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A
voice for the poor
by HK prison chaplain
胡頌恆神父
Fr John Wotherspoon
O.M.I.
jdwomi@gmail.com
W/App +852 67095674
Imitating
Pope Francis
Tues Jan 10
Hello from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia where I arrived two nights ago from Nairobi
in Kenya. Yesterday was day 31
(updated count) of my trip and was spent on a special job involving a lot
of travelling around Addis ....where there are long queues of cars at gas
stations trying to get gas because stations closed recently until prices went
up. Weather is fine and warm here in the day time but very cool ...make that
cold ...at night!
I am so grateful that a number of HK friends have already supported The Clean Start Mercy Project to set up study centres in various African countries for school-less children ... using on-line courses ....to be managed by people who used to be in prison in HK. ....thereby doing something to help two very needy groups of people: school-less children and jobless former prisoners! God bless the people who have made donations to help start this project ... and God bless the people who made my trip possible
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Genesis
18: One day at
Mamre, God
and two angels appeared to Abraham.
At first, God and the angels looked like men.
Following the ancient custom of hospitality
Abraham prepared a feast for them.
God told Abraham that the town of Sodom was going to be destroyed because of the evil done there.
Abraham pleaded with God not to destroy Sodom.
God agreed to postpone Sodom's destruction for a while.
Dear God, please
help people avoid sodomy
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
22: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
I call to you for help, but day and night you give no reply. I am a worm and not a man.
Everyone who sees me makes fun of me. They taunt me: "He trusted in the
Lord, why doesn't the Lord help him?" Like water I am poured out, my bones no longer
connected.
My throat is parched, my tongue sticks to my jaws. Many evil people attack me.
They make holes in my hands and my feet.
They await my death. They divide my clothing among them,
they throw a dice for my robe. Yet I know Lord, that you are good and
holy.
I know how you heard the cries of our ancestors and you helped them. It was you who took me from the womb
and entrusted me to my mother's breast.
To you I was committed from my birth,
from my mother's womb you have been my God. Lord, I trust in you even now.
I trust you will not scorn my prayer. Even now I praise you as my Creator.
May all the nations know and worship you.
Lord, please help people who
are in big trouble right now,
especially people whose lives are in danger
Listen
Romans
10-11: If your lips confess that Jesus is Lord, and
if you believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, then you
will be saved. How wonderful is God! How great his
wisdom and knowledge.
What finite creature could ever understand the mind of our infinite
Creator? All that exists comes from him. To him be
glory for ever!
Jesus, Father, Spirit - three persons, one God
- to you be glory for ever!
Listen
John
6.26-29: Jesus said to the people "You have come
looking for me because you had so much bread to eat. Do not give so much concern to physical
food.
Be more concerned about the spiritual food that lasts forever.
This is the food I am offering you"
Jesus, please give us the food that lasts
forever
Listen
Reflection: Hundreds of millions of people go to bed hungry every night ....
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Wear
mask & Cross!
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On the flight from Nairobi to Addis Ababa two nights ago
.... since it was the Feast of the Epiphany I tried watching a bit of the movie
"Three Kings" .... but it was not my cup of tea ... so I watched one
of my favorite movies "Chariots
of Fire" .... and was so engrossed in the movie I only knew we were
landing when there was a bit of a bump!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia,
Pacific
Frid: South
America
Sat: Cent, N America
Jesus,
today, Tuesday,
please bless the people of
South
Asia
And praying for one
part of the Mainland each day of the month:
On this 10th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the people of Hubei
And praying for one of
the world's poorest countries
each day of the month:
On this 10th of the month, Jesus please
bless the people of Eritrea
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Mon Jan 9
Hello again from Nairobi in Kenya ... at 2.30pm on Sunday Jan 8 ... day
28 of my trip. I'm due to travel to another place tonight ...so ...best
to post this update before I leave Nairobi. I am in the restaurant of the Methodist
Resort where I've been staying the past week ... a beautiful place ...
especially beautiful here at restaurant next to lovely garden area under clear
blue sky with gentle breeze ... and next to half-size heated olympic pool!
