Home for a little while

Arrived home in Prestwick , Scotland  on 21 Dec , very tired , but having had a great break in Australia. Went to my daughters palce for Christmas lunch , she is a great cook.

On 2 Jan am heading down to Bedford , England for a SPUC Evangelicals committee meeting back on 5 Jan.

On 6 Jan my grandson, Keith, is being dedicated at New Prestwick Baptist Church.

On Jan 7 am off to Wales for a week  , but this is not confirmed.

From 19 to 31 Jan shall be at the UN in New York attending the NGO Committee meeting.

Almost the last fish photo

The one that did NOT get away

Last night my son Adam took me fishing on Narambeen Lakes . This is a beautiful part of North Sydney.

We only got one , but he was a nice BIG flathead.

Adam may take me fishing again tonight , then I will be on the plane tomorrow.

Summary of Australia trip

Today I am in Sydney seeing my grandson Jack for the first time, he is so like my son.

The Lord has blest my time here in Aus. I got to preach in two churches in Brisbane , two in Hobart , and one in Bendigo. Lectured in a Bible college in Queensland , did three pro-life talks in Hobart and one in Burnie.

The high point of my pro-life work here was training five  people in Hobart to do the SPUC schools presentation on abortion.

The fishing has been amazing. Later today my son Adam is taking me fishing on Narambeen Lakes.

God has been good to me.

Many thanks to all my prayer supports.

There are no fish left in Tassie !!!

Keith and I were hard at it for the last two days. I caught a six and a half pound salmon and Keith got a four and a half pound cray plus a small one. We also got a lot of flathead , mussels and oysters.

I am trying to teach Keith to hold the catch closer to the camera so they look bigger !!!

 

Tomorrow we head off to Hobart , then I fly to Melbourne.

 

On Sunday I am due to preach in Kangaroo Flats b

Baptist Church in Bendigo , Victoria.

 

 

Back on the farm

The only problem visiting my " little " brother , in December , is that it is hay season. Keith is very keen to get free labour from his "big " brother as can be seen from the opposite photo.

Had a good responses from the people at Sandy Bay Baptist Church in Hobart,where I preached  last Sunday.

This Friday I fly to Melbourne to visit my cousins. Plan to preach in Bendigo that Sunday.

Next day I plan to fly to Sydney to see my new grandson.

Pro-Life Training Hobart

L to R : Martin Webb, Dawn Watkins , Anna & Zelia Matuszek , Peter Smith
absent , Penelle Kinghorn.

Yesterday I did my third pro-life talk in Hobart , around 15 people attended.

This time there was a most positive response and today I trained five people in presenting the SPUC pro-life presentation, see opposite photo.

Excellent hospitality by Noel and Betty Roberts in their supply of a room in their house for the day , a laptop , lovely lunch and a beautiful ambience.

Much positive benifit should come from this days work.

Tonight I am back on Bruny Island and hoping to get some fishing in tomorrow.

Second Pro-Life talk in Hobart.

Part of the audiance monday evening

On Sunday I got to share my testimony in Hobart.

On Monday , 26 Nov , I spoke at an evening meeting in Hobart organised by the
pro-life group here in Tasmania . ( Human Life Protection Society ). To my delight some
35 people attended. I showed the latest SPUC schools presentation. Moves are afoot for me to train speakers to present this in Tasmanian High schools.

Sunday after next I shall be preaching in Sandy Bay Baptist Church , Hobart.

Today is exactly 32 years since I was converted , praise God.

Tasmania

I am in Hobart for a few days , have been meeting friends and relatives .

Tomorrow , Sunday , I shall attend " Church with no walls " and may be permitted to share my testimony there.

On Monday evening the pro-life group here is having me speak again .
Please pray for a big turnout.

Another good day out fishing

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 Today was another memorable day out in Keith's boat catching a few ( 15 ) Australian Salmon and other delicious edibles from the sea.

The pictures tell the story.

Tasmanian pro-life group

HLPS stallwards
 

Today I spoke to members of the human Life protection Society , this is the pro-life group I worked with 20 years ago.

