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Mark and Laura Woodward, supporting Bible translation in Tanzania

Poppies, football and perspectives: why I agree with FIFA

Next Friday the England football team will take on Scotland in an important World Cup qualifying game, and since the game happens on November 11th, Remembrance Day in the UK, both teams have proposed that they wear poppies (the traditional British symbol of war remembrance) to commemorate those who lost their lives in past wars. In the […]

Posted in Mark, Culture, Random, Sport Tagged Culture, Football, History, Politics, Remembrance Day, War Leave a comment

Why I won’t be tipping cold water over my head

Anyone who has been on social media in North America or Europe over the past few days cannot help but have seen the phenomenon that involves people filming themselves tipping ice-cold water over their heads, apparently to raise awareness and/or money for charity. Although the details vary, the first step is generally that someone is challenged by a friend, to either give $100 to charity, or to tip a bucket of ice-cold water over their head…

Posted in Mark, Culture, Justice, Mission Tagged Aid, Charity, Development, Finance, Fundraising, Poverty, Water, Wealth, Western culture 5 Comments

The histories we tell

Growing up in England and going through the English school system, I enjoyed (and endured) many hours of learning about history. In secondary school I remember learning that some historical sources were biased, and so had to be treated with care, while others were unbiased, and so were supposed to be more reliable. Since then […]

Posted in Mark, Africa, Culture, Tanzania Tagged Cross-cultural living, Culture, History, Worldview 2 Comments

Adventures in California

Although we are currently living in Oregon in the US, Laura is originally from California and still considers that to be her home in many ways. Recently we were excited to be able to spend a couple of weeks in California visiting friends, supporters and our supporting church in Petaluma.

Posted in Life, Wycliffe, Mark, Church, Culture Tagged California, Culture, Friends, Travel Leave a comment

Ten things I love about being in America

Recently we transitioned from life in Mpanda, Tanzania, to Oregon in the USA where we’ll be for the next few months. Below are ten things that I’m really enjoying about life in America. Once you’ve browsed through these, you might like to take a look at the ten things that I’m missing about our life in Tanzania…

Posted in Life, Mark, Culture Tagged America, Culture, Culture shock, Life, Western culture 2 Comments
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