Mission workers
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Could you hack it?
Posted: 24 January 2013 by Becky and Dan P...
It's very common for people in Nepal to have 14 hours a day without power, say Becky and Dan Parnell, who explain how they cope - and whether those in the West could hack it too? We thought we would set you a challenge in our...
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Goats and vegetables
Posted: 24 January 2013 by Katrina and Mar...
BMS worker Martin Butterworth reflects on a trip to Doti in the far west of Nepal. I’m back in Kathmandu, on schedule and with only 8 hours of twisty road followed by a one hour flight. You won’t be surprised to...
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New Year - but not yet!
Posted: 9 January 2013 by Lizz and Pete M...
Did you think that the New Year had already begun? Not for the Karen - the Karen year 2752 officially begins on Saturday 12th January. So Friday 11th January will see a variety of Karen New Year's Eve celebrations, including the...
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Kulika Omwaka - Happy New Year
Posted: 6 January 2013 by Deb and Dug Benn
So, after four months, 3699 road miles (NB that was just on the hire car – not counting air or rail journeys or lifts in other people’s cars), 19 churches, two schools, 41 talks, 13 informal ‘meet & greets’ and 22 beds...
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Carols and calendars
Posted: 17 December 2012 by Katrina and Mar...
A change of plan for Martin Butterworth this week has meant a change of focus: I was going away this week to evaluate some work for United Mission to Nepal (UMN), and I was going to tell you all about it now. But things rarely...
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You are beautiful!
Posted: 13 December 2012 by brownps
It is another night in the week for most people; It is Tuesday night in Bangkok, the night air is hot & humid, people are rushing to get home from daytime jobs and the roads are blocked with traffic. The streets of Sukhumvit are...
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The End is Nigh
Posted: 12 December 2012 by Claire-Lise and...
Well, we can't believe that our time at IMC is ending... The last three-and-a-bit months have flown by. The term finished today with a moving commissioning service for ourselves, another couple who will be moving in January and a pastor from...
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All fingers and thumbs (counting down to Christmas)
Posted: 10 December 2012 by Andrea and Mark...
( mid November to December) This is no doubt going to be a boring blog, few pictures just graphs, and the subject matter will move between statistics and pure maths, (or math for our American readers). Words, incidentally, are...
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15 days until Christmas?
Posted: 10 December 2012 by Lizz and Pete M...
Today is Constitution Day - one of two Thai public holidays during December. The other one was last week - the 5th December, the King's Birthday. Thailand has 16 'bank holidays' every year - seven more than the UK!...
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A Nepali winter
Posted: 5 December 2012 by Becky and Dan P...
So this week the cold has really set in. I shouldn't really complain, it is the end of November after all. Nepali winters are very different to English ones - and in many ways a lot better, just the lack of heating makes me forget that! This...