staff changes in the last few weeks and are sad in particular to say goodbye to some long standing members of staff, in particular, executive director and pastor of St Andrew’s, Peter Johnson. Pastor Peter served for almost four years at St Andrew’s in various capacities, stepping in to the role of executive director at a most difficult time. His leadership and guidance through the last eighteen months has given St Andrew’s a firm foundation from which to move forward. We wish him well in the next stage of his life, whatever that may be, and we will miss him.
2012 begins a new chapter in the life of St Andrew’s Refugee Services, one that we hope will bring more stability to our external situation. Thank you all for your support during the past year and wishing you all the best for 2012.
