Sept 2015 update
I (Gareth) have just returned from ministering an encouraging cycling trip with Oak Hall in France. We thank God for a fruitful summer and now look forward to a busy autumn. We will spend about 2 weeks in the USA …
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August 2015 update
Not only does almost everyone in the Philippines speak English but most also have a basic grounding in Christianity. It continues to be one of the most responsive countries to the gospel in the world – every taxi driver we …
July 2015 update
Greetings from Logos Hope in Subic Bay, Philippines. While Gareth has just finished delivering a miniseries at morning devotions entitled ‘Unexpected Bessings from God’, Malou has been in Manila with her mother whose house is being renovated. However, Malou did …
June 2015 Update
Last Sunday, before speaking to ‘Fusion’, a combined youth group in Cornwall, I was asked to choose what creature I would like to be. I immediately answered, ‘an ant’. This surprised the interviewer who asked me why. At the start …
May 2015 update
Here in Romania, it is encouraging to find a growing interest in missions amongst Europe’s 4th largest and growing evangelical population. However, I will never forget the unique experience 25 years ago (see below), of preaching in this nation to …
April 2015 update
‘….and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross’. Acts 2:23b (NIV) ‘Before you can see the cross as something done for you, you have to see it as something done …
March 2015 update
‘The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want’. (Psalm 23:1 NIV). As I was thinking about this well-known verse yesterday, I realised that it is a mistake to constantly make our needs the focus. Our focus should …
February 2015 update
Greetings from 36,000′ above Mongolia where we are en route from Manila to the UK. Our month in the Philippines was a great mixture of ministry, visiting family and AMEN partners plus a little R & R. Among the many …
January 2015 update
Dear Friends, We look back at 2014 with gratitude for safety, health and provision, not forgetting daily strength and forgiveness. We look forward to 2015 with anticipation. I must confess that organising a year’s schedule is not one of my …
December 2014 update
‘In the beginning God created’. Genesis 1:1 ‘In the beginning was the Word’. John 1:1 The repetition, at the start of John’s gospel, of the first three words in the Bible, is not accidental. We must not miss the crucial …