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 […]
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Kebabs and Calendars OR Merry Christmas!
Tonight I walked down the road to my local kebab shop with two missions in mind. First, to buy some delicious and spicy chicken tikka on fresh nan bread. My second purpose was to give the four Muslim guys working there a special 2013 calendar with scripture verses in English and Urdu as a Christmas […]
Autumn Update
This is definitely not a “Fall” update. We had to learn the hard way that the British do not think of “fall” as a synonym for “autumn”. That is, by referring to the “fall” while giving church announcements, and then noticing the curious looks on faces as people realize we had uttered yet another North […]
Summer Update
It has been a busy summer of ministry here in Birmingham, England. Apart from our regular ministries in the church and the community, add the following: 4-day Retreat with families from our men’s English conversation group. The whole group comprised well over 30 men, women and children. Talks on spiritual matters arose naturally as we […]
