Teaching many native missionaries for 1 hour via translation at 5.30am in S Asia was a better experience than I had anticipated! To start in the dark and finish after sunrise will remain a special memory for me. Despite the …
As you can see below, this month is dominated by a visit to Africa with a variety of ministry in and around three capital cities. In Nairobi (see photo below), I have been invited to give the morning Bible readings …
The funeral of Mrs Margaret Bolton, Gareth’s Mum, took place soon after our return from the Philippines. A good number attended St Andrew’s church where one of Gareth’s cousins, Rev Andrew Loat, led the prayers and his brother, Tim Loat, …
Dear Friends, in the early hours of Tuesday May 7, and just a few weeks before her 101st birthday, my mother passed away in her bungalow in the Dorset village where she and my late father had retired 40 years …
Greetings from Dorset where the birds and the flowers are declaring spring has arrived although the weather is not so sure! This month we will visit Vietnam for the first time and then travel to the Philippines to speak at …
Greetings again from cabin 705 onboard Logos Hope in East London, South Africa. The photo above was taken on Easter Sunday morning at our sunrise/Sonrise service on Deck 9. It’s always good to be reminded that ‘the light shines in …
Greetings from cabin 705 on deck 7 of Logos Hope, currently berthed in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), South Africa. While Gareth visited other ships in the port where we could share our story and leave literature with the crew, Malou has …
‘Unfortunately, the hot water system in the restaurant car has broken so we are unable to serve any hot drinks’. On a long train journey, that was not the news we wanted to hear. I waited a couple of hours …
A year marked by international instability and uncertainty has also been marked by significant church growth in some places, while the need to disciple believers has never been greater. Regarding Bolivia, one veteran worker wrote ‘Bolivia is a comparative latecomer …
According to palliative nurse Bronnie Ware in her widely read book ‘The Top Five Regrets of the Dying’, number three was ‘I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends’. I think this is something that we all regret …