Memoirs of a Skinny Welshman

Jesus Moment

 Rebekah and I recently holidayed in Israel and while there I wondered what it would would happen if I created a facebook page to let Jesus speak from the scriptures He said in the Bible.

There would be no opinion, little promotion, just see if His words would be as infectious and life changing on Facebook as they have been in other contexts in History. 

Day 7 : Mission and Snoring

You kind of have to go with the flow on mission trips, not allowing things which would be an annoyance at home, becoming a problem when you're away.  Snoring is one such thing.

Day 6 : Vision Day

We left the comfort of Mount Elgon Hotel to begin the car journey back to Kampala in time for a vision day with An Open Door management team.  Being the smallest person on the trip I volunteered to sit in the middle back seat of the car, which is fine for a 20 minute journey but not the best thing in the world for a five hour journey - feels like you have ridden a horse for a day or two by the end of it.

Day 5 : Lost in Translation ?

On the plane travelling from Amsterdam to Uganda, Gareth my travel companion and I were just shooting the breeze talking when something he said triggered my Sunday morning message at Pearl Haven Christian Centre in Mbale.

Day 4 : Beef Samosa's

In the accommodation where we have been staying in Kampala, there is a very steep incline from the road to the gate, which makes both the entry and exit very entertaining indeed.  After the staff meeting Pastor Okumu, who chairs the board of AOD, stayed with us overnight in order to drive us to Mbale for the weekend.

Day 3 : The Banana Split

After a twelve hour day with several meetings, heavy rain, lots of driving Peter Wooding uttered the now famous Kampala phrase - I need a Banana Split.  Not the kind of thing we thought the missions house could muster, but after rummaging through the fridge, he found Ice Cream, sliced up a banana and even had chocolate sauce to add for good measure....  Didn't find any sprinkles though, sometimes life is hard....

Day 2 : Passion for the Children

It was great to end the evening last night with a skype call to Rebekah, who was busy working back in the UK and couldn't come on this trip.   Apparently I woke Gareth Killa (Who I share a room with) up this morning, with a most peculiar high pitched snore.  Of course I denied it as I didn't hear it myself.

Day 1 : The Long Journey to Uganda.

Having left Birmingham at 2.30am to catch a 6am flight through Amsterdam, then Kigali (Rwanda) we landed safely in Entebbe, Uganda around 10.30pm.  Jeff Thompson from www.mercyprojects.com had it worse his was a 37hr journey from Los Angeles.

I'm Blogging again

A friend of mine just started blogging again, and it made me feel like, OK, I haven't blogged for a year, what's still happening.  Well sadly I missed 7,000 or so page views forcing you guys to see the same old, same old - I repent, and I'm sorry.  Life in the fast lane can be so fast, we just miss the people that care....

Thanks Simon for the prompt, let me recommend Simon's blog to you.  http://simonbarrington.wordpress.com/>

Simon is the UK CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 

More from me next time.  Love you guys, Carl

The progress of Information Technology

I am currently participating in a Digital Media Forum in Rotorua, New Zealand with United Christian Broadcasters.  It's great to hear from and interact with people who are pushing the envelope on software development or web strategies.  I saw a couple of videos while at the event, the first one is posted below. 

Contemplating the future...

I like the concept of blogging and often think up great things to share, but then don't spend enough time writing, which is something I need to fix.  I've just been promoted which is great, but brings me to a place of thinking about the future.

Natures Lightbulb

When Pastor Martin Rees sent me an email about this, I have to admit I thought it was a bit of a wind up, the subject line was 'Water Light Bulbs'.

Brain overload : our hope for the future. (Part 1)

I've been sick this week, something going with my left side, may be pneumonia or it might be IBS, the prognosis varies each time I ask.  Had some tests, results on Monday.  Was almost swayed by a TV commercial for a full body MRI scan with results in 3 hours, but the £1295 price tag put me off...

I haven't got 'manflu' but...

I don't have a Laura around to help either, so it's even worse...   The clip is hilarious though - and yes ladies we basically do milk it for all we can get.

Prayer Magazine goes digital

Many of you will know that a few years back I started a Prayer Magazine for the British Isles and Ireland.  We'll we are now four years on and we're going digital.  The digital edition is free and can be viewed, printed or downloaded by clicking on the link below.