Wonderful miracle testimony from Sunday night’s meeting at the lovely Bolney Village Chapel, West Sussex – my friend Simon Allaby is the Pastor there – had the privilege of praying for a lady who’d had sight problems for years and some surgeries, with peripheral vision only and could only see in monochrome… here’s what Si’s just written to me: Saw ****** (haven’t asked if it’s ok to use her name!) last night – up until Sunday she had very poor vision in her left eye which was blurry and monochrome. When she woke up on Monday morning she opened her eye and could

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No, Sprog isn’t an acronym…. this is a follow on from yesterday’s post, and highlights the tragedy of life in poverty-stricken countries. One day, in Mozambique, a young dad turned up carrying his four-day-old son. His wife had died giving birth to the baby, and dad knew that the only hope was to get the baby to Maforga Christian Mission, where my friend Tim worked, and where I was based while I was in Mozambique. I know for some of you that these sorts of situations are not unusual when you’ve been missionaries – but dad had no access to – or

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One of the things about moving home is that you can find things you haven’t seen for a long time, things you’ve forgotten about, other things you’ll never forget but think have gone forever… last week a mass of photographs came to light, and reminded me why I love doing what I do, going where I go – even if it’s sometimes a bit stressful financially, and occasionally a bit hair-raising when certain things happen! Back in the mid-90s, my good friend Tim Herbert gave up his job and went as a missionary to Mozambique. It was a real privilege

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Men fall in love for many reasons, I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you that! And women too, of course!! Something I really struggle with is when I talk to some people about certain countries, and the traumas, problems, tragedies and so on, many of which breed corruption, that those countries have – and still do – experience, that they seem to know more about the country, having never been there, than someone who’s been there many times. I’ve recently experienced a terrible tragedy in a country that was so tragic when I first went there, so corrupt,

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No, nobody’s grown an extra leg, or anything quite so exciting as being raised from the dead, but- BUT – for much of my life I’ve battled with something obvious to everyone who knows me,,, WEIGHT! Over the years I’ve tried every sort of diet imaginable – from, in the 80’s, the ‘F’ plan (Fibre Diet) – in 6 weeks I put ON a pound (0.5 kg) 🙁 : Then I tried the Cambridge Diet, that awful ‘drinks only’ thing, where I lost 56 pounds (25 kg) in 4 months, As soon as I stopped the diet, I put on 70 pounds

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