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Travel

Blog posts to do with my travels, whether abroad or within the UK

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 »

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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!

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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Beauty and Brokenness

While we driving home from projects in the flood ravaged Sindh I found my self reflecting on the depth of the beauty and of brokenness that is present in Pakistan. I’ll unpack that many times over the next few days, for the moment I want to share the lyrics of a song that popped into … Continue reading »

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Asim Butt

Today was an interesting day, the meeting we were supposed to have with the Bishop had been postponed until Friday, so we unexpectedly ended up with a free day. We thought it would be a good idea to take some time to go round Karachi and get a sense of the city, and as such, … Continue reading »

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Why on Earth am I in Pakistan?

You may have worked out, via this blog, twitter, facebook or foursquare that I am currently in Pakistan. You may not, howrver, know why. You see, it seems I wrote a long post about this visit then, being the smart lad that I am, forgot to save and/ or post it. How does that even … Continue reading »

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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 »

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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 »

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