Comments on: Lychee Season http://robmacgregor.me.uk/uncategorized/lychee-season/ Sat, 16 Apr 2016 15:25:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.1 By: admin http://robmacgregor.me.uk/uncategorized/lychee-season/#comment-136 Sat, 16 Apr 2016 15:25:16 +0000 http://robmacgregor.me.uk/?p=78#comment-136 In reply to Robert Easton.

Thanks Robert! Great to hear from you! I’m confident you are doing likewise, keeping God interesting and relevant to all the wonderful pupils at BC, and of course serving with Extra Cover!

]]> By: admin http://robmacgregor.me.uk/uncategorized/lychee-season/#comment-97 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 11:24:28 +0000 http://robmacgregor.me.uk/?p=78#comment-97 In reply to James Milligan.

James! Great to head from you 🙂 True about open road and bike…we had a great adventure biking yesterday, I love it!! Wow that’s awesome about Simon :-). Enjoy. See you in the summer!

]]> By: James Milligan http://robmacgregor.me.uk/uncategorized/lychee-season/#comment-89 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 11:46:52 +0000 http://robmacgregor.me.uk/?p=78#comment-89 Hi Robert. Apologies that it has taken this long to say anything in response to your very interesting accounts of life in Mada and on ship. As others have said, I knew you would find adventure and appreciate your surroundings. An open road and a bike are usually enough!
Our big news is that Simon is getting married on 7th May here in Edinburgh. His lovely bride, Amy, shares the call to south east Asia. They plan to return to HK within a year of marriage.
I still meet up with SBS folks and help from time to time.
Blessings on you. I look forward to your next newsy report.

]]> By: admin http://robmacgregor.me.uk/uncategorized/lychee-season/#comment-85 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 14:39:04 +0000 http://robmacgregor.me.uk/?p=78#comment-85 In reply to Donald MacGregor.

Donald,

Great to hear from you! I’m missing the snow but getting out and watching the local fishermen in tiny local boats always makes up for it. Thanks for reading!

]]> By: Donald MacGregor http://robmacgregor.me.uk/uncategorized/lychee-season/#comment-55 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 01:52:02 +0000 http://robmacgregor.me.uk/?p=78#comment-55 Robert: I am impressed at the work you are doing and hope you are very popular with the students. I enjoy my work here in Ann Arbor and all the cultural events, but it’s certainly less adventurous than your job on the ship. Here we have normal Michigan winter weather: about 4 inches of snow and minus 8 Centigrade. I see you enjoyed your time off over Christmas. My friend Marilyn and I will visit my mother in Stobars Hall when we go to England in April.
Donald

]]> By: admin http://robmacgregor.me.uk/uncategorized/lychee-season/#comment-51 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:43:56 +0000 http://robmacgregor.me.uk/?p=78#comment-51 In reply to Jacky.

Jacky!!! So great to hear from you! I teach 3 more boys than girls though throughout the school the ratio is pretty balanced. Agreed with Mada, though there seems to be less wealth to go around than say in Borneo…that their highest denomination bank note is around USD3 says something… I teach the kids of the ship staff, I’d not be much use teaching local kids as their language is Malagasy and French…eek! I’ll be on the ship in Madagascar for Christmas, you? Have a wonderful Christmas!!

]]> By: Jacky http://robmacgregor.me.uk/uncategorized/lychee-season/#comment-47 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 05:23:50 +0000 http://robmacgregor.me.uk/?p=78#comment-47 Rob, I’m so proud of you. Of course we all knew you would find the positive aspects of whatever situation you found yourself in and whatever work you did. I am so happy you are loving it. Do you teach any girls? The photos are of boys only, being a science loving girl I hope you do! It is so sad to see such a beautiful country mired in corruption so that only a few can enjoy the bounty that the island has to give. The rest struggle to exist and it doesn’t need to be this way. Life is unequal. At least you are giving hope and a spark to those who may not have much, and it seems that their previous teachers have done the same. You do make a difference, every day to them, God bless you for that, even though I don’t believe in a God. Have a wonderful Christmas Rob and know that many of us will be thinking of you. Where will you be?

]]> By: admin http://robmacgregor.me.uk/uncategorized/lychee-season/#comment-46 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 18:49:50 +0000 http://robmacgregor.me.uk/?p=78#comment-46 In reply to Janice Dykes.

Great to hear from you Janice! Thanks for commenting :-D

]]> By: Janice Dykes http://robmacgregor.me.uk/uncategorized/lychee-season/#comment-45 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 15:56:58 +0000 http://robmacgregor.me.uk/?p=78#comment-45 Hello Robert
Good to hear your news and adventures. The poverty is very hard to watch – it should be an island of enough for all… but you have hinted at the reasons. I think we talked about this before you left.
I don’t do prayer I’m afraid, but my thoughts are with you and all the people you help.
Janice

]]> By: admin http://robmacgregor.me.uk/uncategorized/lychee-season/#comment-44 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:29:18 +0000 http://robmacgregor.me.uk/?p=78#comment-44 In reply to Robert Easton.

Robert!
Thanks for getting in touch, great to hear from you! I trust you are still inspiring some great students? Jackfruit curry…hmm might be hard to find as fayre here is a little plainer but still yummy. Non-mass produced food is so tasty!

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