Thursday Theme Song: Let Justice Prevail.

Mt Albert Baptist Church. This is my church family. Church is not just building. Church is the people who worship there. Day of Prayer on Friday 2nd March 2012.


The origins of the Women's World Day of Prayer go back to the 19th century. The aim was to support women both at home and abroad. The first church services in Britain were held in the 1930s. Nowadays, a service is held all round the world on the first Friday in March every year. The women of one country, a different one chosen each year, write the words for the service. These words are then translated into over sixty languages and a thousand dialects. In return, the prayers of women throughout the world are focused on that country. This year it is the turn of Malaysia. Here women face difficulties, discrimination, and violence at all levels of society. The theme of the service is "Let justice prevail".

The Women's World Day of Prayer will be celebrated in Frenchay this year. Frenchay Parish Church will be one of many churches throughout the country and the world, taking part in a 36-hour wave of prayer that starts at dawn in Tonga and finishes in Western Samoa on the same day.


In New Zealand we Celebrate this World Day of Prayer om Friday 2nd March 2012. The focus country is Malaysia. My home church Mt Albert Baptist Church is hosting this. In New Zealand, this day is celebrated for men, women and family. Today, I attended a planning meeting at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church. It was attended by the various churches in the Mt Albert Area. Michelle is leading the preparation with lots of help from all the ladies.

It is so special when my home church here in New Zealand is hosting a service for my country of birth. We were meeting in a chruch which has the same name as the chuch I attended when I was growing up. I bought a Sarong Kebaya, and I told my Kai sisters that I had not "open ceremony" it yet. This would be a perfect occasion.

Let Justice Roll Down

by Chris Christensen


Let justice roll down
Like a mighty river
Let righteousness flow on and on
'Til the desert becomes
Like the garden of Eden
Where the nations will come and be healed
And the glory of God is revealed


Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord
Acknowledge the depths of your sin
And let the ungodly man turn to the Lord
He will have mercy on him




Love one another and learn to forgive
Walk in His marvelous light
Reflect the radiance of God as you live
Blameless and pure in His sight
Open your hearts to the poor and depressed
Let them see the Father in you
Open your ears to the cries of the lost
Then God will listen to you




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Day of Prayer om Friday 2nd March 2012.

My World Tuesday/outdoor Wed: Railway crossing

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There are many railway crossings in Auckland, without safety barriers or bars. Then they wonder why there are accidents. They do have bells and warning signs.

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 7:49a.m.

A pedestrian has been struck and killed by a train in South Auckland this morning.

This incident happened about 200m south of Middlemore Station at around 6:55am.

The person died at the scene.

No trains are running in either direction on this line at the moment while emergency services complete their response.

Read more: http://www.3news.co.nz/Fatal-accident-at-Auckland-train-station/tabid/423/articleID/237037/Default.aspx#ixzz1mGJYAsd9


From the NZ Herald

"A person has been hit and killed by a train in Auckland this morning.

Emergency services were called to Avondale Train Station just after 7am, a police spokesman said.

Train service were majorly impacted on the western line this morning but should be back to normal by lunch time.

Auckland Transport spokeswoman Sharon Hunter described the fatality as a "tragic event".

"Trains are back and running on the western line again and hopefully will only be delays for the next hour.""

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Photo hunt: Vintage

This vintage English letterbox is for my British Blogging friend Scriptor Senex. I know he likes letter boxes because I remember him telling me. We also belong to a club which you don't want to belong to.

Scriptor Senex and I are bereaved parents and we sadly are forced to belong to the Bereaved parents club. Scriptor lost a baby, David, to SIDS twenty six years ago and while it no longer hurts they way it does initially it still hurts. David's anniversary is on the anniversary of his death, February 20th.

Thank you for your kind comment: "I loved your comment - "A baby lost is like reflections in the mirror, yes, you had him/her. Then he/she is gone." I'd like to mention it on my blog some time "

Thank you Gattina for this Vintage topic.

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Sundaystills/photohunt: From the heart

Fellow Blogger and Facebook friend Cheryl loves hearts. I always try to look for hearts to photograph. It is not easy to find.


A Japanese jelly called Konnyaku. Their texture is not unlike gelatin but instead of animal products, Konnyaku comes from a type of mountain potato


A pair of very good friends, one gave the other a surprised birthday party, and gave her this present.

Anthurium are heart shaped, and these flowers are really from the heart. A young man man had drowned, and family and friends set up this memorial hidden in the bush. And I a bereaved mum happened to look and found it.

At our Main Course cookery class, one group's presentation of their chocolate brownie was this. Why we didn't think of it?



In Malaysia and Singapore, they bake this flat wafer biscuits and call it a Love letter.



I believe strongly in the beauty of the heart. Flash back 30 years, a group of university students went to help our friend Bill Starr put the beam on his new house.
Bill Starr helped the university navigator's club, cooking for the camps we had. We went to help him put the main beam on his house.

Just as well I was there to make it exactly 12 persons.I was wearing the Japanese dress the plastic surgeon gave to me.
In return, Bill had a spa pool, and we enjoyed using that especially in winter.



