As a kid we used to have this thing at church called Ropeholders. It was run once a month for the kids during church time and I loved it. (probably because I didn't have to sit through church to be perfectly honest) During this time we would learn about various missionaries around the world, pray for them and be taught a little about the culture of the country they were in and occasionally someone would come with food from that country to try. I found it really intriguing but the place I was most interested in was Bangladesh. I always wanted to go there from when I was young.
Fast forward to me being married almost a year and an opportunity to go with a team to Bangladesh and India came up. DC and I both jumped at the chance. Only six of us from the team went to Bangladesh and some of the missionaries that I learned about as a child were still there. Also, the people we will be sharing a house with were there too and we had a meal at their place 24 years ago. I can't say that I fell in love with Bangladesh at that time as when we joined the team in India, our love for India was planted. DC and I spent 2 months travelling India once the team left.
A couple of weeks before we left for Bangladesh I found out I was expecting our first child but we didn't tell anyone (apart from one friend). We eventually told Bill and Kath McGregor who were the pastors of Northcote Baptist at at the time, they had come to Bangladesh too. Their son was DC's best man at our wedding and is also a director in our company. It is through the McGregor's continued connection to Bangladesh that the request for our company to help out in Bangladesh was made.
Back to Rope Holders, I had talked about Ropeholders with Alistair Hall (pastor from MCBC, Manukau City Baptist Church) when he came to chat to us about the possibility of heading to Bangladesh. He remembered going to Ropeholders as a child too. The following day I was looking for an old nursing badge and came across my old Ropeholders badge. I didn't even know I had kept it and had never noticed it in all the years since I was a kid. It was in my little box of keepsakes all these years only to be discovered a few weeks ago. Interesting timing, Mmmm.
Fast forward to me being married almost a year and an opportunity to go with a team to Bangladesh and India came up. DC and I both jumped at the chance. Only six of us from the team went to Bangladesh and some of the missionaries that I learned about as a child were still there. Also, the people we will be sharing a house with were there too and we had a meal at their place 24 years ago. I can't say that I fell in love with Bangladesh at that time as when we joined the team in India, our love for India was planted. DC and I spent 2 months travelling India once the team left.
A couple of weeks before we left for Bangladesh I found out I was expecting our first child but we didn't tell anyone (apart from one friend). We eventually told Bill and Kath McGregor who were the pastors of Northcote Baptist at at the time, they had come to Bangladesh too. Their son was DC's best man at our wedding and is also a director in our company. It is through the McGregor's continued connection to Bangladesh that the request for our company to help out in Bangladesh was made.
Back to Rope Holders, I had talked about Ropeholders with Alistair Hall (pastor from MCBC, Manukau City Baptist Church) when he came to chat to us about the possibility of heading to Bangladesh. He remembered going to Ropeholders as a child too. The following day I was looking for an old nursing badge and came across my old Ropeholders badge. I didn't even know I had kept it and had never noticed it in all the years since I was a kid. It was in my little box of keepsakes all these years only to be discovered a few weeks ago. Interesting timing, Mmmm.
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