Magz Wedding

Wedding tomorrow and we are busy with preperations. Debbie is sewing, and Samuel is putting video together for our VJ mix to be projected on the wall at the wedding. Who’s getting married? Glad you asked. Maggie Blick was one of the girls in my youth group in Perth. W. Australia. She moved to London,…

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What About Erling?

No comments on Erling and the interesting variety of readers he gets commenting on his poetry site? i told you on saturday but nobody took the bait. come on. take a hint and make my day. And think about the impact spiritual poetry can make and the vast range of people who read it.

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Brian O’Connell to Make Pizza this Friday

The guest of honor at this Friday’s pizza party in the Jones kitchen is Brian O’Connell, Stirrer, Networker, Publisher of Impressive Documents, and Collaborator of Really Really Important Events. Brian has been working in Seattle with WEF (World Evangelical Fellowship) and Interdev, but is now getting his mind around some new projects. We met in…

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Mothers Day 04

Happy Mothers Day to my dear OLD Mum. Here she is painting at North Beach, Perth, West Australia. Her paintings are really good. She’s a good one, my Mum. Thanks for everything!!! As for my wife Debbie, she is a Mum also, and she had a special Mothers Day breakfast in bed, a day off…

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Arwen, Pipi and Snow White

My girls – Arwen, Pipi Longstocking and Snow White, as they looked this morning, going off to school dressed up as movie characters. The other kids are dressing up also. Debbie saw a 2 foot high Incredible Hulk when she dropped the girls off.

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home

made it! finally. moving in. unpacking. feeling at home. the girls walked to school this morning and i am setting up the office. FEELS GOOD!

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Moving in today

We got our rental contract signed and are moving in today. A little 3 bedroom terrace house all squished up to the flats next to it – very english. Bea from moogaloo blog is with us from Sheffield and is staying the weekend. Thanks all for your prayers and cheers. Consider me on a 2-3…

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Lent

We have decided as a family to give up chocolate for Lent. We have to shift the chocolate Horlicks to the back of the shelf and replace it with some original malt Horlicks.

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Vree vroughts on accents

Good news! Our application to rent in Walthamstow, London was just accepted and we should be moving in within a week. We have already got the phone number and i will order broadband. Who cares about water, heat and electricity? I just need broadband internet access. And coffee. Broadband and coffee.

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Kids in London

Feeling better after the flu. We went into London yesterday with the kids who are on a week’s holiday from school. London is a great city to be in. The couple on the right just got engaged. Phuoc-Tan Diep. (pronounced Foo-tan) proposed to Maggie Blick and they will be married in May. Maggie was in…

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Flu in the house

We are all sick with the flu. Tamara hurled on my robe last night and Abigail hit her target today (the toilet). Samuel is next. I am not feeling too good either . . . so ., . . consider me on a blog fast for a few days. Otherwise, we are all in good…

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Family news – school

First day at a new school today for our three eldest girls, who are now 11, 9 and 6. They are really excited. The teachers are nice and the students friendly. We have found a house next to the school and are applying to rent it. I am working on the references today to quicken…

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Finding a home in london

We are looking for houses in London today, hoping to find one this weekend. Then i can get a phone line, broadband, and be connected. Of course the family would also like to get into a house again, and start the local school, etc, but all this is secondary to my internet connection. We have…

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Family at the Tate modern

We were trying to create the letter “J” but did not succeed. The Tate modern in London is the worlds largest art gallery, and most of it is FREE. They recently put a mirrored ceiling in the main room, which is where we were.

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saturday, in the park

. . i think it is the 24th of january saturday, in the park, a park next to an internet cafe people typing people blogging a man aggregating . . .

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Small world

I am writing this from the offices of blogger Si Johnston and friends at Oasis, the people that run the church.co.uk site and the Headspace alternative worship service on Sunday nights. This is the church building where Emergent had an event with Brian MacLaren a few months ago and i got to meet some of…

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Made it!!!!!!

Wow – we arrived. All safe and sane. Thank you all for your prayers and your kind comments. When we left Prague, it was minus 7 degrees. We had lots of moments: Moment 1. The van got a bit stuck on the ice outside our house and i had to sprinkle salt on the road…

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Stuarts go to Australia

Bruce and Sarah Stuart and family will be returning to Australia today. We will miss them, especially our kids. Its been great for us to get to know each other again over the past 4 months. It has not been easy for them in a foreign culture, as you know if you follow their blog…

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Peach with snow

Its snowing over here in Prague, and the Giant Peach (our house) is covered in the stuff. We are all very busy packing and throwing things in a big dumpster outside. New Years Eve was fun. We lit fireworks in the frozen back yard and everyone watched from the top balcony. Nobody got burned (thats…

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