March Madness

Things are really beginning to pick up here! We just finished our first week of ministry here in the area of Stoke on Trent and it was a great time. We did assemblies for primary age students and it was lots of fun and great to interact with the children. There was a low point in the week when we found out that one of the schools would not allow the children to have the Books because they might get some complaints from parents. We are leaving the books at the school for a few days in hopes that they might change their minds and hand them out to the children, please pray for their hearts to be changed! This next week we are going back to the schools and will be in some of the classes for their Religious Education lessons. There are topics we have to cover with them ranging from Parables to evil and suffering! It's an amazing opportunity and we are prayerfully going into this time with the students.
After next week we are headed off to Portugal for two weeks of ministry. We will be in area called Faro which just happens to be near the beach. I know sounds like a vacation, however we will be very busy with schools, orphanages and even a prison. Please pray for this time of ministry, we have faced opposition in just time our time of set-up.
My co-leader Kate and I are constantly learning exactly how different British and American culture are. At times it's extremely frustrating and you want to tell people the "right" way to do it and then other times you laugh and enjoy the ride. Well the good thing is I have adjusted to driving on the other side of the road on the other side of the car! On top of that I am getting better each day at driving a manual, I am pretty sure I have reduced my number of stall outs:-) Small things make me happy.