Our 4th Wedding Anniversary

We recently celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary - its hard to believe that 4 whole years have passed since that momentous day at Ramoth Christian Centre where we exchanged our vows before all our family and many friends.  So much has happened since - we returned from Romania in Oct 2007 to support our elderly parents and have become  involved in various ministries in our Church.  We have been blessed with 2 beautiful grandsons and even though we are now both retired we are as busy as ever with charity work and  our other activities.  We continue with our regular mission trips to Romania to support Pastor Jackie, to assess the needs of the Projects and to work on the front line which is my passion.

For our first anniversay we went to the Ffald y Brenin Christian Centre in West Wales for a few days and were incredibly blessed as well as being spiritually renewed.  Due to our hectic life and family committments  we have not managed a break in the past 3 years  and so we had hoped to get back to FYB for a few days to recharge ourselves- alas it was not meant to be at this time  - all booked up!!  We settled for a simple meal out and a trip to the cinema to see the "Kings Speech" which we thoroughly enjoyed.

The picture above is of us at a family wedding last May.

Almond Tree Activities

Almond Tree has been a hive of activity in the past few weeks. Firstly our leader Jen arranged a "Mr & Mrs Show" for Valentines Day and she went to town on the decorations.  Wayne and I were invited to be one of the 3 couples participating - it was such fun and we came 2nd.  Our Pastors, Chris and Kath (seen here)  beat us to the post!!

St. David's Day was celebrated in style with the room beautifully decorated with Welsh flags, leeks, daffodils and many wore national costume.  Jen's husband, Derek made tasty traditional Welsh cawl, which was followed by gateau and icecream.  We rounded off the meal with homemade welsh cakes and bara brith.  Entertainment included a DVD on Wales, a brief talk on St. David and the Welsh evangelist - Evan Roberts, some Welsh poetry and hymns ending with the National Anthem.   It was a special day enjoyed by all.

Shrove Tuesday was celebrated with a pancake making demonstration.  Many volunteered to toss the pancakes which was great fun.  Everyone had a choice of delicious fillings and we rounded off the afternoon with a sale of home made cakes to raise funds for the Widow's Mite Project in Romania.  I got up at 1 am to cook but was thrilled that 55 pounds was raised - our grateful thanks to everyone who supported.

On a sadder note - Almond Tree is mourning the loss of dear Gladys Roberts.  We all have such fond memories of her but rejoice that she is now with the Lord.

Dylan's Birthday

We are so blessed to have 2 beautiful grandsons.  Last month we travelled up to Burton on Trent to celebrate dear Dylan's 2nd Birthday with family and friends.  It was a truly special day which we want to share with you.