The Pastor and members of the Shimei Seventh-day Adventist Church say they are excited with the progress of the rebuilding of the church building in Long Bay.

The latest development was the casting of the floor “jollification” style on Sunday 26th February, 2023. Work on “pouring the floor” started early in the morning when the truck rolled on the property to ‘shoot’ the concrete.

Workmen from the Mount Fortune and New Life churches in the east had traveled to the west to participate in the work. They were accompanied by the church sisters who cooked and distributed a delicious Sunday meal.

Pastor Lester Jules is the Pastor assigned to the Shimei Ministry, as well as the Jireh Ministry in South Hill. He shared with The Anguillian his feelings about the casting of the floor:

“We have registered good progress with the pouring of the floor,” he said. “This work spells excitement, hope, and great expectations, as we continue on this worthwhile project for the Lord. We were joined by members from the other districts who came down to assist us, and indeed we are thankful for all the help we can get.”

“The effort was crowned with a very tasty lunch provided by the women of the Mount Fortune Church. Indeed, we thank them immensely,” Pastor Jules said. “We remain resolute and committed to having this church project completed for the work of Christ in the not too distant future.”

Pastor Howard Simon is in charge of the churches in East End. He is the Coordinator of the building project, and one of his duties is to ensure that there is adequate manpower for the work.

He told the Anguillian Newspaper he is eager to see the Shimei church completed.

“Pastor Jules marshaled his troops,” he said, “and we from Mount Fortune and New Life joined forces with them to make the work easier. It was a wonderful experience. We had a tremendous time. We had a lot of folks down there engaged in the casting of the floor. The ladies from Mount Fortune provided a sumptuous lunch for us, and we thank them wholeheartedly.”

“We had gone down there before as a team to work with the Chief Contractor, Brother Earnest Fleming, on some other preparatory work for the floor pouring. All in all, Sunday’s work was quite rewarding and our united efforts proved to be a great success.

Remarkably, the Shimei Ministry was the first Seventh-day Adventist church established in Anguilla in the early 1930s, but the body of believers had no building of their own in which to worship. Services were held in Edmond Hodge’s home – one of the members – before a little shelter was built, which was occupied for a number of years.
Since then, a building was dedicated in 1987. The new building, now in progress, promises to be a magnificent edifice when it is completed. This 11,935 square-foot structure will replace that 1987 building which was destroyed by Hurricane Irma in 2017.

ANGLEC has unveiled three state-of-the-art electric powered cars.

The roll out on Friday afternoon, 24th February, is in keeping with its commitment to “serve you better”, and to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels.
ANGLEC’s CEO, Mr. Sutcliffe Hodge, introduced the two Chevrolet Bolts and one Nissan Leaf to the press, with emphasis placed on ANGLEC’s determination to move away from fossil fuel operated vehicles, to more efficient environmentally friendly vehicles over the course of time.

Mr. Hodge said that due to the impacts that fossil fuels have made on the environment all around the world, there is the need to transition to cleaner sources of energy. He said: “Over the past few decades, there has been much research work done on how to transition fossil fuel-operated automobiles away from fossil fuel to the use of other energies such as hydrogen and electricity, in particular.”

“For ANGLEC, as the supplier of Anguilla’s electricity, it seems almost like a natural relationship,” he said, “whereby ANGLEC should lead the way with Anguilla’s transitioning away from the use of fossil fuel cars towards using electrical vehicles.”

“A couple weeks after taking up my appointment at ANGLEC,” he said, “we started having the conversation about using electrical vehicles, and we decided that it is something that we must do. Now today, we are unveiling three electrical vehicles which ANGLEC has purchased.”

“Starting today,” he continued, “ANGLEC will have branded electrical vehicles on the road which will represent a mobile billboard for us, saying ‘100% fuel-free’. With these cars, we would realise zero emissions and a significant reduction in running costs.”

ANGLEC’s Chief Operations Manager, Mr. Steve Hodge, commended the efforts of the CEO for ANGLEC’s acquiring of the three electrical vehicles.

“I must give kudos to Mr. Hodge as our CEO. Shortly after he joined ANGLEC, the idea of electric vehicles dominated one of the first conversations he had with me. He made sure he would accelerate our acquisition of electrical cars and begin to move away from fossil fuel powered vehicles”, Mr. Steve Hodge said.

“As the Electricity provider for Anguilla, we keep our eyes focused on how our use of electrical vehicles would benefit our customers. These vehicles will give us greater efficiency, helping us cut operating costs in the long run. And naturally, a more efficient ANGLEC ultimately benefits our customers”, he told the press.

The Chief Operations Manager noted that the introduction of the three electric vehicles must be considered as Phase 1 in what will be an ongoing process of significantly reducing ANGLEC’s reliance on fuel-powered vehicles.

He stated that as ANGLEC acquires more electric vehicles, the fossil fuel-operated vehicles will be sold.

The introduction of the electric cars takes ANGLEC’s fleet to thirty-three, including thirty gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles.

This initiative is now proving to be of great interest to businesses everywhere.
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