Trip to England

Andrej and I returned late Monday night from our whirlwind trip to southern England. We were in Guildford, England visiting the 24-7 prayer guys. These are the guys who wrote, "Red Moon Rising" and "Punk Monk"...as well as others. (Visit www.24-7prayer.com for more info.) We got in contact with a couple who are moving to the Balkan Peninsula next year and we wanted to talk prayer, church-planting movement, and the Balkan together. I knew there was a lot for me to learn from them...and I hope I was able to pass on something useful about living here. Here's some pictures of our trip with an explanation under each picture.

Here's our host, Phil. He's a serious cook and this is him preparing our meal.

Here's Phil, myself, and Anna (his wife) during a walk through the English countryside. Just a side note...this weekend we experienced some truly English weather...rain, sunshine, hail, and snow. Craziness!

This walk lasted a few hours and we just shared our stories and talked about what God's doing in our lives. We also talked a bit about "footy" and horse racing as well. We're not that spiritual. :)

On Sunday they took us to Brighton on the southern coast of England. It snowed. Never been to the beach in the snow. Have you?

Between deeply spiritual talks, we threw some snowballs at seagulls and small children. :) Just kidding. Just throwing them into the water.

We came back after a day at the snowy beach for some time with some of the students in their "Transit" house. This program is a year long program that is something like YWAM's Discipleship Training School.

We played games for the most part as well as just chatted hearing each other's stories.

London baby!

Cool pic, huh! That's the "Tube" whizzing by.

I'll post some more later on this trip and about this group. We were really encouraged by our time together and look forward to more contact with them in the future. Thanks again to all who prayed for us!