I am so grateful that a number of HK friends have already supported The Clean Start Mercy Project to set up study centres in various African countries for school-less children ... using on-line courses ....to be managed by people who used to be in prison in HK. ....thereby doing something to help two very needy groups of people: school-less children and jobless former prisoners! God bless the people who have made donations to help start this project ... and God bless the people who made my trip possible
Simon Tisdall: Myanmar's
criminal junta boss
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Genesis
17: God appeared to Abraham
and said to him
"I will make an everlasting covenant with you and your
descendants.
As a sign of this covenant, all your males must be circumcised.
Baby boys must be circumcised when they are eight days old.
Also, Sarah your wife, even though she is old, will bear you a son.
You will name him Isaac."
Dear God, please bless
all the babies in the world
My
recording of this reading
Psalms
20-21: May the Lord protect and help you,
may he give you your heart's desire
and fulfil every one of your plans. Some trust in chariots or horses,
but we trust in the Lord.
Lord, may our plans and hopes
be acceptable to you. Please bless our plans
Listen
Romans
10.1-4: I have a really great love for the Jews. I
pray to God for them to be saved.
They have a strong belief in God, but their zeal is misguided.
They can't see that friendship with God is a gift from God,
not just a matter of external practices
Jesus, some people have mixed up ideas about
religion
(.. Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses).
Help them know the truth as you revealed it
Listen
John
6.16-21: That evening, the disciples got into a boat
to cross the sea to Capernaum. The wind became strong and the sea became
rough.
They had rowed about 4km when they saw Jesus walking on the sea, coming
towards them.
They were frightened, but he said "It is I. Do not be afraid". He got into the boat, and it quickly
arrived at Capernaum
Jesus, help me remember that you are in my
boat
Listen
Reflection: As someone once said - "What matters is not what happens but that we remember Jesus is in our boat!"
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To
go with today's first reading: a few days ago I had a taxi driver named Isaac
.... also have had a Joshua and a Solomon. Bible names very popular here
in Africa!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun:
Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia,
Pacific
Frid: South America
Sat: Cent, N. America
Jesus,
today, Monday,
please bless the people of Europe
& Russia
And
praying for one
part of the Mainland each day of the month:
On
this 10th of
the month, Jesus please bless the people of Hubei
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 10th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Guinea
And praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Monday,
please pacify I.S.
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Sun Jan 8
The
Epiphany
Hello again from Nairobi in Kenya. Yesterday, day
27 of my trip, I stayed home the whole day at my hotel to receive many
visitors ...an O.M.I. youth group with Fr Gerry Conlan O.M.I. .... a lady
released from detention in HK only a few weeks ago .... another lady released a
few years ago .... the family of a man in prison in HK .... and a group of women
who are forming a new NGO to help victims of human trafficking (after some of
their members were tricked by a bogus agency to go to HK as domestic helpers ...
and were treated badly ... and came back to Kenya after winning court cases in
HK). My day finished with a 10 min swim in the hotel pool just before it closed
at 6pm.
The O.M.I. youth group is most interested in The Clean Start Mercy Project to set up study centres in various African countries for school-less children ... using on-line courses ....to be managed by people who used to be in prison in HK. ....thereby doing something to help two very needy groups of people: school-less children and jobless former prisoners! God bless the people who have made donations to help start this project ... and God bless the people who made my trip possible
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Feast of the Epiphany
Isaiah 59-60: Arise,
shine out, for your light has come. The glory of the Lord is rising on you,
though the rest of the world is still in darkness. The nations come to your
light and kings to your dawning brightness. People
from other lands are coming to you, bringing gold and incense and singing the
praise of the Lord. No more will the sun give you daylight, nor moonlight
shine on you, for the Lord himself will be your everlasting light. Then your
days of mourning will be ended.
Lord Jesus, you are the light of the world. Please give more light to my
life.
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
72: O Lord, please
bless the king, that he might serve your people with justice. May
the mountains bring forth peace for the people and the hills, justice. The
kings of Sheba and Seba bring him gifts. All nations will serve him. He
will save the poor when they cry for help and the needy who are helpless. He
will have pity on the weak and save the lives of the poor. May every tribe be
blessed in him. May every nation bless his name.
