Drew and I are loving England. The food is great, a lot like ours, but with fun little twists. The people are nice, and the buildings are just BEAUTIFUL. Before we arrived in England we met an English family visiting their daughter in the States who offered to pick us up from the airport when we arrived. We were so thankful to God for allowing us to meet these kind people, but since then their love has overwhelmed us. They were forced to rent a car to be able to pick us and our suitcases up from the airport, which was so kind. They have introduced us to delicious English food and made us countless cups of tea. They have allowed us to stay with them for a week! And they even have driven us into Birmingham 2 times (a two hour crazy drive). With their help we have been able to rent a beautiful apartment. Finding an apartment has been our biggest prayer request and it is soon to be answered. We will be moving into our new place tomorrow. Our other prayer request was Drew's medications. He has Crohn's disease, and without insurance his pills would cost over $800 in the States. But it looks like it will only be 8 pounds here. We are yet to get the pills but that is what a nurse told us, so we are very hopeful. It looks like we may have also found a church! We will be visiting for the first time on Sunday but it sounds like it will be a perfect fit. With all the answered prayers we hope that, with us, you will praise our wonderful God for His goodness. We are excited to serve him in this new place. Please send suggestions of places for us to visit while in Europe. I hope some of you will also be able to visit soon. Lastly, as an incentive to read our blog, we want to have a little contest. The first man to translate the Bible into English was a man from England. The first person to comment on this blog with the name of this man will receive our first postcard from England! Love you all!
William Tyndale
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John Wycliff
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It was indeed John Wycliffe - and you HAVE to visit both Lutterworth in the midlands (not far for you) and Rugby. Lutterworth = small place Wycliffe sent out Lollards from
ReplyDeleteRugby is home to Tom McConnell - TMS grad and pastor of rugby evangelical free church
ALSO - London and us Drions and Orgills or else we'll be HIGHLY OFFENDED!!!
;-)
can't wait to meet your family!
In Him
Tom
From Marcie:
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy that you made it there safely. Can't wait to hear more stories. I'm saving up to visit!
The winners are Liz and Brook! Please send me your address :)
ReplyDeleteAlthough John Wycliff is often credited with the first translation of the Bible into English, there were, in fact, many translations of large parts of the Bible centuries before Wycliff's work. I also depends on which English you are talking about. Here are a few:
ReplyDeleteOld English translation: Aldred, Ælfric of Eynsham.
Middle English translation: Richard Rolle, John Wycliffe.
We are studying a few of these guys in Social Studies.
Have fun in England!
Trystan
Have a wonderful 3 years. The city looks like it will be a beautiful place to live. Victoria is a cutie, so are you Michelle my daughter in love.
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Glad to finally find you and see the love of God all over your blog! Dani and I are celebrating our 1st anniversary of accepting the Lord this week- AMAZING how our lives have changed- and how we have changed in that short time! The Lord has been very active in our lives- so glad he is also blessing you in your journey. Stay faithful and know we pray for you every day! Be well! Paul Collins
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