Spring has (almost) sprung!!

Greetings friends and family!! Yes, spring is nearly upon us...so while you're trying to adjust to the time change, take a moment to enjoy a few photos of the latest happenings here in London!

I thought I would start off with a bit of scenery...believe it or not, I actually took this picture at the start of February!! It was so bizarre, one day all of these flowers just bloomed out of nowhere! My mom kept telling them to go back into the ground because it was still cold! I guess it was a pretty "warm" winter for London this year, but this is ridiculous!

Also in February, we were blessed to witness Lee's baptism (you may recognize him, he and Tayo dedicated their son Malachi to the Lord in January). Because he wanted all of his family and friends to be there, a bigger facility was needed, so it was held at a Baptist Church. The Lord has done an awesome work in Lee's life, and he even read his testimony to everyone...I think most of us were a bit teary-eyed!! :)

After he finished sharing with everyone, my dad prayed for him and baptized him!

After the baptism some folks had prepared a meal, which was really sweet...as you can see, there were quite a few people there!! We're praying that the evidence of what Jesus has done in Lee's life will really have an impact on his friends and family!!

The following weekend, there was a one-day youth conference at a church in South London held by a Calvary Chapel ministry here called "Next Generation UK." I was able to bring Lauren with me, and we had a good time...even though the conference started late due to a shooting down the street from us...sadly, that's life in the big city.

One of the main speakers was Laurie Brown, a scientist and pastor in Devon. He gave a great talk about the evidence of "divine design" in nature and science, a very pertinent message for these young people who are constantly indoctrinated with evolutionary theory in the schools.

The worship team from CC Cardiff came to do the music for the conference, and I guess you could say my friend Amber "recruited" me to sing with her, so that was fun! :)

Here's another shot so you can kinda see the rest of the group, Steve on drums and Taevyan on keyboard (I have no idea how to spell his name because it's Welsh!).

Moving along, this past weekend we had a group of students and staff from the Bible College campus in Mallorca come through for a visit (some of you may see a few familiar faces here)! It was such a blessing to have them come! We showed them around the city and my dad also did a bit of a history tour for them, which included John Wesley's house and chapel, pictured here.

Here's Paul getting into his preaching groove in John Wesley's pulpit.

The group was able to attend our Friday night Bible study at the Wharf...

...and the next day we all did the Bible tour of the British Museum! It was neat because some folks from our Wednesday night Bible study group also joined us!



So that's the latest from London!! Stay tuned for my next post...Easter Sunday on a Saturday (don't worry, I will explain later)!!