Ackworth School welcomes Terry Waite
Andrew Ward describes a powerful talk by Terry Waite
Nearly 170 students and visitors packed Ackworth’s Meeting House and waited in anticipation of the arrival of our famous guest. Local Quakers and members of other denominations joined the Sixth Form to hear Terry Waite talk about his ‘Spiritual Journey’. We were anticipating that this high profile speaker, who had spent five years in captivity (four and a half in solitary confinement) would have something special to offer and we were not disappointed. Terry began by talking about his early career in Africa working as a negotiator on behalf of those imprisoned by the regime of Idi Amin and then moved on to his experiences in the Middle East which first thrust him into the limelight when he successfully negotiated the release of hostages in Iran.
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