2002 ← James Ots

Lamu I: God Is On Our Side 2

Dec

31

2002

I’ve just returned from a holiday on the island of Lamu, just off the coast of Kenya. I spent quite a bit of time writing and taking photos while I was there, a lot of which will appear on here soon. Here’s the first instalment, most of which was written while in the plane… I’m ...

Off To Lamu

Dec

20

2002

Tomorrow morning I fly off to Lamu for the Christmas holiday. I’ll switch off the commenting system on this blog until after I get back on the 30th, so you won’t be able to leave comments until then. Not that anyone ever does leave comments. (Well, rarely anyway). Tonight I’m going to watch Two Towers, ...

What I Miss About England 1

Dec

16

2002

I think people back home think my year in Kenya is just one big holiday. Although I do love living here, there are some things about England that I miss… Long summer evenings – Although we have lovely weather here, the sun goes down at 6.30 all year round, which doesn’t seem right. Clean drinking ...

Two Films

Dec

11

2002

On Saturday I watched the new Bond film. Although not a great film, it is generally a good Bond film. It has everything you’d expect and then some. Sometimes it was so over the top it almost had me in stitches, though some of the inuendo belonged in Austin Powers really. The special effects in ...

Life Goes On

Dec

7

2002

Last night I went to the new cinema out at the village market to watch Minority Report. It’s only just come out over here, even though it was the last film I saw in the UK about five months ago. (We often get films a few weeks early though). Unfortunately, all the films were sold ...

Naivasha II – The Return of the Youth

Dec

2

2002

I’ve just been on the church youth retreat at Naivasha. This time the youth came, so we didn’t have to turn it into a leaders’ retreat again. It was a lot more tiring than last time, as I had anticipated. During the morning we had been to the Naivasha Country Club to go swimming. We ...

Formula Lawn 2

Nov

26

2002