Dear Friends of Eastern Europe Renewal: 

The Peace of the Lord be always with you.

Greetings in a rush from Basel as I get ready to go to Hungary this evening to work in a Church in Veszprem for 3 days and then the European Leadership Forum in Eger for 6 days. The ELF becomes more and more influential and I am very glad to be a part of it.

My 60^th. Birthday has come and gone. It was very special. The highlight was being invited to a restaurant in Basel and finding a couple from Vienna and a man from Bratislava there with the other guests. They had flown in for the dinner. It was a great surprise and we had a wonderful time together.

The work in the Lausanne Church continues to be a joy. We have started making sound files of the teachings, which will be on the Church website.

In the last letter I mentioned some ideas about approaching the Bible as "Well" and as "Story". These ideas have been developing. The Well side has gathered to itself "subjective", Sharing MY faith, Giving MY testimony and the right side of the brain. The Story side has gathered "objective", Sharing THE faith, Giving the testimony of Jesus and the left side of the brain. I encourage people to pray and work for fullness and completeness of these two sides together.

Since I wrote last I’ve been in the US visiting friends in Dallas and working in Kansas at the Culture House. The Culture House is a great and growing work and I hope very much to returning to work with them again. Dr. Jim Paul of English L’Abri and I went to the New Word Alive conference in Wales to lecture. Several good contacts continue to develop from that time. During two weeks of teaching on Worldviews near Trondheim, Norway the students made some great strides forward in understanding. It was a very encouraging time. I could give a couple of lectures at the Trondheim University with Inter Varsity. One never knows what seeds have been planted or how God will make them grow. Most recently I have been teaching for a week in Germany and for several days in Spain at a Mission School in Camarma, near Madrid. This was my second time at this school and I am hoping for a third in the Autumn. Mary might go with me as we can stay with dear friends, Dean and Arlene Johnson, who work at the school.

Soon after the time in Hungary I will go to Australia to teach in a Youth With A Mission school in Brisbane, an all Sunday conference in a nearby Church and another week at Australian L’Abri in Sydney with Frank and Heather Stootman. Being released from a commitment in England in July, I will be able to go to Romania to teach in a Worldview School. God continues to give strength, health and finances for this work. Thank you very much for your prayers and support.

At the end of June we will have a very special visit from my nephew, Rex, who is a captain in the United States Marines. He will be with us for 3 days. I’m looking forward very much to having time with him. The last time we saw each other was in a military hospital in Germany after he was wounded in Iraq.

God bless and keep you.

Yours in Christ,

Ellis

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