Greetings friends, Family The year 2025 has been the year that our family of 3 became a family of 4, as we welcomed Reuben Judah into the world in June. Caleb (now 2½) has adjusted well to being a big brother and likes to hold ‘baby Reuben’ and often asks for Reuben to be placed…

Greetings, I never like to start a newsletter with an apology… but I feel I must, as this is long overdue! Thank you to many of you who have been in touch in the meantime, and continue to pray and support us in so many different ways. Life is busy, varied, and full of surprises…

Greetings friends, We are currently adapting to life with a baby, which has been pretty full on! Our lovely Caleb Francis was born on 12th March and we’re enjoying lots of smiles from him and surviving the rather sleepless nights. Other than the arrival of Caleb, our biggest piece of news is that we have…

We might as well be up front about what this post is mostly about – money – so you’ve been warned! Firstly, a huge THANK YOU to all who have supported us financially over the last few years and continue to do so faithfully, whether as one-off gifts or as monthly contributions to enable us…

Alex and I wanted to write to you to update you on some of our latest news and reflections as well as to ask you, as our faithful supporters, to join us in prayer as we seek God for direction. On a personal level, our biggest piece of news is that we’re expecting a baby…

‘Rest coaching’ is not something I expected to acquire from my study in Pioneer Mission at CMS, but it has proved highly valuable and thought-provoking. It started as a one-off teaching day and has led to a small group of us meeting with Christian ‘Rest Coach’, Kerry, for some ongoing sessions. It makes so much…

Greetings! As I write, ‘A’, one of our two residents, is kindly cooking Sunday lunch for the community and two guests – chicken and chorizo paella followed by gluten-free red velvet cake, with our gluten-free guest in mind. He was proudly sending us photo updates of the cake-making in progress yesterday! Monthly Sunday lunch has…

Greetings from lovely Shrewsbury! For those who haven’t heard from us since my last blog post prayer request, I am very pleased to let you know that we found a lovely, cosy, 2-bedroom terraced house to rent which is walking/cycling distance both from the town centre and 8 Stretton Close (8SC), the house we have…

We are on the move! I will rewind a little… since before Alex and I got married last summer, we have been talking and dreaming about starting a missional community house for ex-offenders, pulling together our combined interests and experiences. Conversations about this accelerated in early June, when we met with a contact of Alex’s,…

Dear friends and Easter Greetings, I hope you are managing to enjoy some of the sunshine and easing of lockdown restrictions – meeting in groups of 6 outside is feeling like a lot of freedom! Quite a lot has happened since I last wrote. Most notably, Alex was in hospital for a month from mid-February…

Christmas greetings to you all! Firstly, as we near the end of 2020, I would like to thank you for your support this year – in prayer, encouragement and financially. Alex and I both feel hugely blessed by our combined supporters, enabling us to focus our efforts on local mission, continued learning (I’ve had a…