Anna & Abi South Africa 09 ..sponsored ride

Anna & Abi are off to South Africa in a few weeks to do some work for various missionary organisations . In order to raise funds they are doing a 90 mile sponsored bike ride .The first leg was today and they have just arrived home shattered after doing 30 miles .

If you want to sponsor them then send me an email with your pledge ... whiteway@supanet.com

Anyway they have both collapsed now ...another update to follow tomorrow .

Not wishing to rub it in in any way ..

Just a quick note to Phil . Didn't want to let the day go without mentioning again that I actually beat you at Racquetball this morning .

Not that I am one to boast or anything :-)

The Laundry Girls .....

Katie and the rest of the Wem Stage Door players competed in the semi-final of the all England Theatre club competition over in Burton on Trent .
They were all brilliant and we who went to see them were all very proud of their achievement on the day .. Sadly they didn't make it to the final coming runners up but that doesn't matter . They were a credit to all the people who put the production together . Well done guys .

BBQ at shells

BBQ at shells
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Tonight I spoke at the YPF BBQ at shells house . Being an Australian she is an expert at this kind of cooking ...

I talked about those Christians in days gone by who became their own barbeque . Burnt at the stake in our country just 500 years ago for believing what I and many others believe about Jesus Christ .

It's a challange to all those who profess faith in Jesus Christ to stand up and be counted and not to be afraid of the consequences ..

Read Daniel 3 :16-18 ..

Anyway I managed to follow up the sausages with a jammy doughnut ... can't be beaten ;-)

Mans best friends,dog&iPod :-)

Mans best friends,dog&iPod :-)
Originally uploaded by whiteway

Chester and I and our Katie went for a walk in the rain .Chester went looking for rabbits whilst I listened to a sermon :-)

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Sponsored Event Ideas ?

Anna is going to South Africa at the end of June with OM for two weeks and then onto an Aids orphanage called Morning Star for a further two weeks ..She is travelling with Abi .

We are trying to think of an appropriate sponsored event that would raise funds for the trip . I suggested they both shave their hair off ...but for some reason she didn't like that idea :-)

If you have any bright ideas then send me an email of add a comment to this post ...

Great Day in Bury St Edmunds ..Suffolk

Preached all the way down in Suffolk this weekend . Stephen and Lou kindly put me up for the night on Saturday at Lawshall and then on the Sunday I preached at Westgate Chapel in Bury St Edmunds .

It was a great day and I was made to feel very welcome . Thanks to Ken & Daphne for lunch and the whistlestop tour of the town . I hope to return again next year :-)

Great Song ....

A slipped disc .....

Well Gill has finally succumbed to her bad back . She has been in agony for over a week now and finally gave in and went to the Doc ... the diagnosis was a slipped disc . So she will be out of action for a while . The big question on every ones lips is will I be able to cope ? Now can anyone tell me where the thing called the washing machine is ;-).

People just don't believe me when I tell them that I really am quite domesticated . Need to go now and order the takeaway :-)

Heart wrenching story ...

Rachel Barkey is a mother who is dying ...watch and listen to her moving story..

CLICK HERE

Dreaming the dream .....

Thanks to Joel for this .... Realistic dont you think ..especially the biceps ;-)

Back Pain ...

Gill (alias cinderella) was scrubbing the kitchen floor yesterday morning when I heard a loud scream ... Her back had gone . Now for those of you who have had back trouble you know the pain .

So yesterday she spent most of the day lying on the bedroom floor popping Ibuprofen :-) . I of course have been the best nurse possible . Full of sympathy and kind words ;-) . I even emptied the washing machine and put the clothes on the line yesterday as well as doing her boiled egg on toast for lunch :-)

Anyway I do hope she recovers quickly as the kitchen floor didn't get finished .... Oh I will be in so much trouble for this post :-)

Birthdays & BBQ

Good couple of days with family and friends . On Saturday night we celebrated three birthdays in the family by dining out at a Greek restaurant . Jane , Anna & Naomi all celebrated and about 18 of us gathered to help them ... Great night .Great Friends ,Great Family ;-)

All the photos from the night are on facebook HERE

Yesterday was another blessed day at Wem . Both services morning and evening were special . We seem to be seeing more and more new people each week . Which shouldn't be a surprise as we have been praying for this every Saturday morning for the last 3 years ....

The evening ended well with our first BBQ this year accompanied of course by the chimenea (I love my chimenea) ...Beefburgers a glass of wine and music from Ludovico Einaudi . Great way to end the Lord's day .

