Author: Distinctivemode
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Community Culture Vision Challenges Western Churches
The other day we were asked a challenging question, which lead to a community culture conversation: What was most responsible for the growth that you experienced overseas in Guinea? Plot Twist We had never thought about defining an overruling factor before. Of course, there have been umpteen challenges, growth points and stretching factors that we…
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Kambadaga Falls
One of the best advantages of living in a “forgotten” country (Guinea), where no tourists are found, is the opportunity to discover landscapes that only few eyes have seen. Kambadaga falls are found in the Fouta Djallon and were described to us by a colleague as, “the most spectacular waterfall I have ever seen.” We…
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Top 10 Tips for Living Together
It’s time that I introduced you all to my “housemates.” Meet Team Guinea! Seven months ago I met three wonderful girls for the first time and flew across the world to live with them for six months. I left all my other friends behind and quite literally, ended up stuck with them… Lauren, Cara and…
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Green Green Guinea
If you have read my recent relaunch post, New Perspectives, you will know that I have recently returned from six months in Guinea, West Africa. Guinea Conakry has such a beautiful landscape! Whilst it may not have your typical safari wildlife, it has mountains of jungle, plantation and other greenery. Unfamiliar Landscape Flying over Guinea…
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Baltic 6 | Denmark
I can’t quite believe that we are at the end of our Baltic 6 series! Travelling the Baltics has been such an amazing experience and it has opened my eyes to the Scandinavian way of life. Today we are visiting no other but the centre for design – Copenhagen! Along with Oslo, Copenhagen is somewhere…
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Baltic 6 | Sweden
GIMME GIMME GIMME a man after midnight… Welcome back to Baltic 6! Today we are heading to the fifth destination: Stockholm. Consisting of 14 Islands and more than 50 bridges, it’s the country’s capital. Sweden being a huge pop-music producing nation only meant one thing – ABBA. Stockholm was golden. We took the bus into…