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Day 2
I woke up this morning feeling quite good, not too hungry. I put off breakfast until about 8:15 (an unusual move for me I usually eat as I wake!) my morning was good. As I work from home I am alone a lot. I hate this at most times of the day but today with … Continue reading
Day 1 (and counting….!)
Well we are nearly through our first day of the challenge! It started out well with 20g of porridge and a nice glass of water. That wasn’t too different from my normal start to the day(perhaps a lot less than usual). Lunch and Dinner consisted of 30g of rice and 60g (cooked weight) of beans. … Continue reading
Tearfund: Rice and Beans Challenge
Hi this is Chris’ wife Linda Hoskins. For the next week any blogs you see here will be written by me. Starting tomorrow myself and our friend Dave will begin the Tearfund rice and beans challenge. The basics of this is to bring more awareness to ourselves about those who are going through severe poverty. … Continue reading
Photography in Pakistan
“ You’ve got to push yourself harder. You’ve got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You’ve got to take the tools you have and probe deeper.” – William Albert Allard I got very frustrated with myself on Thursday. We were out visiting projects in Thatta and Badin, in the Sindh province. Areas … Continue reading
Hoskins Gallery
For I am about to do a new thing. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. (Isaiah 43:19 NLT) For the last 6 years, since Linda and I got married, I’ve been employed in full-time Christian … Continue reading
A visit to the Church of Scotland National Youth Assembly
So last Monday I went to visit the Church of Scotland National Youth Assembly, I mentioned a wee bit of ehat thr event means to me in my last Blog post and will delve a bit deep into that in another post, this post is going to be just about last Monday! The theme of … Continue reading
Writers block?
so, I’ve been very, very inactive on here over the last wee while, something I”m not happy at all about! I’m not sure why I have been inactive, I’m certainly not short of things to write about – CLAN Gathering, Tearfund, World Mission Council, Canada, Cyprus, Hoskins Gallery, Starting a business, Pakistan…..if these things … Continue reading
Anticipation……
Tonight I’m excited! Tomorrow marks the 1st meeting of the Church of Scotland World Mission Council that I will be attending as a member of the council. I’m not quite sure what to expect, but I’m looking forward to hearing about how I’ll be able to get involved in the Council’s work and about all … Continue reading
World Mission Council
This afternoon see’s one of the reports that I’ve been most looking forward too this week. The Report of the World Mission Council. I’ve been interested in the work of this council since I first became aware of its existence in 2000. I suppose it all boils down to the fact that, when I was … Continue reading
General Assembly and Social Media
Social Media seems to be, rightly so, playing a bigger and bigger role in the assembly as the years go by. People attending the assembly are tweeting, blogging and flickering more each year. People following online are doing the same. I thought it might be useful for me to list a few blogs and people … Continue reading