May all the nations know and love you, Lord
Recording
Ephesians
3.2-6: You have probably heard how I
have been entrusted by God with the grace he meant for you, and that it was by a
revelation that I was given the knowledge of the mystery. This mystery that
has now been revealed through the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets was
unknown to any men in past generations; it means that pagans
now share the same inheritance, that they are parts of the same body, and
that the same promise has been made to them, in Jesus Christ, through the gospel
Recording
Matthew
2.1-12: Jesus was
born in the town of Bethlehem, during the reign of King Herod. Some months after
Jesus' birth, several wise men from the East came to Jerusalem. They said
"Where is the infant king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose and
we have come to offer him honor." King Herod felt threatened by this news.
He knew from the Scriptures that the promised Saviour would be born in
Bethlehem. So Herod sent the wise men to Bethlehem, pretending that he too would
like to offer honor to the child. The wise men headed for Bethlehem, guided by
the star. The star filled them with joy. The star stopped over the place where
the child was. The wise men fell to their knees and honored the child. They
offered him gifts of gold, incense and myrrh. Then they returned to their
own country by a different way, having been warned in a dream not to go back to
Herod.
Jesus, help me to honor you like the wise men
Recording
Reflection
on the above readings: 
We
Three Kings
Video
commentary on today's readings - in Italian, Chinese, English, and
Spanish
(+
Cantonese audio)
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Hour
of Love HK radio program 8.30
pm HK time tonight
- with items about HK prison inmates
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This
is my third visit to Kenya .... but no time to go on a safari .... so, the only
elephant I have seen here was on a beer can ...and that on a previous
trip!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia,
Pacific
Fri: South America
Sat: Cent., N America
Jesus,
today, Sunday,
please bless the people of
Africa
And praying for one
part of the Mainland each day of the month:
On this 8th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Heilongjiang
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 8th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Sierra Leone
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Sunday,
please bless all Muslims in my country
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Sat Jan 7
Hello again from Nairobi in Kenya. Yesterday, day
26 of my trip, was spent largely at Langata Women's Prison, at a Mass
arranged by NGO Clean
Start which is run by former prisoners and helps women released from prison
to find a job. I was privileged to concelebrate Mass with local chaplains Fr
Peter and Fr Innocent ...for more than a 100 women in remand. Joining us where
several people who used to be in detention in HK and Macau ....their powerful
and encouraging testimonies gave wonderful encouragement to the 100 women.
After Mass there was a meal at a very special restaurant at Kenya National Museum ...at which the NGO team, Fr Peter, Fr Innocent, former prisoners and other friends discussed this proposal ...raising the possibility of churches and schools becoming involved to help provide places for the study centres:
The Clean Start Mercy Project to set up study centres in various African countries for school-less children ... using on-line courses ....to be managed by people who used to be in prison in HK. ....thereby doing something to help two very needy groups of people: school-less children and jobless former prisoners! God bless the people who have made donations to help start this project ... and God bless the people who made my trip possible
A long but very, very happy day yesterday. I did not get to open my computer until 6pm!!!
Moving
report about a mother looking after her son at Langata Prison
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The
Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
1 John 4.7-16: Let us love one another.
Love comes from God.
God is love. God showed his love for us
by sending his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Since God has loved us so much
we should love one another. God is love.
Anyone who lives in love, lives in God,
and God lives in him
Jesus, you are love itself. May I
live
in your love
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
2: Why are the nations revolting against God?
Why won't the nations accept God? O kings and rulers of the
nations, listen to God's voice.
Serve the Lord with love and honor. Blessed are the nations that love
the Lord
Let all the nations love you,
Lord. Let all the nations love you
Listen
Mathew 2: Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem, during the reign of King Herod. Some months after Jesus' birth, several wise men from the East came to Jerusalem. They said "Where is the infant king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose and we have come to offer him honor."
Reflection on the above Bible readings: On this eve of the Epiphany, let's keep thinking about Bethlehem ... and the wise men on their way to honor the Baby
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My alarm clock here in Nairobi ....right on 6.10 each
morning ... just before sunrise ...is a big black crow that invites the world to
watch the beautiful sunrise!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun:
Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia, Pacific
Frid: South
America
Sat: Cent. & N
America
Jesus,
today, Saturday,
please bless the people of Central
& North America
And
praying for one
part of the Mainland each day of the month:
On this 7th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Hebei
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 7th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Burkina
Faso
And
praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Fri Jan 6
The 12th Day of Christmas!
