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On a bus in Rome i met Italian Sister Lena and her blood sister, another nun from a different mission. Lena spoke good English as she works in Kenya. She wanted to know where the no. 64 bus went. I was amused by several times being asked for directions by complete strangers in Italian. Must [...]

Can’t sleep – so developing my 5th message to friends – please help – by emailing me at mlloyd3000@gmail.com.

For a while i’ve been noticing that truly loving the poor does not always go hand-in-hand with church-going.
Recently i was discussing this with a young (only 59) Comboni priest.
James ch1 v 27 and 1 John ch4 v [...]

Dear Martin,
Just a note to congratulate you on having reached your goal and moving on to something perhaps a little less strenuous. It’s great that you can continue to be involved with Easy Bibles and Easy English. May God bless as you move forward at His leading.
Serving a great God,
Lynn
(For many years, Lynn was [...]

I had a good time at breakfast with some younger Combonis and 10 mins at lunch time with the Director of Seraphicum University – they’re Franciscans and date back nearly 1000 years to, of course, St Francis of Assisi. I must investigate them further in Paris (my meeting for Jean Vanier is fixed for the [...]

Please pray for my trip to these friendly, hospitable missionaries. There are some predictable retrogressive attitudes and some suspicions about the intentions of this strange visitor. Perhaps I need a haircut!

This same week the ‘Orality Movement’ ..mainly in US tell us that there are 4 billion of the world’s 7 billion people who are semi-literate [...]

I’ll be in Rome for a few days starting next Tuesday 17th May – seeking further help from my Comboni friends for Africa and Jean Vanier’s secretary is sorting out a date for our meeting in Paris.

I spoke briefly yesterday to Comboni Father Alberto Dalfovo who is very ill and based at their convalescence house in Verona but is still Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Makerere University – where he helped to set up the Religious Studies Department. Professor Alberto asks for our prayers – as he has not been well [...]

My young friends in Zhoukou tell me that they are hoping to have 10 veryeasy gospel stories finished in time for the students to take home and test with learning disabled people in their villages – when the Bible College holidays in about one week’s time. They will return with the results in September.

I’ve foolishly double-booked the opportunity to speak about www.easybibles.com at this important conference from June 10-12 th with a family holiday in France.

The details are below :

Andrew Walls Centre Conference on Bible Translation and Human Dignity, 10-12 June 2011 – Brochure

You’ll notice that other speakers include Dr John Watters the President of SIL, a [...]

Alan has been our friend for 20 years. He is learning disabled and cannot read or write. But he tells good jokes!

For the last 3 years he has begun painting with oils. His pictures are so good that a committee of 9 artists have given him a solo exhibition. This is displayed in North Wales [...]