PLEASE may I thank all those across Dorset and Wiltshire who contributed to the Diocese of Salisbury’s Lent Appeal for emergency aid for South Sudan. 
The total raised exceeded £82,000, and is being used by Christian Aid as part of the Disaster Emergency Committee’s response to famine in that country. It was an extraordinarily generous response that will save lives and help build sustainability for the future.
In fact, Lent gifts from the Diocese to South Sudan exceeded £115,000, thanks to other local initiatives in a country where the churches are almost the only hope for building civil society. 
Generous giving is not all one way. We receive greatly from this international link and we also learn that being generous is part of what it is to be human. Thank you to everyone who contributed.
On Sunday, June 18, from 2-5 pm, my wife and I would be pleased to welcome as many as can come to our home, South Canonry in Salisbury Cathedral Close, for the annual summer fete for the Medical Link for the South Sudan.
Nicholas Sarum
The Rt Revd Nicholas Holtam
Bishop of Salisbury
The Close
Salisbury