Thursday 31 March 2011

News Update

We, Len & Phyl, have had a good time in the UK, with the emphasis this time in North Wales. We benefited greatly from the fellowship and ministry of the Church at Penrhyndeudraeth, near Portmadog where Len also preached one Sunday evening. The picture shows some of the approx 30 friends who supported our 'Reunion and information' afternoon. The weather was extraordinarily good for Wales and we had more warm sunny days than wet. Groups from the church there have come out to Haus Barnabas during the last two years and we are pleased that a further group have booked to come again this August.
Tim & Deb and family have been maintaining the witness of Haus Barnabas back in Utzenfeld in our absence, with the help of Rachel and Dave Gallop who are with us for nearly 3 months. We return to Germany tomorrow and the next main event is our Easter Retreat weekend when we are looking forward to ministry from Tom Lori.

Thursday 10 March 2011

News Update

Our blogspot has not appeared for a while, which is very remiss of us. We have had a gastric 'bug' in the Haus and various ones succumbed to it. Phyl was out of action for a while and is only just feeling well again really. Fortunately she had her oesophagus/gastric endoscopy before she was ill, for which she was very thankful. This went fine and all is well with the afore-named organs, which is an answer to prayer, and probably wise medicine as well!

We are now in Britain and expect to arrive in Wales by the weekend for what is becoming an annual visit. We are not actually staying in Harlech castle, seen above, but in a much humbler but rather nice log cabin a little inland. We have our Haus Barnabas 'Welsh Reunion' at Capel Fron, in Penrhyndeudraeth near Porthmadog, on 19th March, (see details along side) with Len preaching at the Chapel there on the Sunday evening, 20th March. Apart from our friends in the locality who we know will be joining us Saturday afternoon, we know of various friends and HB guests coming up to North Wales for that weekend especially to attend and to see us, which is rather nice. We are also hoping to have some holiday too, although we seem to have accumulated a few appointments and in these days of internet and emails there will be daily office work to do also.

Tim & Deb and family together with Rachel & Dave Gallop are keeping things running in Haus Barnabas and we are pleased to have a few guests coming later in March.