2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/bigkevandnell/rss.xml the adventures of bigKev and Nell as they travel the world with Bright Hope World to help the poor and encourage God's people to become full on followers of Jesus. http://www.getjealous.com/bigkevandnell http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=496041&go=bigkevandnell Dear friends,It's not long now until Kevin goes off to Africa and Helen stays home to do family stuff. We'll fill you in on that a little later. Next Sunday we both go to Christchurch for a Bright Hope World Board meeting. Then we come back to Levin on the following Thursday and on Monday 5th we come back to Auckland. On Sunday morning Helen's father died in Levin and she is down there now. Kevin ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=496041&go=bigkevandnell Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=491773&go=bigkevandnell Hey there freinds,Long time no hear! Sorry about that. Once you get back from being on the road it's hard to stay in the mode of writing on the blog. But the journey isn't over for this year so we're back in communication mode. The other thing is that there is so much writing to catch up on after a trip that more writing is not really very exciting. But, we're back.It's been pretty full on since g... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=491773&go=bigkevandnell Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=483226&go=bigkevandnell It"s a beautiful, warm morning and the sun is shining in Whangaparaoa. Yep we"re home and have caught up with our sleep. It"s lovely to be home in one piece. It"s time to charge the batteries, catch up on reports and stuff and plan for the rest of the year. It"s been good to catch up with family too, we"re making plans for Sara"s engagement party in Auckland thi... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=483226&go=bigkevandnell Mon, 12 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=479733&go=bigkevandnell We got out and it smelt like we were in a swimming pool complex. That"s what you spread on the ground when visitors come to visit a leper colony. Don"t you just hate both words: leper; talk about a death sentence, rejection and herded into a ghetto; colony; someone else controlling you, making your decisions for you. But that"s the reality for these people, they are shunned and push... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=479733&go=bigkevandnell Fri, 2 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=478989&go=bigkevandnell We"re in Siliguri, West Bengal, if you look at a map it"s due North of Kolkata (Calcutta.) It"s the gateway to Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet and Northern parts of India like Darjeeling, tea country. It"s hot, like sticky hot, even the locals are crying! We"re actually a little fortunate to be here, the blimmin airline we"ve been flying with have changed all their times and not... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=478989&go=bigkevandnell Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=476034&go=bigkevandnell We"ve been in Kathmandu for a few days now, and it"s been a really great time. Helen wasn"t well at first, the 2nd day into Nepal and she was feeling OK again. Kathmandu really stinks. It"s 8:00 pm and the lights are out, but if you struck a match in the air the whole place would blow. The methane gas in the air is hardly able to be breathed. We"re staying near a river an... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=476034&go=bigkevandnell Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=474038&go=bigkevandnell GlobalizationThought I"d throw a big word at you. It"s a word we"ve become exposed to over the last couple of days. We were in a bus from the plane to the terminal at Dubai. It took 15 minutes in the bus and we passed more than 40 Emirates planes on the ground, big boys, not little commuter planes. Anyway, we were in the bus and I looked around: a bunch of Chinese having an animated... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=474038&go=bigkevandnell Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=472717&go=bigkevandnell It"s us againLast blog saw us in bed in Bahir Dar after a great meal. The food is really nice, though the service wasn"t quite so good last night. Early the next morning we got up and out to the airport for the trip to Gonder. It"s only a 25 minute flight and everything went OK. We got to Gonder and into the Embassy Hotel, about 1 star I guess with stinky toilets. That"s par fo... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=472717&go=bigkevandnell Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=471340&go=bigkevandnell Hey there friendsHopefully this will get out to you some time in the next couple of days. I"m writing this on Tuesday 8th in Gonder, North Ethiopia. It was an early morning, out to the airport at 6:00 am and back to the hotel at 7:30. Supposed to be seeing the US team off, but the plane was cancelled, again!!! They were supposed to go yesterday and by now should have been in Germany waiting ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=471340&go=bigkevandnell Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=470246&go=bigkevandnell hi there friendsjust a brief note before the power goes off. we're doing OK in the North of Ethiopia. I've been kissed by dozens of widows over the last couple of days but it's OK, helen has been too. the plight of the widows here is apalling, it's a privilege to be able to help them a little.We've travelled many Kms and seen many things, but constantly we are blown away by the love the local chri... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=470246&go=bigkevandnell Sat, 5 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT