Archive for August, 2005

Bible study & band practice

Bible study & band practice

August 6th, 2005 | By Vas and Joni living in Mexico | More from Vas and Joni

Joni writes: We’re getting a band together (another one ) for our weekly Bible studies, and this morning we held our second and last practice before the Bible study tomorrow. We’ll see how it goes… It’s fun though! I guess that’s about all the time I really have to “be in a band.” I’m playing [...]

Karamoja Travelog – Part 1

Karamoja Travelog – Part 1

August 6th, 2005 | By Nyx living in Philippines | More from Nyx

I am sitting in a very decent coffee shop in a little town called Mbale, a few hours out of Kampala and home to the beautiful Mt. Elgon. Karamoja is still a couple of hours away. We left at 5:30 this morning, riding in the ten-ton truck, which will be our luxurious mode of transportation [...]

Back from Karamoja!

Back from Karamoja!

August 4th, 2005 | By Nyx living in Philippines | More from Nyx

Have just had a much-needed scrub from head to toe. My ass still hurts though from sitting crammed in the truck all day. Still, safe at home now… somehow grateful for the miracle of that. It is 4:00am as I write this. The trip to Karamoja was wonderful, miraculous and wild, and I loved every [...]

Camping

Camping

August 1st, 2005 | By Deepa living in India | More from Deepa

Just finishing up a great day! We slept in this morning then took the Sky Train into downtown Vancouver. First stop was the Indian Consulate to take care of some legal stuff, didn’t accomplish much so we will have to come back again, but it was our first family outing (Mom, sister, brother and me!) [...]