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While writing our blog posts, it occurs to me that I’m not very consistent in my use of tenses, writing the events as they come to me. Given our (fortunate) lack of connectivity, I’m not going to waste precious travel time editing and corrrecting at this stage and ask your indulgence if you’re reading this.
A day in the monastic school of Aung Myae Oo
Bien que noous n’ayons fait que peu de journées ‘types’ en raison des examens et la visite de Markus, voici le programme d’une journée ordinaire. Pour les novices, la journée commence à 4:00, par un appel à la prière. On ne s’est jamais levé pour vérifier. Le...
“He likes it dirty”
Dans le descriptif de l’annonce de recherche de volontaires, il était assez clair qu’un problème majeur est l’hygiène personnelle des enfants. En arrivant sur place, on se rend vite à l’évidence. L’abbé doit soufrir du syndrôme de Diogène, car il stocke tout ce qu’il...
Aung Myae Oo (Sagaing, Myanmar) – part 3 (English exam)
One of Markus’ initiatives while here was to upgrade the volunteer room we were sleeping in (much to our delight). After two days trying to teach the English class alone, the teacher came back on Monday, as we were beginning the cleaning of the volunteer room. I was...
Aung Myae Oo (Sagaing, Myanmar) – part 2 (school)
The next day, Marc and I got into our stride, helping in the clinic; “Markus” called us into a meeting in the evening (the first actual sit-down any of us had had with him). We thought he had noticed the shopping we had done and wanted to hear our thoughts and...
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