Month: April 2011

Easter break in North Wales

We arrived in Bala on Tuesday 26th April after an uneventful journey. We made our way to Bangor on the following day and met with some family in the evening.

On Thursday, we went to the wedding of the year. Esther’s sister Sara was getting married to rev Phil Highton; from Cheadle. It was a happy day, with a beautiful sunny weather. The reception took place in the Bulkeley arms, in Beaumaris, Anglesey.

We stayed overnight and spent the day in Beaumaris again with Esther’s family. They had booked a meeting room to watch the Royal wedding. I looked after the children (5 of them), when the grown ups enjoyed the show. We came back in the afternoon. Today (Saturday), the weather is still gorgeous. there are people everywhere in town, and by the lakeside. We’ll make our way back to Southampton on Monday afternoon and fly back home on Tuesday.

Easter Weekend

Good Friday is a normal day here, so nothing special happened except evangelism on the market in the morning. I preached from 1 Corinthians 15:1-34 on Sunday morning. The theme was the importance of the resurrection.

We had some visitors: some friends of Esther’s parents who own a house in central Brittany. They joined us for worship and came home for lunch. After they left, we wen for a long walk in the countryside, enjoying the sunshine.

The comfort of God’s omniscience

And to us who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope that is set before us in the gospel, how unutterably sweet is the knowledge that our Heavenly Father knows us completely. No talebearer can inform on us, no enemy can make an accusation stick; no forgotten skeleton can come tumbling out of some hidden closet to abash us and expose our past; no unsuspected weakness in our characters can come to light to turn God away from us, since He knew us utterly before we knew Him and called us to Himself in the full knowledge of everything that was against us. ”For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.”

A W Tozer, The knowledge of the Holy

one2two

One to 2 is the new Bookshop and tearoom of the Heath Evangelical Church in Cardiff. If you are in Cardiff, it is worth a visit. There is a wide selection of good Christian Books, and some good food and coffee, as well as comfortable seats. I think there is also a wifi connection if you need to get connected.