Ben is my kind of man with a big heart. Here he was, as a green peace member giving up a day at the beach to tell people to save the world.







I don't normally post photos of the time when I was involved with the Siamese twins and the Deaf in Kenya. Those friends had the biggest hearts.

In December 2000, I woke up and read the Straits Times that a pair of Siamese or conjoined twins have arrived in Singapore General Hospital to be separated. Ganga and Jamina were from Nepal and were joined together on their heads as though one was standing on top of the other.

The newspaper called for public donations. There was something in me that I couldn't explain. Besides shedding some tears for their parents Bushan and Mrs. Shrestha.

I decided to do something constructive. I have been raising funds for the Deaf in Kenya through Foodsale. I asked the Foodsale Committee if they would support me if I spearheaded the donation drive in NTU. Myfriends overwhelmingly agreed to help both in collection and give cash.

I did this drive first by emailing as many people I knew on the campus, put out flyers in the residential blocks. This attracted those who were not on my email lists. A friend's young daughter also helped when she saw the flyer. Some of the university students also donated.

Among my neighbours were some families from Nepal, and they were extremely grateful that I took up this to help their fellow country men. One of them is the husband of the sister of my friend. He was training as a doctor in the same hospital. He offered to be our contact person.

The drive was very intense with a flurry of emails and telephone calls. There was a sense of urgency because I was going back to New Zealand for a month long holidays. My friends told me to go and they will do the rest. We kept in contact by email, up dating me with the donation figures.

We raised quite a lump some. I was very happy even though I also got some brick bats from those who didn't want to donate. Some asked why I was raising funds for foreigners.

Manchala and I went to visit the babies twice. I am most privileged to see them while they were still conjoined. Not manypeople get to see conjoinned twins.We went again after they were successfully separated.

I brought a gift to the mum from my American Jackie friend. Mrs. Shrestha was in tears and hugged me. She asked through an interpreter why I did this. I answered in tears, I said, "My son didn't have a chance, I wanted to give her girls one."






Sunday Stills-From the Heart
Posted on February 5, 2012 by Linda

I was walking through Wally World the other day and noticed all the Valehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifntines stuff they had out on http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifdisplay…….everything from flowers to marshmallow (my favourite) hearts. So in honour of Valentines Day lets get creative and take some pictures from the heart. It can be anything from candy and flowers to a home cooked meal or a child out having fun.

I always liked these little cinnamon hearts that come out around this time of year……I remember them being more heart shaped though

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FSO: February 10 - Town Scavenger Hunt - Wood, Metal, Stone suggested by QMM.

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My World Tuesday/Outdoor Wed: Brickworks at New Lynn

New Lynn in West Auckland had a brick work and ceramics heritage. They built this momument to celebrate the hard work of all the brick workers for their hard work in the hot furnace,






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save our world.: Kauri dieback

Kauri are among the world's mightiest trees, growing to more than 50 metres tall, with trunk girths of up to 16 metres and living for more than 2000 years. Kauri forests once covered 1.2 million hectares from the Far North of Northland to Te Kauri, near Kawhia and were common when the first people arrived around 1000 years ago.

Kauri dieback: how you can help

http://www.arc.govt.nz/environment/biosecurity/kauri-dieback/

This webpage is the home for information on kauri dieback for the whole of New Zealand. It has information on what kauri dieback is, the symptoms of the disease and how you can help stop it spreading. You can also find our fact sheet, technical documents and links to the organisations involved in the management of the disease.
What is Phytophthora taxon Agathis?

Commonly known as PTA, Phytophthora taxon Agathis is a microscopic fungus-like plant pathogen (a disease causing agent) that only affects kauri. Recent research has identified PTA as a distinct and previously undescribed species of Phytophthora.
What does it do to kauri trees?

Symptoms include yellowing of foliage, loss of leaves, canopy thinning and dead branches. Affected trees can also develop lesions that bleed resin, extending to the major roots and sometimes girdling the trunk as a ‘collar rot'. PTA can kill trees and seedlings of all ages.

Kauri are among the world’s mightiest trees, growing to more than 50 metres tall, with trunk girths of up to 16 metres and living for more than 2000 years. Kauri forests once covered 1.2 million hectares from the Far North of Northlanhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifd to Te Kauri, near Kawhia and were common when the first people arrived around 1000 years ago.

Kauri dieback: a disease that kill the trees.

I posted on my Sunday Stills a photo and asked my blogging friends to guess what it is. Many are curious.

Ed guessed right that it is a sterilser. When you enter and exit a place where there are kauri trees, you brush off the soil, and then spray some chemicals to your shoe.

I was going to post this in my Save the world meme when I saw this. So it is time to do it, and Ed was the first to know about it.

Some people don’t take this seriously, so we had an argument on our way home.

New Zealand takes Bio security very seriously. If you play golf, you have to declare it and clean your shoes very well.

I wish I have photos of the giant kauri to show you. I had been to kauri land, but I can't find the photos.




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