Muslim Call to Prayer on TV Muslims are now observing the month-long fast of Ramadan and will continue until about August 7th, depending on the sighting of the new moon. For the first time, the publicly-owned, commercially-funded British TV station Channel 4 chose to broadcast the adhan, or Muslim call to prayer, throughout the 30 days of Ramadan. […]
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Give Me Oil in My Lamp…
“You, O Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light. With Your help I can advance against a wall.” (Ps.18:28,29) It seems lately that there are many things to discourage us and cause us to lose hope. We often have to remind ourselves that it is GOD’s work, not ours and […]
Girls Club, Training Day, and Home Assignment
Karen and new colleague, Rachel Lee, started up a new club for girls ages 6-11 on Saturday, March 2, thinking that if they got 5 girls, they’d be happy. God surpassed their expectations and gave them 19 girls: 12 Pakistani girls from the church neighbourhood and 7 of various nationalities. Please pray as they plant […]
Christmas Report from Karen
The Christmas season was full! This year George and I kicked off our Christmas by checking out the Birmingham Christmas parade for the first time. We found it was quite different from the parades we see at home since this one began with real reindeer pulling Santa Claus (Father Christmas) leading the parade, not ending […]