Sunday has arrived and everything has gone exceedingly well. During my morning prayer time it occurred to me that today may be the last day I see some of my British friends. David Winstanley will be appointed to a new church near Bath, UK and will no longer serve in Nottingham. I know we will see our friends on Facebook but I need to make sure I give them a goodbye hug. Breakfast was very special as some of the youth came and sat with me for breakfast. I though o...

Today is an exciting day. It was 40 years ago in the United Methodist Church our American Aldersgate had its first conference and ten years ago our relationship with the English began. I am excited to see where Aldersgate UK will be in 40 years as Europe is a very fertile ground for ministry. On Saturday morning we had breakfast then worship and we heard Rev. Dr Frank Billman speak about the supernatural thread in Methodism. We as Methodists have changed much si...

We had breakfast and then we went to see a local Abbey but it was apparently closed because of the dreary weather (a normal weather day here in the UK - Light rain and chilly 5 degrees Celsius (low 40's Fahrenheit) We then went to the town of Iron Bridge were the worlds first bridge made of iron was built during the 1770's - about the time of the American Revolution. It is a very interesting town with many small shops. Matt was excited to get a real cup of coffe...

Our arrival in the UK was pretty uneventful. We talked to some people who took an extended time to make it through customs but we were fortunate to pass through customs in about 5 minutes. Our rental van was a different location from the Millers so we each went to a different place for our vehicles. I had planned on following Doug to Cloverly Hall from Manchester but that did not work out. I have driven in the UK before but it always makes me nervous starting out...

After many months (almost a year of planning) the day has arrived when we will depart for the First Aldersgate Conference in the United Kingdom. In the final days leading up to the conference we have been pestered by many small details both in our personal lives and in our secular occupations. We have sorted all of those out and we are ready for our adventure to begin. The day began with plans to leave for the airport at about 2:45 PM (even though our flight did...