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For my Welsh speaking friends, the following article appeared recently in “Y Goleuad”, the paper of The Presbyterian Church in Wales, but also, I am told, in the papers of the Welsh Baptists and Independents. I wrote a small section about the work in Guingamp, and my Father in law complemented it. Watch out for another article to appear in the next issue of “Y cylchgrawn” (an interview)

Tro yn Llydaw
gan y Parchg Ioan Davies

Nid yn aml y meddylia pobl heddiw am Ffrainc na Llydaw fel maes cenhadol. Wedi’r cyfan, onid oes yna eglwysi gorwych bron ym mhob tref a phentref, a gellir gweld gorymdeithiau lliwgar, poblogaidd ar eu gwyliau arbennig? Digon gwir, ond wedi dweud hynny, prin iawn yw’r bobl sy’n mynychu oedfaon y Sul gydag unrhyw gysondeb, heb sôn am bobl â phrofiad achubol o’r Efengyl.

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Our weekly market visit was Bégard. It was quite cold and quiet.

I started reading through Calvin’s Institutes last June. So far, I have read books 1 to 3. After a month break, I started the 4th book today. This is great reading, much easier than people who haven’t read it say.

A young man who seems to have genuinely been converted a few weeks ago asks me to help him build up a small library of Christian Books before he moves from where he is living now. Here is your challenge: what would you suggest? I am not sure of his budget, but I know it will be limited. The books will have to be in French.

Here is what I thought to get started:

• “Le voyage du Pélerin” (Pilgrim’s progress),
• “Le bon Fondement” Olivier Favre.
• “L’évangile ni plus, ni moins” Stuart Olyott (out of print, but I have a few copies).

What else would you suggest? I thought of a good Biography, or something to do with church History.

This morning, I visited the market in Lanvollon. It is a small town, about 20 minutes drive from us, with a small weekly market. I was on my own, with our small stand. I arrived at 10 am and stayed until about 11:20.

It was cold. There weren’t many people around. Most people walked passed me looking down and avoiding eye contact. A few others said hello.

I didn’t get to speak to anyone until the lady from the oyster stand next to me walked passed on her way to get herself a coffee. She stopped and we had a little chat.She was very enthusiastic about reading the Bible and had never read it. I offered her one, but the print was too small. She said she’d come back after her coffee to check if she could read it with her glasses.

She went back to her stand but I had to leave, so I stooped by her stand and asked if she was still interested. She was. She got her glasses and had a look. She could see the characters. So I left a Bible and a tract with her. She seemed excited at the idea of reading it. Let’s now pray that the seed of the Word will fall on good ground.