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| above:- Haus Barnabas garden from landing window in December |
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| Turkey dinner at our family get together |
Apologies for lack of communication on our blog in recent
weeks. We, Phyl & Len, had a busy but productive time in UK in Nov/early Dec
and returned to snow in Utzenfeld. See photo of our garden from upstairs
landing window. At our level it had disappeared by Christmas but there was
plenty at higher levels to provide entertainment for our guests.
We were very satisfied with the response we had locally to our
Christmas Carol Service on the fourth Sunday in Advent and then all of us in the
house enjoyed Christmas together with Shirley our guest from Blackpool. Between
Shirley leaving and a larger group of New Year guests arriving, we had a great evening
with our children and grandchildren in Dan & Martin’s spacious manse home in
Riehen, Basel. See David, Sophia and Ruth helping themselves to turkey!
The highlight for Haus Barnabas over the period was the New
Year retreat week with Marilyn Baker and Tracy Williamson. We had 13 guests and
a young lady to help us and it was a time of much blessing for all of us. Several
guests asked about a repeat next year and subject to confirmation Marilyn and
Tracy see the possibility of a pre-Christmas retreat in 2013 which would include visits to
local Christmas markets! Watch this space if you are interested!
Our programme for 2013 is coming together well and you may
be interested in our new website which although not yet complete is up and
running on www.haus-barnabas.com