Again more Photo's over on Facebook ..HERE

My little girl is 19 tomorrow ;-)

How the days fly by ...Anna is 19 tomorrow ...Happy Birthday Anna ...Love you loads and loads ..dad xx

Visit to Doris & time in Cambridge

Went to see Doris today in Brampton ( near Cambridge) . Doris is an elderly lady who used to live in Wem and was a regular at the church coffee mornings . Phil & Tee & I took a car load of her friends to go and see her .
We also took the opportunity to have a look around Cambridge ...great city . I would recommend it for a weekend break . Not sure about the nutter in the goggles though ..

Facebook photos here ...

Using your time .....

Last night a group of young adults in their 20's got together at church for a time of mutual encouragement . Phil & I spoke on the theme of Time ...Phil gave an interesting statistic . After the age of 35 on average you only live for 500 days .... He qualified that by saying its 500 full days..i.e take out the sleep ..take out the 3 years you spend on the loo !! etc and you are only left with 500 full days to do stuff ....

Thought provoking

Camping & Hiking & Blisters!!

Been away for a couple of days with Gill and a bunch of students from Thomas Adams School . They are all doing their bronze Duke of Edinburgh awards and that entails a couple of days hiking and an overnight camp.

The Long Mynd was the venue and I only managed to get lost a couple of times :-) Its been 30 years since I last did anything like this . It was great though and all the young people did really well ... Well done guys

More photo's over on facebook CLICK HERE

Easter Monday ..visits

Did a few miles today ... First stop Rob & Amy's house to watch them decorate while we ate our macDonalds !!Then we went to Nathans finally getting rid of the blues brothers !!!(Dan& Nathan). Then on to see my mum ..she was three sheets in the wind today :-) .Then it was off to my sister Jane's to pick up Naomi ..then tea at Grannie & Gramps ... Whirlwind of visits today ..good day

Easter Sunday ...Great Day

The day started gloriously with a sunrise service on top of Grinshill. 75 folk worshipping the risen Lord at 7am in the morning ...wonderful . This was quickly followed by a cup of tea nad a bacon butty back at church . The Easter Sunday morning service was packed out with lots of new folk coming in from town . We were truly blessed.

In the afternoon some of the young people chilled out in our garden in the sunshine .

When evening came I lit the Chimenea with Nath & Dan ....they had their Chimenea baptism and I think they were converted ...great memories created yesterday ...Good day

More Pics HERE

Family, Friends, food fight :-)

Dan & Nathan came to stay this weekend ... I have to say it was a great laugh especially when the rest of the family came over and the food fight began .... Of course I was the innocent party in all of the tomfoolery .Again more snaps over on Facebook HERE

Gill's Birthday.. another one bites the dust

Gill celebrated her 4? rd birthday ...another year gone and she is even more beautiful now than the day I first met her . Hope she reads this , should score me a good few brownie points :-)Grannie & Gramps bought her a hammock ..she needs to put her feet up now she is getting older :-)

More Pics HERE

Trip Down Memory Lane ...

It was good to go back to my old stomping ground last night ... The YP at Wheelock Heath Baptist Church . They had invited me back to speak . It wsa a great night and good to be back amongst old friends .

John is going to love this one ...or rather his dentist is :-)

Lorraine has also blogged up about the evening HERE

Also all my pics can be seen on Facebook HERE

Relax !!!

The Apostle Paul said " Be anxious for nothing " ... This pig understands :-)

Bad Hair Day ...no hair day

I had my hair cut at the local barbers the other day .... US Marine style . Gill and the girls are not impressed . I am not allowed to post any photo's :-)

Good For Moral.... Car wash 09

Some of our young people are heading off to Spain this summer to a place called Moral . Partnering up with a church there and seeking to do some outreach work . In order to raise funds for the journey they washed cars today and raised just under £200 ...brilliant ..

All the photos HERE

and for those who can read Spanish here is the Church in Spain that they are linking up with

Going the extra mile for others ....

This is a video of a father & son and how dad is committed to the well being of his child ... you can read their full story here

Men in Marriage ... AkA Driscoll

Walked the dog and listened to this ,this morning and felt like I had been 10 rounds with Mike Tyson ... fellas this sermon carries a spiritual health warning ....

58 years married and still going strong

On Tuesday night during our small group meeting we celebrated Brian & May's 58th wedding anniversary . Fran who was hosting gave them the confetti & cake treatment !

Visit to Oadby Evangelical..Good Day

Good day over in Leicester today visiting Adam at Oadby Evangelical ..Phil as usual has his photograph smile on :-)