On 7th October Maryam and Marzieh were unexpectedly taken before the Iranian Court to face three charges; anti-State activities, propagation of the Christian faith and apostasy.
Praise God there was a new judge presiding and he was sympathetic. He acquitted them both from the charge of anti-State activities, something which rarely happens. [...]
Mobile phone text forwarded to me from Chris on Thursday (10/9/2009) who heads up Elim International Missions,
“Just had this. I am currently in the USA. Chris
‘Chris, i’m supposed 2 b flying 9am 2mo. however there are strikes in kampala. gunfire+tear gas everywhere. 5 people killed, one outside the house where i’m hiding. only just made [...]
A vigil is to take place in London on 12th September.
Maryam and Marzieh have now been in prison in Tehran because of their Christian faith for over six months and their health is deteriorating. This is the most urgent matter for prayer - that the Lord heals them directly and miraculously for the glory of [...]
Further to my last post I can add to the list of new things I have eaten in China. In my last post I mentioned jellyfish and scorpion. Now I can add a big fat beetle called Zhiliao (pronounced “julia”). They can be heard in the trees making a loud noise like a power-saw.
Before trying [...]
Yes I am in China. Would never have thought, when I was younger that I would get the opportunity.
Visited Beijing, Guilin, and Jinan.
What a great country and obviously changing all the time and fast. Heard one person saying that they think foreigners think of China as it was in the 1980’s. Of course for us [...]
Paris’s on-street bicycle hire scheme is called Vélib and in less than a year it has gone some way to transforming the transport habits of that city. I wonder how long it will be before we see the like in this country.
Now in Paris they are to take it further with Autolib.
Following the success of [...]
I find it difficult to be convinced about Tony Blair’s inter-faith work. I have just been listening to the BBC radio programme about it.
At the centre of my difficulty is the idea that the world’s great faiths can work together to make the world a better place.
Surely if all political parties worked together they could [...]
