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Well its another working day and I’m back at my desk. This time last week I was walking around Lima doing a bit of shopping and having a coffee before catching the plane. Anyway it all seems a long time ago – when you get back into the cut and thrust of parish [...]

Here is a video taken recording the damage that has been sustained at the home which has been funded through the Vine Trust in the Sacred Valley near the town of Urabamba. We are looking at alternative ways to begin to house the children. A couple of options are being reviewed at the moment. [...]

It’s just gone 11.30pm and I’m in Lima. This has been quite an historic weekend. For the first time ever the Vine Trust and Union Biblica have come together for a joint meeting to discuss vision and strategy. For the past two days I’ve been down at Kawai where Union Biblica have a boys home [...]

Last week i received an email from my friend Alfred Thacker he asked me if we could help supply blankets for around 60 children who live in the little Mission School situated near the village called Marraiyoor in the state of Kerala.
I have visited this little school and have noted the excellent work [...]

Here I am reporting the devastating news. One of our homes for abandoned boys in Peru has been washed away by the severe flooding which has taken place in the “Sacred Valley”. Fortunately the boys were all on holiday at Kawia and the home was empty. The home was [...]

I felt a touch of history repeating itself today as I read in the news about the world’s tallest building being opened today. It stands at 828 metres and has cost 1.5 billion dollars to build. So what makes us wish to build higher and higher. I guess there is a human desire to stretch [...]

Reflecting

I’ve been thinking about rivers recently,  well the truth is I think about the river everyday. My house looks out on the River Forth. The thing is the river never stays the same it changes everyday in life. I believe its such a great privilege to live so close to a river.  There are so [...]

I’m trying to kept a promise I made to someone in India when I was there a few weeks ago. So I’m in Edinburgh this afternoon on church business meeting people at the central church offices. Its a busy place, even more so just at the end of the Festival. Its a cold damp [...]

My friends Wilfred and Shanti Davidar took us out for dinner the other evening. We ended up at JCs Cafe in Chennai. Its actually quite a cool place. It was also quite busy. It is run by a Christian businessman, who is seeking to reach out to a group of people who are seeking to [...]