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 and a holiday camp site. It's a really pleasant place with beech houses looking onto the Pacific Ocean. [gallery] Last night some of the boys from our homes were there on holiday...
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[gallery] 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 recommended to be built on the banks of te river because it was thought to be completely safe. When I visited the home in March 2009 there was a rainbow in the sky. A sign of God's promise...
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[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/XOhJMHaMBws" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] One of the most popular shows on TV centres around the lives of a group of friends. I think the above clip is pretty funny. It reminds me of a few people i know who have gone down the road of the fake tan. Its really strange, but you know when we were in India this Summer the TV commercials were advertising cream to make your complexion pale. While we in this...
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French authorities forced a series of evictions of asylum-seekers and migrants living in makeshift encampments around Calais today. No doubt you may have seen the pictures as they were broadcast as part of the News. So what is it that makes people risk everything to try and win British Citizenship? Maybe we have so much in this country that we take our way of life for granted. We are never afraid to speak our mind because we don't expect to be arrested. The thing is...
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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 engage with spiritual ideas. It is a place where people of different faiths and no faith frequent, because they enjoy the ambiance.  I actually think it could be a brilliant place to promote and...
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