E-BLAST - SUN 27 FEB

John Grocott on the Alpine Train Christchurch - Greymouth NZ 2013 after Christchurch young writer conference. John a retired senior banker serves as a young writer awards statistician and is a railway enthusiast - good friends. John and Rev Ben Kruzins meet Frid mornings DVD with Mark. 
 

E-BLAST - SUN 20 FEB

Internationals young writer Ashea West in New York has just qualified as a doctor - hearty congratulations. Mum and Dad very proud, dad is a Minister. Ashea has different roles with the internationals - Stand Alone (links with Christian Today), sends out Thurs memo / E-Blast to the internationals and collates quarterly internationals newsy bits. Pleased to announce we have 3 additional international young writers - 2 Philippines and 1 from Laos. From 1 July the internationals become separate to PSI. Their current leadership group become their Brain's Trust
 

E-BLAST - SUN 13 FEB

45th anniversary - Mark and Delma - yesterday. The family are coming to Tweeds Heads 28 May - 6th grand child Charlotte will be 5 months. Last Monday we celebrated with Panellist Tony & Jerri de Kivitt, yesterday fish and chip in the park with Sth African young writer editor Josh and Rena Robbie. Mon night Carl Julie 2 children at the Ivory. Carl selects photos for the Over 31s and senior writers and has become a Panellist. Delma selected 45th anniversary ring (faith gifted to honour Delma). Now for our third wind.
 

E-BLAST - SUN 6 FEB

Beijing's Winter Olympics - viz 2009 we visited Canada's 2010 Calgary Winter Olympics 'Religious Services' in my IOC role - 2000 Kevan Gosper sent me to Lausanne Switzerland to the IOC - Transfer of Knowledge of Religious Services - one host city to the next - Winter Summer Olympics. Mark updates it.