We, Phyl & Len, have had an interesting and encouraging time in UK. It has been lovely to see so many of our friends and family. Our London reunion at Stanmore brought friends and past guests together from as far afield as Brighton, Essex and Hertfordshire and it was great to catch up with each other's news and to share our on-going vision for the ministry of Haus Barnabas. It was also good to spend some days in our home region of Hampshire and also to visit Suffolk for the first time. Last Saturday we had been invited to renew friendship with both children, parents and friends who had spent time with us in Utzenfeld in the Pitsea Family Week holidays and the venue was the church hall of Waldringfield Baptist Chapel in Suffolk. It was a very encouraging time and particularly to see Richard and Michelle who were converted through a holiday with us in 2009 going on well spiritually. An even larger group from Pitsea are planning to come back to us in the Black Forest this August. The next day in the Sunday morning service in the Waldringfield Church, Pastor Steve Wyncoll, who had been with us for ministry in 2011 enthused about his visit to us and gave us opportunity to report on our work and ministry. The picture shows a service in the chapel in this picturesque Suffolk village of Waldringfield.Although January is a quiet month for us in Germany, Tim and Deb have been keeping the 'home fires burning' and Deb has also had a good schedule of English teaching. Sadly Tom has gone down with chicken pox and quite likely Esther will follow suit. We expect to be back home there at the end of this week.
We have been very appreciative for the kind hospitality we have received during our travels and particularly for our 'home base' with Margaret and David Harman in Ashford.
