Our first significant personal contact with continental Europe came in 1972 when two au-pair girls from Switzerland came into the small Baptist chapel in Surrey where Len was pastor. Both found a personal faith in the Lord Jesus during their 6 months with us and this aroused in us an interest and prayerful concern for German speaking Europe. It was more than 10 years before we, Len & Phyl and our two sons, moved out to Basel in September 1983 to begin a new phase in our life and ministry, but the seed of God's call had been first sown on that Sunday evening when the two Erikas had come into our home after the evening service in Horley.This past weekend the two Erikas visited us again. This time in Haus Barnabas in Utzenfeld. Much water has flowed under the bridges of our lives during these intervening 38 years and of course we have kept in touch to some degree, but it was great this weekend to spend time together, to worship together and encourage each other afresh.
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