David & Carolyn are Engaged

It is a very great pleasure for Lynn & I to announce the engagement of our daughter Carolyn to David Carter. It isn’t the greatest surprise in the world but after a year of being together they have taken this wonderful step towards marriage. They will be married sometime in the Spring.

David has been a part of our life here in Greece for the past 4 years, finally moving here to join the team fully in February 2006. Carolyn returned to Greece after 2½ years studying photography in the UK.

We’ll announce a wedding date shortly…

Flex your Muscles

Hedge trimming is not something I do often but this has been a week of it; David Carter was employed to trim a hedge that was 4 metres high and more than 150 metres long! On the face of it just a few days work... but this became something of a Team exercise with Themis, Jamie & myself all getting involved. The thing about it is that you find muscles you didn't know you had and today, wow, do those muscles ache.... still it's good to know they exist and with a little effort they can be brought into shape.

This made me think about treasure stored in secret places. The word of God says there is treasure stored in secret places and if we begin to dig a little, we will find that when we encountered the Lord he invested amazing treasure in our lives through the work of the Holy Spirit.

At such a time as this when the world feels more unstable than ever, its not natural ability that will change the world - but by drawing from that invested treasure, the Lord will take ordinary folk and cause you to flex you Spiritual Muscles - draw from that Treasure and change your world.... and Yes, those ragged hedges look sharp & transformed!

Great meeting in the city last night - not too many folk there but a great opportunity to share vision..

Pro 29:18 Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.

I really like this translation as it is prophetic revelation that people need. Vision or Mission statements have become the norm, but we the people of God need a Prophetic Vision so that we are restrained into the Kingdom of God...

1 Peter 2:4&5 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

So we advance and seek to be Living Stones; a Spiritual house; a holy Priesthood offering Spirtual sacrifices.