An extract from the evening service at KICC... ...the worst bit is we thought we rocked!
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
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Trekking in Langtang
George's next Job? Spot the voice over on this lovely video for our friends at PEEDA
Get a butchers at the butchers... things I saw in the butchers down the road
- A stream of blood
- A mass of feathers
- A butcher with a blow torch
- A pigs head
- Half a dead, smoked, skinned goat
- Some nervous looking goats
- A line of dead, plucked chickens
Differences between Bangor and Kathmandu
- We have cold showers when it rains - solar heating isn't all it's cracked up to be!
- In Bangor the kids do fire drill, here it's Earthquake drill
- In Bangor 'spag bol' is made from cows, here it's water buffalo
- In Ireland monkeys are in cages, here they're running on telegraph wires
- When you go to the butchers in Bangor the meat is dead
- Umbrellas are used when it's sunny
- In Nepal, the swastica symbol means peace and prosperity
- When a person shakes their head they mean 'yes' not 'no'
- In Bangor cows are in fields, here they're everywhere
- Here we have to tell the children NOT to flush the loo (water shortages and all that...)
- Here the kids eat with hands not forks
- In Kathmandu you have to walk out in front of the traffic if you want to cross the road
UMN Partner Projects
About Ourselves
- The Hopkinsons
- You'll not believe it but George and Grenville are now officially missionaries for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland! In July 2008 we traded Bangor for Kathmandu as Grenville started his new job as Strategy and Development Policy Director at the United Mission to Nepal. It looks like it'll be an adventure so we thought we'd set up a blog to capture the highs and lows of our experience in Nepal. But first you'd better meet the Hopkinsons... Grenville - the daddy, previously a management consultant now a bona fide missionary. George - the mummy, creative expert, organiser, family epicenter. Toby - #1 son, artist, adventurer and ultimate bright spark Ollie - #2 son, engineer, action man and family entertainment Lulu - #1 daughter, drama queen, partner in crime and all round cutie We hope you enjoy the blog...
Prayer Points
- For the victims of last week's bomb blast at the Catholic Church in Kathmandu
- The political parties in Nepal as they support the new Prime Minister
- UMN as they consider the financial outlook for next year
- Grenville as he deals with a very busy workload
- Give thanks for ongoing opportunities for worship at KICC
- George and Grenville as they wrestle with Nepali language training
- The Government of Nepal - that they might make progress in writing the constitution and bring real development
- God's protection on our family in the practicalities of daily living in Kathmandu
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1 comments:
Certainly a new definition of rocked!
Joking aside any Nepali A&R men there? What's the local record label called?
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