Trip To London, England
The trip to London from August 14-21 was edifying and I thank all who prayed for me on the journey. The travel portion was pretty much the same as usual except for the trip back going through security at Heathrow Airport. If you can imagine a line ('queue' in England) at an airport that goes all the way out to the parking lot where it snakes around even on the asphalt then you can picture the situation on Monday. But the long line didn't cause me to miss my flight to America, and I tried to always be thankful in spite of some tense moments, like when the perturbed guy behind me in the queue said he felt like hitting someone ... and I was as close to him as anyone else They patted me down twice before I got on the plane; a personal record. We were delayed enough at Heathrow that I missed the connecting flight from Chicago to St. Louis, but that was ok since there are several flights per day on that route. It was nice to be back in the USA where not only my wife and children live, but where we know how to speak English.
I was able to speak for the brethren at King's Cross on the 20th, and also attended their Bible study on Wednesday evening. Five Yankees were in attendance there on Sunday, including Jim & Janie, a nice older couple from KY with a noble last name - Ward.
We had an encouraging Bible study with Robert & Gigi Wanasen, and fellow Filipina Sister Lourdes, on Saturday. Also on the 20th, we met with some of the members from Wood Green in the home of Rosalina De la Pena. Please remember them all in your prayers as they try to serve the Lord in England.
Here are a few pictures of the trip for your viewing plezhah ...
King's Cross - the church by the British Library
The gracious Peter Bentley with his oldest daughter, Melanie,
and his better half, Merelda, a native of Brazil.
Brethren from Wood Green ....
Sister Rosalina (Sally), CCT, Gigi, & Lourdes
at Sally's nice apartment on Sunday afternoon.
Sister Rosalina and her decorous son, Darren.
In the one room apartment of Robert & Gigi,
Robert makes a strong point from the Bible.
Lourdes & Gigi looking up the Bible references.
In the British Laundromat ....
Word for the day ... "whilst"
See the signs in this British Supermarket?
The British Paradox -
"scones" are what we call "biscuits"
"biscuits" are what we call "cookies"
Some research at The British Museum
A busy place teeming with many nationalities
Inner court of the museum; outside of the Library ....
"of the making of many books there is no end"
- inside the Library part of the Museum
One studious visitor is the subject for this test shot
The Rosetta Stone -
The Key to unlocking Egyptian hieroglyphics
The way it works is that the bottom is written in Greek, the middle in Egyptian, then the top is hieroglyphics - kind of like a parallel Bible. Since we know the Greek and the Egyptian match up, then the top language can be translated.
Those people that Jonah didn't want to preach to .....
Fascinating ....
It's in your Bible .....
Sennacherib, King of Assyria, preserved his capture of Lachish, a city of Judah, for historians.
(He would have liked a Jerusalem room, but God didn't let him have one of those. )
This portion of the panorama shows a Hebrew family being taken prisoner by the cruel Assyrians.
Thanks to Jeff Allen of Nixa, MO, for stirring up more interest in the subject of the Assyrians.
Mighty hunters before the Lord ... hmmm
The King of Assyria's face is defaced, probably by a later conqueror.
Well, that's all for now --- from the Yankee in the window
Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you enjoyed a taste of England!!
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