(with
lyrics): The
Twelve Days of Christmas
Hello again from Nairobi in Kenya. Yesterday, day
25 of my trip, was again spent at the centre of the NGO Clean
Start which is run by former prisoners and helps women released from prison
to find a job. Like the day before, video recordings were made and much sharing
and planning took part ...especially about the
Clean Start Mercy Project to set up study centres in various African
countries for school-less children ... using on-line courses ....to be managed
by people who used to be in prison in HK. ....thereby
doing something to help two very needy groups of people: school-less children
and jobless former prisoners! God bless several
people who have made donations to help start this project ... and God bless
the people who made my trip possible
4 new interviews from Jan 4 -with 4 Kenyan women - are here
Today I'm due to concelebrate Mass at a prison in Nairobi (as I
did on a previous trip here)
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
1 John 4.7-16: Let us love one another.
Love comes from God.
God is love. God showed his love for us
by sending his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Since God has loved us so much
we should love one another. God is love.
Anyone who lives in love, lives in God,
and God lives in him
Jesus, you are love itself. May I
live
in your love
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
89: I will sing for ever of your love, O Lord.
Of this I am sure, that your love lasts for ever.
The heavens proclaim your wonders, O Lord.
The heavens are yours, the world is yours. Blessed the people who find joy in you,
who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face.
Thank you, Lord, for our
beautiful world
Listen
Matthew 2.1-12: (in
HK the Feast of the Epiphany is next Sunday; in some places it is today, using
this Gospel:)
Some months after Jesus' birth,
several wise men from the East came to Jerusalem. They said "Where is the infant king
of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose and we have come to offer him
honor." King Herod felt threatened by this news.
He knew from the Scriptures that the promised Saviour would be born
in Bethlehem. So Herod sent the wise men to Bethlehem,
pretending that he too would like to offer honor to the child. The wise men headed for Bethlehem, guided by
the star.
The star filled them with joy.
The star stopped over the place where the child was. The wise men fell to their knees and honored
the child.
They offered him gifts of gold, incense and myrrh. Then they returned to their own country by a
different way,
having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod.
Jesus,
help me to honor
you like the wise men
Listen
Reflection on the above Bible readings: In these days between Christmas and the Epiphany, let's keep thinking about Bethlehem ... and the wise men on their way to honor the Baby
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Tomorrow
is Christmas Day in Ethiopia ... I was there this time three years ago ....and
am due to be there again soon Pls God!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia, Pacific
Frid: S.
America
Sat: Cent, N. America
Jesus,
today, Friday,
please bless the people of South
America
And praying for one
part of the Mainland each day of the month:
On this 6th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Hainan
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 6th of the month, Jesus please bless the
people of Mali
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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I wish all dear readers every blessing for 2023!
Thu Jan 5
Hello again from Nairobi in Kenya. Yesterday, day
24 of my trip, was spent at the centre of the NGO Clean
Start which is run by former prisoners and helps women released from prison
to find a job. About a dozen women who spent long years in prison (most of them
in HK, one in Macau, one in Seychelles) attended the meeting and gave most
moving testimonies. Most of them are now unable to find work ...rejected by
society and sometimes even by their own family ....and unable to pay school
fees.
So, the idea has evolved for a project whereby HK people co-operate with Clean Start to help people released from prison in HK to find jobs when they return to their own country. At first I thought of a second hand shop .... but the more I walk the streets of large cities in Africa and see people on the footpath hawking all sorts of second hand items, the more I realise a second hand shop in this part of the world is not so practical.
A better idea comes from the situation of another group which needs urgent help: young children who have no school ...especially in poor village areas .... where tens of thousands of primary age children have no school ....especially because of the effect of Covid on an already poor economy.
So ... the idea is for study
centres to be set up for such children, managed
by people who used to be in prison in HK and supervised by Clean Start!
The study centres will use online programs to help children learn basic
subjects. This will also create jobs for the former prisoners!
Cost to run such a centre is about US$2,000 per month ( including about
US$700 salary for each of two staff plus meals for the children).