I went through the new SPUC schools talk on pro-life issues. It was great to meet some old friends again.

I may be providing some other help soon.

The fishing was good

A nice 4 lb salmon

Tomorrow , Monday , I shall be speaking to people in the Human Life Protection Society . This is the Tasmania pro-life group that I was involved with in the early 1990s. I shall be showing them the new SPUC  pro-life schools presentation.

As you can see from the photos opposite the fishing on Bruny Island has been going very well. It was most satisfying to catch a 5 pound crayfish , just like I used to 34 years ago.

 The salmon was caught in a 50 yd net, which is much easier than using a rod and fly.

Early next week  we will be busy catching fish for a men's dinner on Wednesday evening

A nice 5 lb cray

PCS  circa 1978

How to feed the poor

Bruce French - Food Plants International

Last night there were eight people at my talk on the UN.

Today I went sight seeing, then met Bruce French.
This amazing man who lives in Burnie has since the mid 1960s been making a database of the edible plants of the world. He lists their nutritional value and how best to cook them as well as how to grow them.

Bruce believes, as I do, that there is more than enough potential to feed everyone well in the world. To date he has catalogued around 25,000 edible plants. He can show many countries which local plants can be eaten along with the nutritional value.

For more infomation see :

www.foodplantsinternational.com

A good half days fishing

My brother Keith in his boat

 

Yesterday my brother Keith and I went fishing on Little Taylors Bay, Bruny Island where we both grew up. We went to the little reef and landed four good cod. Then we moved to the Yellow Bluff to try for some flat head but only got a gurnard. Then we motored along past the Quarries and caught some cocky salmon. After this we went back to the big reef and got some flathead. All the little ones got thrown back. We had a great feast that night with three Dutch visitors.

 

I am now in Burnie, NW Tasmania and will be speaking about my work at the UN tomorrow evening.

The catch: bottom to top - Salmon , Gurnard , Cod , Flathead

Queensland Update

Colin Lobb & Peter Smith with Qld mud crab.

 Well things are looking up on the fishing front, see two opposite snaps.

Lectured for 3 hours yesterday evening at a small Bible College.

Tomorrow night I will be sharing at the Dunamis Church on the Gold Coast.

Thursday I fly to Tassie to catch up with my " little " brother , Keith.

The following Sunday I shall be preaching in Burnie , NW coast of Tasmania.

nice Snapper near Gold Coast

Preaching this morning - Queensland

Preached this morning in Dunamis Church, Tanah Merah Campus. This is in a southern suburb of Brisbane the capital of the Australian state Queensland.

Some 200 + people attended and 33 people agreed to take my prayer e-mails.

Prayed with several people after the service.

A wonderful response to my pro-life sermon.

Fishing in Queensland

This was the sad state of affairs yesterday , that was the biggest one I caught. He was thrown back after the photo op.

Trip to OZ ( Australia )

This afternoon my dear wife shall be driving me to Glasgow airport .

My plan is to board a plane to fly me to London , Singapore  then Brisbane.

Arrival time in Brisbane is 6.55am on Thursday.  There I shall be met by Colin Lobb , a man I have known since 1975.

This trip in mainly a vacation , but I shall have a few preaching opportunities. Colin has arranged for me to preach in Dunamis Christian Centre in Tanah Merah next Sunday ( 4 Nov. ) , and also on Wednesday 7 Nov. in his church on the Gold Coast.

Colin also has a boat so there might be some news on the fishing front , with NO EXAGERATIONS.

 

On Thursday I fly to Hobart Tasmania , where I grew up , and will be staying for several weeks with my “little” brother Keith.

Please pray for me.

 

Hungarian NGO in New York

Showing poster for recent meeting in Budapest

On Friday I met Mrs. Zsuzsanna Gerber from Hungary. She heads up Hungarian Women’s Alliance , a pro-family / pro-life group over there.

