At 8.30am on 1 July, Olly, Sally, Noah, Anna and Libby pushed trolleys holding their 10 huge suitcases out of the arrivals area at Heathrow Airport. They were smiling, despite a 24 hour journey which had involved a two hour ferry ride to Freetown Airport, a long flight to Brussels (via Banjul in the Gambia) and another flight from Brussels to Heathrow. Waiting for them in the arrivals area were Jenny and I, Ben, Claire, Thomas and Sophie and Wendy (Sally's mum) and Dave (Sally's stepfather). Two hours later we were all back at Pippin Cottage where a weekend of celebrations and feasting began. Photos show Olly and family coming through the arrivals area, a group photo of most of us (Olly and family towards the right, Thomas, Sophie and Dave towards the left) and some of us having breakfast the next morning. Olly and family are staying with us at Pippin Cottage until they find a place of their own in Dorset and the children will be going to school in Sherborne. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers as they make the difficult transition from the poverty of West Africa to the relative affluence of the UK.
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