With Lynda Farncombe, Mary Steele and Justin Frempong
I don’t intend to write all about that very special day at Buckingham Palace. Let the photos tell the story…
Before the ceremony in the Palace courtyard
And afterwards: spot the MBE medal
Mary Steele MBE
Lots of traditional dress on the day
Heading off to find some lunch…
… Mary turned down The Ritz for a humble Italian restaurant
It was a very special and memorable day which I feel very privileged to have shared with Mary.
My two recent posts here and here about Mary Steele MBE and Wycliffe Bible Translator, have taken me back to 10 May 2006 when I was one of Mary’s three guests at Buckingham Palace. The others were Lynda Farncombe (Mary’s niece, a Wycliffe UK member) and Justin Frempong (Director of the Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation GILLBT) Mary’s boss in Ghana.
That’s the photo story you have just been reading above…
Mary Steele died at the age of 89 having made an incredible contribution to Bible translation in the languages of Ghana over a period of 55 years.
John 20:21 