Jenny Day OneHi everyone!! *waves* we're safe and sound, and have wifi (woohoo!) We had a cultural day today, in a bus visiting some tourist sites, including a massive Golden Pagoda surrounded by heaps of Buddhas and golden temples. Turns out that blue-blonde hair is a hit amongst the Burmese, who love taking photos with us. It’s a really interesting place because it’s not as hot or sticky as I was expecting (PHEW!), the sidewalks and stalls remin...

Helen and I are tapping away in the dining room. The pilgrims have gone to bed having journaled and typed their first entries. We are all prepared for the train journey tomorrow to Taungoo, lunch with Bishop John and then off to TDG. This morning for breakfast we had the Archbishop of Melbourne dining with us and he took time to speak with us and later after the Church service at the Cathedral. While we had holdups with travel yesterday, today went smoothly but ...

Hi Everyone.More in depth tomorrow with some photos....... just to let you know the Apple(For those who don't know the colour of our travel shirt that makes it easy to see our group) Orchard has arrived. Tired, happy and going down for dinner. Pilgrims were fabulous travellers since we have all been up since 1 am and its now 7,45 pm locally (9.15 pm). Some delays hence our late arrival tonight.Stay tuned

Helen is going to write this one, as soon as she can, so I don't give away too much to our pilgrims. All I can say is..... it will blow you away! (Noel writing as Helen.... she's busy and this needs to be finished) Leaving the hustle and bustle of Taungoo, we headed across the river towards, "who knows where?" The road reminded me of country Victorian roads but in a great deal of disrepair... top speed in a car only 40kmh. As we went further, the number ...

To just say he last few days have been totally and utterly mind blowing would be an understatement. We are travelling from 5.30 tomorrow morning so will fill in details when we get home. Some facts for you.... we were only the fourth non Burmese (White) to worship in Than daung Gyi (Tan-don-gee). First Australians to ever visit the village and cross the bridge towards the village......... and we have an agreement to go back in twelve months. God has been amazing....