Hi Friend,

You may be wondering at the lack of songs appearing here!

Fear not, I have been working away and will reward your patience
soon.

However, I have a temporary challenge - my laptop has crashed.
You see my wife and youngest daughter, Zoe, have just returned
from a very fruitful mission trip to Norway. We were with a team
working with the local Vineyard church in Kristiansand, we saw a
lot of healings both in the conference gatherings and on the
streets of the town. We also came across a significant number of
folks affected by demonic activity on the trip - I say that
hesitantly because I don't want to make a bigger deal of it than
needs to be. I've been around long enough to be skeptical of some
of sensationalism that can surround that subject.

Anyway, we had a great time, fantastic hospitality, folks
finding a new level of freedom and during the worship times (I
was on guitar duty in Kathryn Scott's band) a real tangible and
intimate sense of the presence of God.

I also did some street worship while the healing team were
praying for folks - it never ceases to amaze me how simple
worship outside of 'church' draws people on the fringes - I
guess it's true that all of creation recognizes the presence of
their creator even if they can't articulate it in those terms!

So what's all that got to do with my laptop? Well, it's just one
of a series of annoyances that have sprung up since our return.
My guitar got damaged on the flight back from Norway (I
currently 'wrestling' with the airline over it), my laptop
crashed and other unexpected stuff.

Again, I don't always attribute negative stuff to the activities
of 'the dark side' but on this occasion it does feel like a bit
of a backlash - after all these are the tools of my trade. But
hey, it's not life threatening just a bit inconvenient and
expensive.

In the meantime I'll get by with access to another computer and
get some new music and songs up for your feedback asap.

Tomorrow (Sat) I'm off to lead worship at the Christian Renewal
Centre at a prayer for Ireland day.

I'll let you know how that goes.

Speak soon

Andy