What began as a tropical depression on 7 February turned into the second strongest severe tropical cyclone recorded in the world (the strongest ever recorded was super typhoon Haiyan that hit the Philippines in 2013). Gaining strength, severe tropical cyclone Winston became a Category 5 with winds of over 217 mph (350 kph) and made…
It’s 2016: the start of another promising year, and for me it started in the county I fell in love with – Cambodia. The year here started with love and laughter. Just being here has helped me grow in areas I never knew needed development! New Year was a big lesson for me. The Cambodians…
The Bartimaeus Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired (BRCVI), or Barty as it is affectionately known, is a Christadelphianfunded project which provides training and accommodation facilities for blind and partially-sighted young men and women. Students here gain the opportunity to spend a year developing the necessary skills to function confidently and independently in society. They…
We welcome you this morning to our presentation entitled ‘Celebrating Jesus’. It’s a bright Friday morning and many people are celebrating the birth of Christ. Although this day is not actually the birthday of Christ, our focus today is on revealing the mission of Christ as commanded by God for the salvation of mankind. Sit…
Dhaka is a melting pot of humanity, an intriguing mix of past and present. It is a ‘super-metropolis’ and recognised as the most densely populated urban area in the world. Initiation into Bangladesh sees one emerging from the airport to a relatively modern taxi. You are then hurtled along hastily constructed roads, closely surrounded by…
Having travelled to Sri Lanka several times between 1987 and 1998, I thought it was time to go again. There have been quite a few changes since my last visit. The civil war which had crippled the country for 30 years had ceased and reconstruction was well underway. And there is now an ecclesia in…
I remember the conversation well – so well, that it has been burned into my memory as one of those moments I will never forget. We had only been at the Bible Education Centre (BEC) in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, for two months of our proposed one year sojourn to assist in the work and…
A Bible school is held an- nually at the Arawa High School on the island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. It is generally held in the first week of January and this year went from Saturday 2nd until Sunday 10th. For Brothers Neville Rice and Michael Scerri, Sister Bronte McLean and her son James, it…
We arrived Bhadravathi after travelling the in 250 km (155 miles) north-west from Bangalore by train. Bhadravathi is a small town by Indian standards and the ecclesial family here consists of about 30 adults and 15 children. We are always met by the entire Johnson family when we arrive and this time was no exception.…