Mission – Ministry – Life
Many churches in the USA use the Sundays leading up to Christmas to take an offering towards global mission and in the UK Christmas is seen as a time for giving to charity. So here is a cheeky reminder that we have to raise all our own support for the work that we are doing... Continue Reading →
Hello everyone I thought my adventure was over but coming back to England has been very odd and I’ve not felt at home. I’ve got used to the idea that people queue for the things and that they take a long time. I nearly fell over when I went into the bank – no queue... Continue Reading →
Hi everyone It all feels very strange but I’m safely back from my adventure. The last few days have made my brain very fuzzy. It started off on Friday morning when we got the Colectivo from Nauta. (It’s a sort of mini bus with 12-15 seats, and when its full it leaves). Our cases were... Continue Reading →
Hi everyone, This week I’m going to tell you about life here in Nauta. It is very different to England. Most of the houses are made of wood with a metal roof. In our house we collect the rain off the roof to use for water, because it doesn’t just come out the tap. Last... Continue Reading →
Hi everyone Last weekend I went to Iquitos. It’s a bumpy 2 hour journey from Nauta along the only long road here. I’ve been before but it is such a big place for a small bear I normally hide in a rucksack. But Neil was away and Lori and I spent a few days with... Continue Reading →
Recently I had the opportunity to spend a bit of time at an event put on by a team from the US. It was a fascinating experience on lots of levels, the team and I come from very different cultures and styles of church and yet we are all guests in a third culture. The... Continue Reading →
I’ve been on a real jungle adventure. Normally I’ve been living with Lori and Neil in Nauta but recently we went on a long trip up river. Over three days we kept travelling and each day things seemed more different. At the first stop we went to a church anniversary service which included two weddings... Continue Reading →
I read Jane Vella “Learning to listen, learning to teach” (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass 2002) earlier in the summer in which she sets out 12 principles of effective learning. Vella’s book and the principles it sets out (which are part of a trajectory which includes ‘Training for Transformation’ and Paulo Freire) have played a key... Continue Reading →
Hello everyone, Nugget here again. I wanted to tell you about what I’ve been up to over the last two weeks. Last week I joined in with a group of local pastors and church leaders who were here for a training week. I went to most of the classes but I had a few good... Continue Reading →
Over the last week we’ve been reading “The Very Worst Missionary” a memoir by Jamie Wright who was a missionary in Costa Rica for 5 years. It’s a really readable book (warning: it uses some colourful language) and raises many questions about the whole way that global missions are done. There are three things that... Continue Reading →
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