Great Defender of Life Dinner - New York

Left to right,   P.Smith , Judge Buckley , Fr. Kowalsky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Thursday I was given a special treat. Fr Kowalsky , the pastor of the new Rectory where I was staying in New York , took me to the Human Life Foundation’s  Great Defender of Life Dinner. The man receiving the award was James L. Buckley. This amazing man has served in three branches of the US government. He was a Federal Senator , representing New York from 1971 to 1977. He then worked in the State Department ( Foreign Office )  under President Regan. Lastly he was appointed a judge to the Court of Appeals for the District of Colombia.

 

In 1984 President Regan named Mr Buckley to lead the US delegation to the Mexico City conference on population. There he stunned the population control zealots by announcing what is now  called the Mexico City Policy. Any US groups who perform or promote abortion abroad are denied Federal Government funding. Every Republican President since then has re-instituted the Mexico City policy on his first day in office. The Democratic presidents do the reverse. The pro-abortionists call this the Global Gag Rule.

 

In Mexico City wording was agreed that “ in no case shall abortion be promoted as a method of family planning. “  This great wording still gets into UN documents from time to time. So I was thrilled to meet this wonderful pro-life senator, ambassador and judge and have a photo taken with him.

 

Still at the UN

L to R :  Heidi Jensen , Peter Smith , Laura Fels

 

On Thursday I was invited to the Christian Embassy

 (  http://www.christianembassyun.org/ )   for  lunch

 and Bible study.  I always try to attend this meeting 

when in New York. They provide a very nice meal 

and I get to meet delegates from different countries,

 many of  whom are Christian.

Pictured above are  Heidi Jensen  and Laura Fels 

who are very often a great help to my work

 at the UN.

Two Pro-Lifers at the UN in their " office. "

Jeanne Head and Peter Smith

United Nations , New York - Vienna Cafe

From L to R : Rebecca Oas ( C-Fam ) , Peter Smith ,Rita Al Marie ( Holy See ) & Wendy Wright ( C-Fam )

 

Well I have been here at the UN for two days already. There is not much action at this time as many countries are just giving their position on certain general issues , like trafficking in persons , etc.

I have been going round saying hello to delegates that I already know, and meeting others.

Shown above are some of the people  I work with.

Trinidad to New York

Fundraising dinner Sat night

Sunday - with Pastor Austin

 Thursday evening I got to speak to 30 students at the Open Bible Institute of Theology. I was very warmly received.

 Friday morning  I spoke to 100 lads at Holy Cross High School. One of the boys was asked to give a vote of thanks for my talk , he did very well for a 16 years old.

 Friday evening and Saturday I got my pupils to do their SPUC pro-life presentations. There were 12 in total , all passed.

On Saturday evening  I was the key-note speaker at the annual Elpis CentreFundraising dinner. There were 160 people at this dinner. Certificates werehanded out to the newly qualified speakers.

On Sunday morning I preached  in a large Pentecostal church , some 150 people were present. See me with their Senior Pastor Austin. This is the Church who lent us a room to conduct the Pro-life training.

Monday flew to New York for a 2 week stint at the UN.

This blog post from the UN building.

Trinidad half day off

Guess who caught the largest fish ?

Garry , at the helm , a former OMer took me fishing.

As I had worked last week-end and as I will  be working next week-end ,  I thought a half days fishing would be a good tonic.

I met Garry at the Church I spoke in last Sunday. He used to be with OM and knows George Verwer very well. Garry now has a youth ministry and takes the lads fishing in his 30 foot boat ( 75 HP outboard ) at various times.He very generously offered to take me fishing with some of his family and friends.

This was a wonderful half day out and the Lord answered my prayer for a few nice fish. The one opposite will be served to me tomorrow night and shall meet the consumation of his existence. ( Please forgive my poor English )

Trinidad update

Tuesday I got to do two SPUC pro-life presentations

in a High School in Port Of Spain. In the second class

there were around  300 students from forms 3 to 5.

See photo opposite.

Wednesday I spoke at another High School and the University. About half the University students were for me.

Tonight I get to speak at a Theology College. 

I have been having computer problems , now fixed.