President Paula-Maegets a Gideon’s Bible

To commemorate her appointment as TT’s first female President, Gideons International presented President Paula-Mae Weekes with a personalised, leather-bound and gilt-edged dignitary Bible. Her Excellency’s name Paula-Mae Weekes was specially embossed on the front cover.

The presentation was made on Tuesday, during a visit by a local delegation from Gideon’s International. The team included national field co-ordinator, Norman Imambaksh who made the presentation, along with national chaplain Professor Andrew Jupiter and Wincilus Gould, president of the Tunapuna camp. A fourth member of the delegation, Ivan Beache, president of the Tobago camp, was unable to attend.

Imambaksh said the Bible was warmly received by Weekes who expressed her commitment “to read, heed and be a doer of the word of God.”

Jupiter was then called upon to pray for the President and the high and honourable work that had been set before her. The Gideons prayed that all leaders would continue to appreciate their sacred trust and be strengthened inwardly to preserve the freedom and security so vitally needed for the Gideons to fulfil their essential, global mission.

The Gideons International was established in 1908 and operates in 200 countries in the world and represent 300,000 Christian business and professional men and women in good standing in their respective churches. Their core activity is the structured distribution of scriptures to schools, hospitals, hotels, prisons and all areas of national security.