Countries Beginning with the letter "P"

Well, it’s still August so I suppose its okay to still be talking about New Horizon Bible week in Coleraine. There I was on the main stage, a missionary who’d been in Pakistan, now heading for Portugal, and I was promoting a Project in Poland. I think I really must like the letter “P”!!

Anna and I were there as part of Hope Street, the Missions exhibition at the Conference. We were hosting Luke and Marisa Bajenski who had come over from Warsaw to talk about “realnanadzieja.pl”. Loosely translated, this Project means “real, lasting, unshakeable” hope and is the title of a countrywide initiative they’re involved in that aims to make Jesus famous throughout Poland using literature, media and a lot of busy people sharing their personal faith in Jesus Christ. 40,000 believers in a country of nearly 40 million. You can find out more about the project by clicking on www.projectpoland.org


Luke Bajenski and myself, along with Charlie Anderson, looking a bit stunned by the flash, who has just taken over from me as Ireland Director for ECM. And while on the subject of the letter "P", Charlie and his family used to work in Peru. I guess after he's worked in Ireland a while, he'll maybe head off to Papua New Guinea or somewhere after a while!!

From Pakistan to Portugal

It may seem a long way from Pakistan to Portugal but that is the route we’re taking into the next phase of our lives. After 18 years with God in Pakistan, learning to trust Him, building into people’s lives, and seeing a church strengthened and growing, we returned to Northern Ireland in 1999

Now 7 years on, we’re moving again, this time to Portugal, following a period of time in Ireland with our home church in Coleraine, while Peter has been serving as Home Director for European Christian Mission in Ireland.
Being back in Ireland again, and making a home within the local community, has been good, but there's always been a feeling as though part of ourselves was elsewhere. I guess that's part of what people sometimes refer to as being called as a missionary. It's that gentle tugging at the heart and the deep inner conviction that God wants you to be his voice in a culture not your known, where people might otherwise have no opportunity to know the amazing love of Jesus.

So here we go again! Our intended departure date is October 4th, and new to blogging, we want to invite you on the journey with us by following our thoughts and reflections and prayers, in an exploration of the grace of God in action.