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as their Saviour. It was our privilege to baptise
22 men and women last Monday, in an indoor
swimming pool at a simple rural hotel, in
idyllic surroundings in an area with so much
importance to the first century church. A
simple breaking of bread followed, and a meal
of local whole fish was prepared for us, which
we all enjoyed. The next day Bro Peyman,
who was such a great host, our new Bro Javad
and I were privileged to visit the Laodikaeia
site, which archaeologists are still working on.
Jesus indeed still stands at our door and
knocks (Rev 3). We have wonderful new and
‘old’ brothers and sisters in Denizli, who
would love more contact with those of us in
the ‘West’”.
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O
ur house church in Croydon has progressed
well, with many baptisms; indeed there
has been a baptism most times we meet.
We had a very special and spiritual meeting
when brother Leon Shuker visited us, giving us
a talk about the nature and possibilities in our
life together as ecclesias or house groups. It
was the fruit of a lifetime spent in Christ and
in missionary work and worth listening to. We
were converts old and new, with folks born in
so many countries- Iran, Poland, South Africa,
Latvia, Estonia as well as the UK. We felt very
much the presence of the Lord Jesus amongst
us, and encourage all in the London area to
come and be with us.
Here’s Brother Leon's report:
“There is a profound joy in meeting brethren
and sisters in Christ and breaking bread with
them that can bring tears of joy to one’s
heart. This is particularly true when those
brethren and sisters have a variety of back-
grounds and have been called of our Father in
a variety of circumstances.
This was my experience when meeting
brethren and sisters in Croydon, England,
where I had travelled from Paris, my tempo-
rary home: Katrina, Wacek, Cardia, Debs &
Jon, Hilary, Lucinda, Duncan & Cindy, Marcus
& Gwladys, Sarah, April and Mojtaba. That
uniting family spirit (“all one in Christ Jesus”
Gal 3:28) had united a sister Lucinda, who had
responded to a national advert in the Daily
Mail for free Bibles and been baptized in that
same home, Mojtaba a former Moslem from
Iran, to a Polish family who were committed
to preaching Jesus both in my adopted country
of South Africa, and now their second adopted
home of England.
It was a house meeting (common in the early
days of preaching Christ recorded in the Epis-