FIRST WEEK OF APRIL

Surely it's not April already. My goodness the year is FLYING by.

We went on a great hike today. It was 3 hours and we came home rather weary and foot sore. But good conversations and airing of the lungs and accumulated cobwebs! Also it has helped to get rid of a few cakes that were consumed over Easter!

Roger has his busy Tuesday tomorrow. Gaynor will be studying, writing, making phone calls and probably going to Loerrach.

Wednesday we hope to catch up with a family that has just moved into the area.
We need to be working on another newsletter. It has been too long.

Thursday is Gaynor's writing and German learning. Roger is into Basel.

Friday at Centrepoint and we need to do some more investigation about where English speakers hang out in Basel.

AFTER EASTER

We had a wonderful time with Ruth and Andreas and the extended family. We arrived home early Tuesday evening to a rather cold home and too many emails and phone calls!

We had a fantastic time with Derek Webster here in our home for most of Thursday. He is such a strategic thinker and we always receive so much encouragement and energy from his visits with us.

He has given us lots of read, think about, pray about and go forward with. We will meet as a Mosaic Team during April. In the mean time we have much planning to do and contacts to make.

Thanks for your continued prayers for our ministry here.

Leaving winter behind ! ! !

Gaynor has been sick this past week so had to cancel all appointments apart from her Girl's Night which was held last Friday night. 5 Ladies came and all had a happy time of English chatting together. Gaynor is still not 100% so would value your prayers.

So, Roger held the fort very capably and kept all appointments, classes, entertainment going. We had a lovely meal with Johnny, our Ghanan friend Monday night and also Bible reading and prayer together. Tuesday night Jakob, Eliane and 2 yr old Noah had dinner with us. We are always very encouraged by this young couple who go to our German Church.

Roger had a good time with the Elders at our German Church. They want to support us more in making Mosaic known. They are encouraged by what we are doing.

We are having a wet Monday. Roger did not go on the hike for this reason. We both hope to catch up on administration and reading.

We are off to Dusseldorf by train on Wednesday afternoon to visit Ruth and Andreas and their extended family. It will be good to see them again and share Easter with them. Ruth has had a tough 12 months, so we'll be doing lots of talking.

May you all have a very blessed and meaningful Easter as you reflect on God's wonderful love for us in sending his beloved Son into our world.

Week beginning 10 March

Apart from our normal routine of hiking, German learning, appointments to catch up with people, this week we will have a Life Group here at our place on Monday night. We will begin with a meal together.

Tuesday night Jakob, Eliane and Noah will be coming for dinner. Eliane was having regular Deutsch conversation with me last year and Roger has been meeting with Jakob sometimes during his lunch hour. Noah will be 2 in August.

Wednesday night we will be talking to the Pastors and Elders at our German Church.

Thursday we will both be out most of the day in Basel. In the evening we have the Centrepoint AGM which we will look forward to.

Friday night is Gaynor's Girl's Night. First for the year as February's get together had to be postponed as there were too many cancellations!

Keeping at it!

We've both had a busy week, continuing with friendships, phone calls, emails, German learning, reading, studying. The week's are going by all too quickly.

I had a wonderful night last night with 5 Swiss Ladies at my friend Christine's in Basel. It was a rather late night, but I was able to stay overnight and have a lovely chat with Christine this morning before catching the train back to Schopfheim.

Roger has had a busy day going to Church and then spending the day with Johnny and all his German friends!

We have just said goodbye to Godfrey, our new friend from India. He will be in Schopfheim a couple more weeks.

TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANTASTIC

Approaching Einigen - yes, the Alps are right there! Amazing scenery.















View of the barn and the sheep with the Lake in the distance.









Roger would love to live in this area. The train line is nestled just below the barn and the lake!













One of the bedrooms in Schloessli "Le Ruedli"









The heading was just to get your attention!!

We had a very positive and interesting day. Had a great sermon by our German Pastor Michael Klippert this morning on friendship evangelism. Roger and I love that topic!

Our lovely friends Paul and Madge Vosteen (minus Madge actually as she was home with Vadne who was sick) and their other 2 children Stryker-Ann and Wils took us in their car to Einigen to meet

Roger and Ursula Langel http://www.ywam-einigen.ch/

They told us about the celtic way they are living as a community in this wonderful place. They practice many of the qualities of the Kingdom that so many folks are looking for: a holistic communal life with men, women, animals and nature, as well as a lifestyle under a healthy rhythm of prayer, with a great hospitality. With breathtaking view to the Alps from many of the windows we were reminded again of God's amazing handiwork in creating our wonderful world. Check out the website, it's inspirational.

We have had a great week. As usual it didn't quite turn out the way WE expected it to, but God certainly placed us in the path of people who needed a listening ear and a word of encouragement. We have been encouraged by people and have been very conscious of people praying for us and our work here. Thank you.

This coming week will be much the same as last week. We are continuing to concentrate on our Deutsch learning and this is paying off. We have several appointments to catch up one on one with people, which is what we both enjoy doing.