Well, iTalker is back after being silent for a couple of weeks. Life has been pretty hectic trying to catch up with the work of the parish, after the trip to Peru. Some things have got to go or take a back seat  in order to make sure the essential things are completed. I guess the blog falls into that category. Now its not that you guys who read this are not important, its just that some things have to take that higher priority. Anyway I'm trying something...
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Finally we arrived in Iquitos tonight. Here we are in the Jungle after an eventful day of flying. Huascran is the highest mountain in the Peruvian Andes and earlier this morning I was able to take this picture from the small twin engine air craft flying at 26,000 feet. It is absolutely breath taking. The psalmist was right when be said, the heavens declare the glory of the Lord Reflecting on the visit to Kusi it is such a contrast to the heat of the jungle. A...
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We had an early start today. We were up at 5.00am and heading for the airport at 6.00am. Here is a picture of Paul Clark and myself boarding the 18 seater plane. Here is an interesting thing: you can take 18 up to Hoarsz in the Andes but only 14 people can come back. So Willie Gregor and Gavin are heading down the steep mountain pass on the service bus tonight. We have had a most eventful day. Coping with the altitude affects people in different ways. People can...
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I've been introducing the group to the 15th Century mystic Thomas à Kempis. We've been looking at his work entitled, "The Imitation of Christ". The idea is that I use some phrases from his meditations to focus our thoughts for the day. Thomas was always trying to encourage Christians to develop simple and less cluttered lifestyles. At the same time each day I've been trying to keep the reflection centred on Jesus and the places where he was to be found. It has been a...
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Glad that you are keeping up with me. I've been leading the group in our morning devotions for the past three days and I've been reflecting on the idea of going on a journey with Jesus. In many ways that is exactly what we are doing. The places we have visited have all been reflective of the life of Jesus. Jesus is found in the night shelter in the desert where we were yesterday. Just to give you a glimse of the need, we travelled to Ica (the area that was hit with an...
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