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A change to how I blog……
You may, or may not, be interested in some changes I’m making to how I blog. On this site I’ll be writing less about photography, and more about World issues, justice issues, Church issues and random bits that interest me.The reason for this is simple. We’ve decided to take our business blog more seriously, … Continue reading
Day 5…We did it!
Well this is the final day of the challenge. I can’t say it has been a good day. Health wise my circulation began to go very strange yesterday. This intensified today and by the afternoon my hands and feet were blue and white. This was followed by a near fainting episode and back pain and … Continue reading
Day 4
Well day 4 and I feel much less angry today. In fact I don’t even feel hungry. I made breakfast ate half and couldn’t stomach it. Made lunch ate half and just looked at the rest. Thought about dinner couldn’t bring myself to eat it so didn’t even make it. I have had a lot … Continue reading
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
Out and about in Karachi; A Photo Essay
As well as spending time visiting the Diocese of Lahore and some of the communities affected by the flooding in the Sindh Province, we spent some time in Karachi city itself. Our first day in Karachi ended up being more touristy than we expected – our meetings for the day had to be postponed until … Continue reading
Diocese of Karachi; A Photo Essay
Whilst in Karachi, we spent a substantial amount of time visiting with the Diocese of Karachi. Including their Cathedral compound, their seminary, Girls school and Drug Rehab centre. Peace Out!
A day in the Sindh Province; A Photo Essay
I’ve been back from Pakistan for almost 3 days now, just today getting a chance to sit down and start processing the photos I took. I’ve only kept 2,300 out of the 5000+ that I took over there, so it should only take a few days! I’m going to upload a few photo essays as … Continue reading
A contrasting evening
Last night was an incredibly hard night. It was moving, challenging, heart-breaking, blessed, it’s hard to describe. To read more about it though you can go to www.cofswmc.wordpress.com and I thouroughly encourage you to! Tonight was such a contrast to last night (we’ll blog about today’s experiences on the World Mission Council blog later). … Continue reading