Blogs from Mahé, Seychelles, Africa - page 12

Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles We arrived at this much anticipated stop on Friday, the 25th of April. Our 9.5 hour excursion was right up there as one of my top picks since we were to board a small boat and head over to Praslin Island a World Heritage Site and often called the Garden of Eden. The first bit of bad news was that for the first time in the trip, we ran into rain. The second shocker we got when we down to the lounge to get our Trip Stickers and found out our Excursion had been cancelled because our small boat had lost an engine and declared unseaworthy. Here it was 8 AM and our ship was not going to sail until 11 PM, and it was raining! We looked into getting another boat to ... read more

Today's Blog is from Michelle Summer 2007: A Journal of My Trip Mon June 27, 2007 One thing I don’t like about traveling is the transportation to get to the place. First we had to take a 2 hour bus to Montreal, then we took a 6 hour plane to France. I barely slept on the plane, it’s too uncomfy. We got a day room at a hotel and we slept for four hours, then we took a plane from Paris to the Seychelles that was ten hours long. It felt like it was never going to end. When we finally got there I felt so wired going through two time changes in two days! And I barely had any sleep. But tomorrow will definitely be more fun!! Tues June 26, 2007 Yesterday before going ... read more

It’s been two weeks since I wrote an entry for this blog, and tomorrow will be six weeks since I left Canada. I have an excuse for the absence of blogs - too much non-blog writing over the past two weeks. Four sermons, two lectures, and a letter for the Anglican Church people back home - it’s almost like being back at school. I’ve moved from the mountains in La Misere back to the town of Victoria. I’m happy to be back. The mountains were cooler, but where I was living was very isolated, and I was getting tired of taking the bus back and forth to town, often standing because the buses are packed during peak hours. The old college at La Misere is great for a retreat because it’s so quiet, but after ... read more

It’s moving week for me here. Last Sunday I preached at the main service at the Cathedral, and the service was also broadcast on the radio by the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). I happened to use a coconut as one of my illustrations during the homily. Throughout this week people who were there or who listened on the radio have been coming up to tell me that they liked the coconut. Note to self: people are much more likely to remember the image you use than the words you say! On Monday, Bishop Santosh got back from his travels. There were two immediate impacts on me. The first was that all planning that had been done became tentative and to be confirmed by the Bishop. The second was that I had to move! I’ve been ... read more

url='/Videos/3440.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3440.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Revival It’s been almost two weeks since I arrived in the Seychelles, and I’m sure some of you are wondering to yourselves, “is Mark actually doing anything while he’s there?” So to reassure you that I’m keeping busy, here are few days in my life in the Seychelles. On Friday, which normally is supposed to be my day off, Christine and I went to the airport to celebrate a service with the firefighters to kick off their celebration of International Firefighters Day. Christine had prepared a wonderful liturgy with prayers and blessings specially selected for firefighters. There were about 60 people who attended, both firefighters and others from the airport supporting them. You could tell that the blessing was well appreciated by those attending, and many commented afterwards that i... read more