I got this article from Chronicle Live -Newcastle, you can read the article here if you prefer
CHARITY worker Roy Dixon has faith his £350 wagon will get him 4,800 miles to West Africa.
Mr Dixon’s family clubbed together to buy the 12-year-old former bread delivery vehicle which was at the top of his Christmas list.
Today he hits the road on the start of a three-week drive to Guinea Bissau.
Mr Dixon will travel through eight countries and parts of the Sahara desert.
And he hopes his trusty truck with 400,000 miles …

I have realized that I have not kept my blog up-to-date for the past few weeks and its is a shame not to share the amount of exciting things I have been up to. Some of you are very faithful on stopping by and sharing with me your comments and words of encouragement. Please keep writing and sharing what you’ve been up to as well
I think I’m back again online to share some exciting things that has been happening within Marine Reach and Mercy Trucks, also Jo and I …

I’ve worked in areas where I saw great need and for about two and half years I lived amongst those needy people having to undergo some of the pains that people feel I’ve decided I was going to commit myself to do something about it. 
Some of the villages (vilarejos) I lived in, people had no place in the governments interest; that was bad publicity! and so therefore no much changed in their lives. This is exactly what I see in various parts of the world however, that the ones with …

I had a great time reading a work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin today, if you are not familiar with father Pierre ( I call father Pierre); he was a French Jesuit, Teilhard conceived such ideas as the Omega Point and the Noosphere which i don’t get much.

I remember that he was cited as the inspiration for Father Lankester Merrin from “The Exorcist“. Anyway one of the coolest thing I read in his book was about our experiences here on earth. Dr Stephen R Covey have quoted Teilhard a number …

For the past few months I’ve been colecting a number of articles and stories that friends are sending me and sharing here with you here; I’ve also been writting about my own personal journery which encourage me to see months after it have been published how much I’ve grown; Some of those stuff are quite funny others very thought-provoking however in each one the thing I want most is to encourage whoever I come in contact with.
 

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There is something about the quietness and peace I find in the monasteries that really facinates me. I joined a while ago a community of friends who meets regularly on retreats in various Monateryes around the country; during those 2 days retreats we spend sometime praying for each other and also spend sometime alone with God, listening, reading…
Today again I have just came back from a two days retreat at Worth Abbey. We stayed at the Benedictine Monastery in Sussex and it was just an amazing experience to be there …

A National Project for the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade
The 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Slave Trade in the British Empire in 2007 is a significant event, providing a unique opportunity to reflect and learn from the past and to work together towards a better future. There is a single word in the West African Akan language called “SANKOFA” which means “we must learn from the past to build for the future.” Walking together is one of the best ways for people to learn.
The March …

On my way to the office in harpenden, I’ve been listening to Dr Stephen R Covey on Leadership and his latest teaching CD on Principle Centered Leadership & the 8th Habit; Now what I didnt realise after reading the news was that one of the guys he mentions in his teachings:Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank, accepted this Nobel Peace Prize this month for his work in microfinance. In the speech given Mr Yunus offered some of the best thoughts I’ve heard in a long time. His entire speech …

Hi everybody, Anderson here. Just writting a few words to say that we wish you a new year 2007 filled with prosperity and growth, both personal, spiritual and professional.

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And it came to pass in those days that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed…Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!I mean it. On November 27 I want to wish you a Merry Christmas. Christmas is too big and too important for its celebration to be contained to one day or one week — it takes at least a whole month to do it right. So deck the halls and celebrate Christmas like a Christian should!

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