To the Ends of the Earth – part 2

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Tim

The second part of the Twitter feed from my time at CIO.

  • CIO day 17. Met some Greeks on the street yesterday-Nicky and I were really excited to speak Greek again!Pray for some to come to our cafes. 12:37 PM Aug 4th
  • CIO day 18. 2Cor4:7-18. I’m v tired and don’t feel up to the task…in order to show that the surpassing power belongs to Christ and not me! 10:16 PM Aug 5th
  • CIO day 23. Had a great conversation the other day with Diego about how Jesus sets us free from having to try and do good things. Pls pray! 2:18 PM Aug 10th
  • CIO day 26. Helping out at Muslim-Christian dialogue we’re running this afternoon.Pray for Muslims to come + understand the truth about Jesus 2:28 PM Aug 12th
  • CIO day 28. Off to celebrate the end of CIO with a nice pint of beer with some good new friends from Germany, Italy, France and Dubai. 7:37 PM Aug 14th
  • CIO day 29. Back home in Guildford! Time for some pizza, some sleep, and a couple of days off! So tomorrow a lie in, some reading+a haircut. 10:31 PM Aug 15th

Harry's Cafe at CIO

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To the ends of the earth

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Tim

I’m currently in Cambridge working on Cambridge International Outreach for one month, befriending and sharing the good news about Jesus with international students who come to the city to learn English during the summer.

There’s no time to a big update on how things are going, but if you want a feel for how things are going, please check out my Twitter feed or watch my Facebook page!

If you’re a praying reader, please pray for my Saudi friends and Chinese friends that they’d read the Arabic and Chinese Bibles we gave them, and for my Turkish friends to come back to the cafes.

Twitter feed so far

  • CIO day 16. Late start – 10.45am! Making coffee, listening to Grace Unmeasured, breakfast readied, about to read Psalm 44.
  • Half way point of CIO. Catching some God and Bible time before meeting new team. Pray for a refreshing and energizing time in Psalm 43.
  • CIO day 11.Got to know couple of Turkish guys at cafe.They also went to Bible reading group.Pray for more opportunities to chat about Jesus.
  • CIO 8 days in. Still tired. Had awesome conversation with Chinese friends that following Jesus is about trusting him, not doing good things
  • CIO 6 days in. Tired but excited. Met 3 Saudis who want to read Bible and some Chinese who want Bibles. Pray for rest and more opportunities
  • 4 days into CIO. Met Albanian MP, Saudis, Indians. Led 2 B studies on John’s gospel- good conversations at both. Pray for good rest.
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Athenian Thunderstorm

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Tim

A pretty crazy thunderstorm that stopped over my apartment for a couple of hours in early July. Shook the windows and kept me up for two hours or so. Madness!

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New Apartment

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Tim

A quick video of my new apartment. It’s pretty untidy! I offer no apologies for that, I’d literally just moved all my stuff in.

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Back in the UK

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Tim

Not much bloggage lately. Sorry about that.

I’ve been back in the UK for ten days now and have been pretty busy visiting my sending church and seeing friends. It’s lovely to be back, but I am missing Athens already.

Hopefully, I will have a few things up in the next few days for you to feast on.

Sunset over Athens seen from my favourite place in the city

Sunset over Athens seen from my favourite place in the city

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Sights and Sounds of Athens #4: The student march

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Tim

In my series of sights and sounds of life in Athens, sight and sound number four is that of students protesting. It’s a fairly regular occurence in and around the universities here.

This is a video of a little march the KKE (Student communist party) did on the road outside my apartment. The marches are pretty harmless around the university near where I live – so no need to worry! They’re pretty random and exciting when they happen!

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Athens. It’s so hot right now.

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Tim

A few photos of my wonderful city!

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Sights and sounds of Athens #3: Sun sun sun

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Tim

Number three on the essential sights and sounds to life in Athens: the sun, or ο ήλιος as the Greeks would say.

I love the sun. One of the highlights of my day is waking up early, making some coffee and then taking it out on the balcony, sitting there and eating my breakfast whilst journalling, reading the Bible and praying. It’s wonderful, and it’s warm enough to do this from April!

But then again, I really don’t like the sun. One of the frustrations of life out here is when you wake up early, make some coffee, take it out on the balcony, sit there, eat breakfast and open your Bible to read it, and before you’ve even finished reading the passage, you’re already going slightly pink. Ugh.

It’s great having such sunny weather, especially after living in rainy Manchester for four years! But it does have its downsides – living out here is not like being on holiday all year round! It gets really hot. And I can’t just go to the pool or beach. But it’s great to be able to live somewhere where the weather is predictably good most of the time.

Sight number 3: Sun sun sun

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Dis-orientation

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Tim

On Sunday, I will be flying to Germany with my wonderful teammates. We’re going to meet up with other Interaction teams from around Europe for the IFES end of year debriefing conference.

We’ll be thinking through all the various things we’ve learnt, having teaching from Ruth, and relaxing after an intense year.  Please pray for us all that it would be a helpful and relaxing time!

After that I’m flying back out here to Athens for another three weeks or so. It’s going to be a great opportunity to rest, relax and reflect back on what God’s done this past year, and to spend time with Greek friends before I fly back to the UK. I’m even hoping to get out to an island for a few days to do some exploring!

Please pray that it would be a productive time both in terms of having some proper time off and in that I’d be able to spend a good amount of time with friends.

Sunset over Athens

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Sights and sounds of Athens #2: The pollution over Athens

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Tim

Number two of my series of everyday and normal sights and sounds of Athens is the νέφος (air pollution) that hangs over the Athenian cityscape.

Don’t breathe too deeply, this stuff will knock a few years off your life expectancy. But on the few occasions I’ve left the city and returned, it’s actually quite welcoming, like a nice hug inside your lungs to say “Welcome home,  Athens has missed you.”

Yum yum yum

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