John’s Diary - holiday updates July/August 2007
– using Microsoft Word which
can be accessed anywhere on the road…all computers have it
(unlike my regular Front Page…. not all computers have it).
If Word is used to update usual Front Page diary file,
the file gets compressed and distorted
Next full diary report – Thursday August 23 DV
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Friday August 17, 2007
Dear Friends
Good morning from Zhaoqing…..arrived back yesterday afternoon on train (which
took 4 hours and 3 minutes….and hit speed of 180km between
Shenzhen and
Before Breaking of Bread with
Rosa H & Magdalene this morning I went for lovely walk ….along roadway at
base of hills – towards Marco Polo – in light rain, everything green, Summer
flowers – good to be home!
Today and next few days are
rather full…so this little update is rather brief.
In full diary report next week I’ll try to put HK/Australia photos + recent
donations + other news
Many thanks to
all kind friends of past 25 days….in Hong Kong and
- e.g. two afternoons ago in HK I went shopping for people here who asked for
medicines etc (that can’t be bought locally).
Went to more than a dozen shops/chemists/department stores looking for
one particular item for a very sick boy….couldn’t find it anywhere….finally
gave up and bought something sort of similar.
Got tunnel bus from Central in HK…but after bus crossed tunnel it went
to Kowloon City ferry, not Ma Tau Wei…I was on wrong
bus and had to walk about 30 minutes to get back to Notre Dame…..and on the
way?....passed a chemist shop …and sure enough…they had the medicine I was
after….which I wouldn’t have found if I hadn’t got the wrong bus!
Have to run. Thank you for a
prayer
God bless!
John W omi
p.s. just one link: The next
Thursday
August 9, 2007
Dear
Friends
Good morning from
I’m due to go to
Thank you Fr Michael Clark (Aug 2)
& Fr Harry Dyer (Aug 5) for kind
donations of AUD$100 and AUD$150
to support our work for the poor in
Last update I forgot: thank you Lord for all-clear from all health
checks/tests!
July 31: A-Pui (http://china8.org/zhaoqing07/07/2007-07-09mon.htm) went home to Heaven….from where may her
prayers help us each day
Photo reports of the past week - in
next full diary Aug 18 DV
Most, most important article re
church in
If
you’re wondering why I dissociated myself from Ben’s letter to
- despite ill-informed news services like CathNews carrying “well-received”
reports – well, here’s the start of what will probably be many such stories:
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=9995&size=A
Small
world: went for a walk last night….saw large crowd outside local
Camberwell picture
theatre….reason?...Australian premiere of “Bourne Ultimatum”…with special guest
just arriving on the footpath - Matt Damon - who, today’s Guardian says, is no. 1 actor
for value:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2143799,00.html
Thank
you for a prayer
God
bless!
John
W omi
Go mighty Lions against Hawthorn on Sat
afternoon!
Sorry
(2007-08-20) first
two updates (July 27 & Aug 2) have
been accidentally deleted