Well, the thermometer still says 22C but that feels chilly to me! The mangoes are falling off the trees faster than we can eat

The article link below has been sent to me by multiple people over the past few weeks. You should take a read! https://journal.praxislabs.org/leading-beyond-the-blizzard-why-every-organization-is-now-a-startup-b7f32fb278ff “Winter is coming” was going to be my catchy pop culture title for the thoughts below, but actually as leaders, we need to recognise that it has already came, is here and we are still trying to learn what this winter even is. Harmattan is the seasonal dust

We are stuck on our compound locked down in Nigeria doing all we can to avoid the Covid-19 causing coronavirus.   We have been gathering for a compound Sunday service together for a couple of weeks now and I agreed to ‘do a sermon’ for today.  I read up and looked into the whole stages of the cross thing.   I’ve not really explored it much before as a thing to do, it was fascinating.   What I found intriguing is, a bit like Christmas, so much that we think happened  isn’t’ ac

Good morning all! It feels like everything is changing and the world will never quite be the same again. However, the seasons are not affected and our rains have just gotten started in earnest. I think this is a good reminder to me that the seasons are not the only thing that is not changing. Our God remains the same. He is still our Rock of Salvation! Things have changed a bit in Nigeria since our last update, there have now been 276 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Nigeria wi

Good morning all! With the parts that Tim and I play in the Bible Translation movement we often don’t get to experience first hand the impact that translated scripture can have on people. We know that our roles are vital and we know that impact happens, we just don’t get to experience it all the time. A bit like most of you reading this e-mail update, you are also playing roles in Bible Translation, you are praying for it, maybe supporting it financially but you don’t get to

This content is over a year old now. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind and realise that not all the links will work. I'm happy to hear from you if you find anything that is broken or dysfunctional, but I may or may not be able to do anything about it! Greetings from Jos! We are entering our hot season here in Nigeria and I am feeling the desire to nap most afternoons! On the upside it makes trips to the outdoor swimming pool more appealing. Tim is travellin

This content is over a year old now. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind and realise that not all the links will work. I'm happy to hear from you if you find anything that is broken or dysfunctional, but I may or may not be able to do anything about it! Yes, it is nearly the end of February already, but we’ve been busy! We have had a busy start to the New Year! We started with a pig roast, cooking a whole pig (minus head, trotters and innards thankfully) in t

This content is over a year old now. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind and realise that not all the links will work. I'm happy to hear from you if you find anything that is broken or dysfunctional, but I may or may not be able to do anything about it! Good morning! The sun is shining, the birds are singing, everything is green! We are heading out of green season however, the rains are slowing down and the storms are turning into big blustery affairs that do

This content is over a year old now. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind and realise that not all the links will work. I'm happy to hear from you if you find anything that is broken or dysfunctional, but I may or may not be able to do anything about it! Good morning from a rain washed Jos. Thank you for praying for the difficult situation in SIL Nigeria. Some progress is being made but we still need more prayer for good communication, Godly wisdom, grace and

This content is over a year old now. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind and realise that not all the links will work. I'm happy to hear from you if you find anything that is broken or dysfunctional, but I may or may not be able to do anything about it! While we were running all over the Great Britain during the past couple of months folks in Nigeria were still working alongside language communities. My good friend Jono spent about three weeks checking the dr

This content is over a year old now. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind and realise that not all the links will work. I'm happy to hear from you if you find anything that is broken or dysfunctional, but I may or may not be able to do anything about it! Reviewing the Jesus film with the Kamuku people. The Jesus film is a wonderful tool that is used amongst millions of people worldwide to help share the story of Jesus as told (mostly) in the gospel of Luke.   

This content is over a year old now. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind and realise that not all the links will work. I'm happy to hear from you if you find anything that is broken or dysfunctional, but I may or may not be able to do anything about it! Morning all! Happy Easter! He is risen! Dan had a week off school last week for his spring break. He and the upstairs kids decided that they wanted to organise a carnival (think fete/fair). They came up with a

This content is over a year old now. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind and realise that not all the links will work. I'm happy to hear from you if you find anything that is broken or dysfunctional, but I may or may not be able to do anything about it! Morning all! Well, the days are hotting up here. Cold season is coming to an end and we are entering the hottest months of the year. Thankfully here in Jos our altitude keeps the heat from becoming too unbeara

This content is over a year old now. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind and realise that not all the links will work. I'm happy to hear from you if you find anything that is broken or dysfunctional, but I may or may not be able to do anything about it! There is loads of exciting things going on in Nigeria! Scripture Reading Listening Groups  (SLRG) are helping many oral communities access their translations. SLRGs: Bible Study for Non-Readers from benandren

This content is over a year old now. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind and realise that not all the links will work. I'm happy to hear from you if you find anything that is broken or dysfunctional, but I may or may not be able to do anything about it! Happy New Year! I love the fact that, here in Nigeria, the first time you see a person in the new year, you greet them with “Happy New Year!” It could be June, but if it is the first time you see them that yea

This content is over a year old now. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind and realise that not all the links will work. I'm happy to hear from you if you find anything that is broken or dysfunctional, but I may or may not be able to do anything about it! Does having scripture in one’s heart language really help? This is a story of the miraculous work of God, the hard work of men and women and a courageous act by one believer.   Sani (not his real name) has bee

This content is over a year old now. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind and realise that not all the links will work. I'm happy to hear from you if you find anything that is broken or dysfunctional, but I may or may not be able to do anything about it! Greetings from dry, bright, sunny and slightly chilly Jos. Our thoughts are starting to head towards Christmas. The decorations are up and the plans for Christmas lunch are being worked on (with 5 courses and

This content is over a year old now. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind and realise that not all the links will work. I'm happy to hear from you if you find anything that is broken or dysfunctional, but I may or may not be able to do anything about it! Greetings from Jos! Well, it has been an interesting month what with a combination of an SIL Nigeria Church Leaders’ Open Day, a couple of trips to the Koro area for Tim, Financial Year End processes, illness,

This content is over a year old now. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind and realise that not all the links will work. I'm happy to hear from you if you find anything that is broken or dysfunctional, but I may or may not be able to do anything about it! Joyful reactions by villagers to hearing Jeremiah and Habakkuk in their language for the first time in a Christian-minority language group. In March 2017 about two dozen believers from a language group where C

This content is over a year old now. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind and realise that not all the links will work. I'm happy to hear from you if you find anything that is broken or dysfunctional, but I may or may not be able to do anything about it! Greetings from a warming Jos, The rains are dying down and the temperature is rising. This is one of my favourite times of year because the all-invasive damp is starting to retreat and yet everything is still