Six Months of England and Europe in Pictures

The collage above is from our time in The Netherlands. Windmills and Tulips mark Keukenhof, an incredible outdoor garden near Amsterdam. The inlet waterways are a common feature throughout the country. We profoundly enjoyed our tree lined walks near the city of Breda. But the real highlight is the work that Jesus is doing in the hearts of people! The group, pictured above and below right, meeting in multiple locations in the Southern Netherlands, started with 5 families only a few years ago. God is adding to their number daily and it is such a privilege to be a part of it!

Trina and I joined Morningstar Fellowship of Ministries for Europe just over three years ago. Until our move to England, we had only seen most of them online! Our conference, in Frankfurt, Germany, was both an awesome time in God’s presence and glorious fellowship with many servants of God we were meeting for the first time. The top picture (bottom left, front to back) Aivars Alksnis of Lithuania, Trevor Theisen & Tracy Shellhorn of Morningstar USA. Derek Tripp of Cambridge, England is in front of Trina and I. The bottom picture is of Barbara and Nenad Popadic of Slovenia.

These are photos from the Southwestern English City of Bath. The blossoming trees, historic churches and Roman Architecture dot the landscape, but this city is open to The Gospel of Christ. We can’t wait to return with a coordinated plan for street evangelism early in 2025!

This is a picture inside a Jewish Synagogue in Oxford. We are passionate about loving, honoring and reaching Jewish people with the Gospel of Jesus. This was a challenging area of ministry in our initial time, but we believe it to be essential to reaching a larger portion of the English/European community for Christ. Please read our teaching on this by clicking here!

We are having fish and chips with Richard and Claire Tinkler at the pier in Southwold, England. They are a former London power couple who have relocated to the Mells/Halesworth area of Southeast England. They run a retreat center (Click Here to view their work) that is multifaceted. Leaders come to New Chapel Farm to be refreshed in an area that has an ancient church ruin on the property. There is already a small, vibrant community that meets weekly on the property. We believe this will be one of the staging points for a coming revival in England.

We are consistently in and out of London. The beautiful people to the left, visiting us in Oxford, have planted a church in the suburb of Earlsfield. The statue to the right is the Copper Horse on the Windsor Castle grounds.

This is one of the many young leaders that we’ve met in Oxford. This street is in the heart of the city and is a great place to share with people and pray for their needs. While this area is very hostile to Christian Faith in general, God is on the move in the area!

We hope that you get a flavor for some of the places and people that God has put on our hearts in this new missionary field! We do ask that you please pray for the ministry in The UK, Father’s Touch, that is sponsoring our long-term visa to get things accomplished! We can’t wait to see what God will do next!