It is hoped that several centres can be set up as soon as possible to coincide with the start of the school year this month in most of East Africa.
It is also hoped that the centres will soon be supported locally as people hear about "the little study centre where former prisoners are helping school-less children" .... and people start donating clothes/food etc for the children ...and please God the centres will even become distribution centres where donated items can be given to needy families ... as happens at the MercyHK centre in HK.
If you would like to help this very special
project get started please make a note of my Hang Seng Bank account (which I can
access here in Africa):
Number: 761-8-000-496
Name: Wotherspoon John D.
This is not a MercyHK project since funds raised for MercyHK must, by government
regulation, be used only in HK. But this is a Mercy project and the little study
centres will each have a Mercy name (e.g. MercyTZ for Tanzania).
Also, I cannot issue any receipts in the name of
MercyHK for donations to this project. But I will send a personal thank you
message to all donors. Please make sure to let me know your name and W/App
number or email if you forward me a deposit slip.
W/App +852 67095674 email: jdwomi@gmail.com
I will post on line an anonymous list of all donations. And I will forward donations collectively to Clean Start and receipts from Clean Start wll also be put on line. Total amount in receipts from Clean Start will equal total amount of donations! Clean Start will be responsible for allocating money for the setting up of each centre and for the accounting of money used by each centre.
Please do not send donations to MercyHK or St Peter's accounts for this project. Please send directly to my account
JESUS, PLEASE BLESS ALL THE PEOPLE WHO MADE MY TRIP POSSIBLE, AND PLEASE BLESS ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HELP THE "CLEAN START MERCY PROJECT"!
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The Book Blog: 4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
1 John 3.16-21:
This has taught us love:
that Jesus gave up his life for us.
We too should give up our lives for others. If you see someone in need
and refuse to help him,
how can the love of God be in you? Our love must be put into
practice, not be
just words.
Anyone who loves God must also love other people
Jesus,
help me put my love into practice by
helping people in need
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
100: Cry out with joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Serve the Lord with gladness.
Come before him, singing for joy. Know that he, the Lord, is God. He made us, we
belong to him.
We are his people, the sheep of his flock. Go within his gates, giving thanks.
Enter his temple with songs of praise.
Give thanks to him and bless his name. Indeed, how good is the Lord,
eternal his merciful love.
He is faithful from age to age.
Dear Lord, please help us to
serve you with gladness
Listen
Matthew 2: The wise men headed for Bethlehem, guided by the star. The star filled them with joy. The star stopped over the place where the child was. The wise men fell to their knees and honored the child. They offered him gifts of gold, incense and myrrh.
Reflection on the above Bible readings: In these days between Christmas and the Epiphany, let's keep thinking about Bethlehem ... and the wise men on their way to honor the Baby
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Wear a mask and a Cross
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My
luggage includes many packets of masks and packets of RAT tests ....unused.
Maybe I can sell them back in HK?!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun:
Mon:
Tues:
Wed:
Thurs: S.E. Asia, Pacific
Frid:
Sat:
Cent,
Jesus,
today, Thursday,
please bless
the people of
And praying for one
part of the Mainland each day of the month:
On this 5th of the month, Jesus please bless the people of
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 5th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of South
Sudan
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the
week:
Jesus, today, Thursday, please pacify Al-Qaeda
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I wish all dear readers every blessing for 2023!
Wed Jan 4
Hello from Nairobi in Kenya where I arrived yesterday morning, day
23 of my trip. Sitting next to me on the flight from Dar Es Salaam was a
seminarian returning to Nairobi for study! And last night at the place where I
am staying I met a very friendly local man: the Methodist Bishop of Nairobi!
Today I'm due to meet a number of people who used to be in Hong Kong. Hopefully
the videos I make with them will help stop others from taking drugs to HK. And
... Jesus please bless the people who made this trip possible.
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
1 John 3.7-10:
Psalm 98:
Sing a new song to the Lord for he has worked
wonders.
His right hand has brought salvation. The Lord has made known his salvation.
He has shown his justice to the nations.
He has remembered his truth and love for the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the
salvation of our God.
