Dear Dave:

The Peace of the Lord be always with you.

Here is a quick report made between England and Slovakia.

In Cambridge they let me give a lecture to about 75 people in the Round Church, built in 1130 (!) on Buddhism. Some members of the Cambridge Buddhist Society came and there was a good discussion. The Lord gave us a good contact together. The next day I went to English L’Abri in Greatham where they let me have an evening with the students, which went from 8:00 until 11:30. We had a very good and open discussion of many things which I hope was a blessing to some of them.

Several of you wrote to ask which films we had seen in Romania. In Iasi we saw „Simone“ about identity and cyber identity, „National Security“ a comedy with themes of race relations (this was the least good film and produced the best discussion – it seems lots of people see low grade, brain candy films and can relate to them in important ways if guided a little), „Black Cat, White Cat“, a Serbian comedy about Gypsies (this was in Serbian with Romanian subtitles so I was a little lost) and „Pay it Forward“, a very emotional film about a boy who effects a redemptive scheme in society and dies trying to make it work. In Cluj Napoka we saw „Gattaca“, a science fiction futuristic film with similar themes as „Brave New World“. I will attach the „Filmgoers Discernment Guide“ we used for the discussions and invite your comments on it.

Tomorrow I will take the train for Vienna and go on from there to Bratislava and Nitra in Slovakia where I will give four evenings of teaching in the Old Synagogue. They expect many non-Christians to come. Please pray for the Lord’s help in this project. I’m way out of my depth and comfort zone.

Thank you all for your prayers, friendship, moral and financial support. Travelling alone a lot, it is very comforting and encouraging to know there are partners behind me. God bless and keep you all.

Yours in Christ,

Round Church, built in 1130

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