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✈️ And so to the UK! ✈️

Catherine Lee

A fairly momentous few weeks as I packed up in Taiwan and said goodbye to all my friends ~ and then came to the UK! Thanks be to God, all went well, and finally, I’m here ~ happily still with many wonderful memories of these last few weeks in Taiwan… Lots of memories of daybreak and sunrise at Advent Church and St. John’s University …. And sunrise down at the sea, with a plane overhead heading to the airport… The nearby lotus fields are looking stunning, within walking distance of St. John’s University…. Sunset as I headed to the airport … Continue reading ✈️ And so to the UK! ✈️

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Angkor Wat 吳哥窟 and Siem Reap 暹粒市, Cambodia ~ oh, and nice crunchy spider for dinner!

Catherine Lee

Think of all those historic buildings in the UK: Durham, Norwich and Exeter Cathedrals; Rochester, Windsor and Warwick Castles and even my lovely CMS link church at St. Andrew’s Church, Haughton, Darlington.  And what do they all have in common?  Well, they were all being built at roughly the same time as the Angkor Wat Temple Complex in Cambodia.  Now, how’s that for Interesting Fact Of The Day, eh? Angkor Wat has become such a symbol of Cambodia, that it appears on its national flag. How about this? Angkor Wat is considered to be the largest religious monument in the … Continue reading Angkor Wat 吳哥窟 and Siem Reap 暹粒市, Cambodia ~ oh, and nice crunchy spider for dinner!

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Happy Chinese New Year from Beautiful Bangalore, South India!

Catherine Lee

Rarely, possibly once in a lifetime, does such a wonderful opportunity come along ~ a chance to take 2 of my very good friends from Taiwan along with me to visit my many very good friends in South India ~ YES!   The opportunity came at Chinese New Year, and with the blessing of the bishop of Taiwan, Bishop David J. H. Lai and the rector of Advent Church, Rev. Lennon Y. R. Chang and all our friends and church members, off we went! God has blessed me with many good friends in Taiwan, and my 2 traveling companions were … Continue reading Happy Chinese New Year from Beautiful Bangalore, South India!

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St. James’ Preschool, Taichung, Staff Trip to Vietnam ~ YES!

Catherine Lee

And I had the chance to go too ~ YES YES YES!  Thank you St. James! A non-stop 5 days in northern Vietnam, 33 of us, staff and their families from St. James’ Preschool, Taichung, and all happening only hours after the St. James’ Preschool Graduation. The graduation was on Wednesday night last week, and the very next day, Thursday, we all gathered, a bit bleary-eyed, at 5:00am for our big holiday trip…. OFF TO VIETNAM, YES! To many people, Vietnam is associated with many negatives ~ war, prisons, communism, refugees and poverty.  Maybe the only positive is the food … Continue reading St. James’ Preschool, Taichung, Staff Trip to Vietnam ~ YES!

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Flying Prayers ~ for the Middle East…..

Catherine Lee

Weather Forecast says it’s gonna be a warm ‘n sunny day here in London with a high of 22°C – yippee! Yesterday’s flight from Taipei to London took us over some interesting places ~ and on a 16-hr daytime flight, well there’s plenty of time for contemplation, prayer and intercession, particularly if at that moment, you’re flying over some of the most troubled areas of the world…. May God have mercy on the suffering peoples of the Middle East…. Now in Stockwell, south London – waiting for the promised sun to make an appearance! Continue reading Flying Prayers ~ for the Middle East…..

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Off to the UK!

Catherine Lee

平安~  感謝主教及師母以及我所親愛的牧愛堂家人們， 鼓勵我回家探望我的父母親， 也感謝上帝給我這樣的機會! 因為我爸爸搬到英國南部聖公會的安養中心， 但我媽媽還在北部， 所以明天開始將要回到英國陪伴他們! 預計八月底會回到我所愛的台灣~! 緊接著要迎接美國聖公會的主教、師母們蒞臨台灣!   Many thanks to Bishop and Lily Lai and all at Good Shepherd Kindergarten for kindly releasing me from this year’s 4-week English Bible Summer Camp…..  Although my father is loving his new life in the clergy care home in southern England, my mother is still at home in northern England awaiting a room to become available at the same place ~ and needing a bit of help and encouragement…..  So tomorrow I’m off to the UK for the summer ~ thanking God (and CMS!) that this is possible…. Hope to be … Continue reading Off to the UK!