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....

An early rise to depart by 5 am. As I said in my last entry, you negotiate taxi fares. We found a driver and his price was a 1000K more ($1... $4 in total) than a previous trip. He said it was because we had four big bags. In we squeezed and then so did 2 drivers. That's right two drivers. One was the driver, the other was learning to drive. No one blinked an eyelid. We prayed a lot and managed to arrive safely at the station with a few gasps on the way when...

I remember our first night in Manila in 2012 and thinking....... what are we doing here, this is all so , so different, how will we adjust? Similar thoughts went through my mind after the "internal panic" of getting all the paperwork, visa etc ready for immigration and then finding the process quite smooth. While I grabbed the bags, Helen went and exchanged some Singapore dollars for local money..... forgot to tell her to take a wheelbarrow. Talking with Brad, he...

Fabian from CPM picked us up about 9.30 and drove us to Church Office . To now see where we were and what lay around us was an eye opener. Many older buildings left over from the colonial days and lots of destruction and reconstruction being carried out all over the city. We have soon discovered that sharing tea is the custom with guests and the warm Chinese tea was welcomed as we sat and discussed the development plan of the Diocese and what the possibilities w...