Shout to the Lord all the earth, ring out your joy. Sing psalms to the Lord with the harp,
with the sound of music. Let the sea, the world and all peoples
acclaim the King, the Lord. Let the rivers clap their hands
and the hills ring out their joy at the presence of the Lord, for he comes to rule the earth.
He will rule the world with justice
and the peoples with fairness.
Lord,
may all peoples in all countries know your love and goodness
Listen
Matthew 2:
The wise men headed for Bethlehem, guided by
the star.
The star filled them with joy.
The star stopped over the place where the child was.
Reflection on the above Bible readings: In these days between Christmas and the Epiphany, let's keep thinking about Bethlehem ... and the wise men on their way to honor the Baby
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The place where I am staying has a 25 metre pool ....and
heated! I enjoyed a quick swim late yesterday afternoon ....but would not have
tried it if no heating
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E.Asia, Pacific
Frid: South
America
Sat: Cent, N America
Jesus,
today, Wednesday,
please bless the people of East
Asia
And praying for one
part of the Mainland each day of the month:
On this 4th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the people of Guangdong
And praying for one of
the world's poorest
countries each day of the month:
On this 4th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Burundi
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Wednesday,
please pacify Al-Shabaab
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Africa:
2020: My trip to Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Johannesburg
Jan 1, 2020: How cocaine trafficking is impacting West Africa
2017:
My trip to Southern Africa, Dubai (
The
Last Run)
2016:
My trip to Kenya, Uganda
2015: My trip to Tanzania, Malawi
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Latin America:
2019-05-10: No More Mules Peru FB boost 199,000 views!
2019-01-20: Article in El Pais, Uruguay - 01 02
2018-09-18: No More Mules Facebook campaign - more than 300,000 people reached in Venezuela
2018: My trip to Latin America
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South East Asia:
Aug 16, 2020: CNN - Indonesian women recruited to take drugs to Hong Kong
Oct 23, 2019: FM988 Breakfast program in Kuala Lumpur at which I was a guest
June 2019: My campaign featured in The Malaysia Drug Trade (6 written reports & documentary video)
2019-03-25: Eleven HK01 video and photo reports about Malaysian drug mules arrested in HK- here (one of the reports is about my anti-drug campaign).
Dec 2018 - My Jan 2019 trip to Malaysia
2018: My trip to Thailand and Cambodia
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Hong Kong:
July 2019: My warning to HK domestic helpers - published here in HK Filipino media
2018-09-22:
My
60 min video interview with Radio99,
in Cantonese, is here: 01 02
to help stop people going to prison
2018-07-29: SCMP- Beware drug lords luring domestic helpers, refugees into narcotics trade
2018-04-08: The Pearl Report on TVB - concerning HK's Long Term Sentencing Review Board and my anti-drug campaign
March 18, 2018: South China Morning Post report on my work
2017-09-27: SCMP Spirit of HK Awards (video starts after 20 secs)
2017-08-24: Cable TV video report on my anti-drug campaign and a Facebook report on the video report (click "translation" for English)
2017-05-17: SCMP - The prison chaplain who has stopped 150 drug mules reaching HK
2017-03-25: Oriental Daily report of case of South African woman given discount for help to my campaign *** May 14 updates: Oriental Daily, Sing Tao
Dec 1, 2016 - HK News: More women being recruited as drug mules
2016-10-13: HK01 report about campaign and about work for the poor
2016-09-11: Oriental Daily report about my campaign - and same day Editorial
2016-08-27: Oriental Daily article about court case and campaign
My
anti-drug campaign sites
(skillfully
managed by kind HK friends):
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nomasmulas/
Facebook: Chinese no more mules page
http://hkdrugblog.org/name-and-shame/index.htm
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Photos
from my time in China 2001-20008
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Gay marriage: Elephant in the room (by John W)
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Pope's surprise visit to drug treatment centre
Pope is practising what he preaches: "get out and mix with the poor"
HK
readers might like to join me in praying each day for one group of HK
prisoners:
Sun:
Lo Wu
Mon: C.I.C., Siu Lam, Tai
Lam
Tue: Stanley
Wed: Hei Ling Chau
Thu: Lantau
Fri: Lai Chi Kok
Sat: Hospitals, Pik Uk & other centres
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