Saturday 28 November 2009

News update

During November Len & Phyl have been in Britain. It has been good to spend time with friends in different parts of the country, to take in Bible ministry for our own souls and enjoy Christian fellowship. However in these days of computers and the internet our office comes effectively with us and we have spent many hours preparing a power point presentation of the work and also a brochure/calendar for 2010, as well as catching up with some correspondance.
Our travels have taken us virtually the full length of Britain, from the south where we had the privilege of sharing about Haus Barnabas at a men (and women's) breakfast in the parish church hall in Patcham, to the north where after catching up our friends in the Baptist Church at Langley Park, Durham with the Lord's blessing on us in 2009, we were taken to see parts of the old Hadrian's wall, albeit in pouring rain! Among several highlights of our UK visit was a second annual reunion with friends in Yorkshire at Bethel Hall, Otley, and the kind hospitality of David & Margaret Harman in Ashford, who not only allowed us to use their home as a base and office but also welcomed various of our friends who came from quiet long distances to see us there.
The picture shows David and Margaret with granddaughter Grace during an October visit to Utzenfeld.

Sunday 1 November 2009

News update

Emily, seen here with Tom & Esther, has been a tremendous help to us in the house since the end of August. She is on a gap year before going on the study German and philosophy and when she leaves us during this month she will be working to raise funds for a three month stint in Uganda in a mission school with Mission Direct.
The Scripture text for our Sunday service was from Isaiah 30:18 - The Lord will wait that He may be gracious to you ... blessed are all those who who wait for Him. Often the Lord doesn't seem to be in hurry to answer our prayers but He knows the very best time seen from the many vantage points which He alone has access to. These words of promise are set within a chapter warning of the foolishness and sin of making our own plans and using our own initiative without reference to God and His word. Our deliverance and salvation is in returning to Him in restful trust when we will then find our strength through quiet peace and confidence in Him. (v 15).
November is a quiet time in Haus Barnabas as far as guests are concerned and Len and Phyl have various appointments in England.