Nepal
Touchdown in Karachi!
Well, we’ve landed safely in Karachi! We met at Glasgow Airport at 11am yesterday (UK time) and landed here this morning at 11am (7am UK time!) Flights over were fine, the 8 hour wait at Dubai provided time for some uncomfortable sleeping and the security staff at Karachi Airport seemed to be very interested in … Continue reading
Church of Scotland World Mission blog
Yesterday, the Church of Scotland World Mission Council launched its new blog, found at www.cofswmc.wordpress.com. I won’t say a lot about it here, the first post on it explains what it’s all about! I do recomend that you follow it and hear about some of the exciting things happening through and within the Council. Peace … Continue reading
Why World Mission?
When I attended the World Mission Council meeting a few weeks ago, we were set a challenge by the convenor to get us thinking about why World Mission exists. I thought it would be good to share some of our responses: Challenging statement: “The World Mission Council is a waste of the Church’s time & … 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
Church of Scotland General Assembly
This week sees the Church of Scotland General Assembly meeting in Edinburgh. Usually I blog a fair bit about this, I won’t be this year for a two reasons: 1) I’m not there, so can’t offer the insider view I have in the past. 2) I won’t have the time to watch a lot of … Continue reading
Nepal trip
1 year ago today I left with 3 other intrepid explorers on a 2 week trip to Nepal. We were going there to be international guests at the SACYN conference ‘Crossing the Bridge’. It was an awesome trip, a life changing trip, one that will I will hold dear for years to come. I’m not … Continue reading
Travel Photography
As I mentioned last week, I have had the opportunity to do a lot of travelling this year – I’ve been to Nepal, Canada and France. On these trips I’ve travelled a total of 25121 miles and visited 26 different towns and cities. It’s been a great year – I’m still processing things that I … Continue reading
A Weekend of Photography
I’ve not blogged on here for a while. Since getting back from Nepal things have been really busy – and I’ve had a bit of writers block. But I’ve been constantly reflecting on my time in Nepal, those I met and what I’ve learned/ am learning from it all. This last weekend was a really … Continue reading
Nepal Photography
While I was in Nepal, I did some photography…well what else would you expect of me? with all the opportunities there were over there for photography, I was in heaven! I was given many, many chances to push myself in the photography I was doing – trying to capture moods and moments, trying to get … Continue reading