Grandadsmith with new grandson

All last week I prayed that my grandchild would arrive while I was in Prestwick , Scotland. God is good.

I arrived at Glasgow airport at 7.30am on Saturday , after the usual all night flight. I had a little sleep in the morning. All the rest of my clan went to Cuzean castle, for a picnic ,  as it was a loveley warm day. In the evening we had a nice BBQ at George & Rebekah's.

We got a 3.30am phone call this morning. Frances rushed over to look after Ellie. George drove Rebekah to hospital with Victoria ( my other daughter ) following  . I stayed in bed until 8.30 am.  Baby was born at 7am. He is a big boy wieghing in at 10 lbs 2 oz. ( 4.6 kgm ). Rebekah had a little trouble with this very large baby but should be out of hospital in 2 days or so. Here husband George has been on a training course for his work last week  in Bradford , but was home for the big even.

Many thanks for your prayers for the safe arrival of this precious child Keith George Wright.     My younger brother is Keith.

Still at the UN & Calvary Baptist Church

Things went quite well yesterday and they are going OK today. Thank you for your prayers.


Last night I went to the prayer meeting at Calvary Baptisit Church. I was given the chance to share with them a little about my ministry for around 10 minutes. There was an amazing time of prayer after this , with the Holy Spirit touching many people. I was blessed.

Opposite is myself & Tony , an elder from this church, shown outside the Church after the meeting.


I phoned Rebekah this morning and she is still in    " one piece ". So I could be home for the birth of my next grandchild.


This morning I had a good meeting with a diplomat from Trinidad & Tobago. I hope to do some pro-life training there in October.

Still at the UN , prayer required

Well here I am in Conf room one at the NGO committee hearing.

This afternoon some bad NGOs are being considered.

Please pray that good NGOs get accredited and the bad ones do not.

My daughter , Rebekah , has not given birth yet. She had a consultation with her docotor on Monday and all is well.

I may even be home in Scotland when my third grandchild will be born , this being Rebekah's second child.

I landed in New York on Friday and here I am in the UN , conf room 1 , for the NGO committee hearings.

Please pray that good NGOs get accredited and the bad ones do not.

By the way my daughter Rebekah is due to give birth next week. Hopefully I will be home.

Please pray for a safe delivery.

From last Sunday to Wednesday we had a wonderful visit from Ian & Marion Hubble ( seen on the right ) who came to visit us from Tasmania. We have known them for 31 years and this was the first time they have visited us in Scotland. They were at the meeting where I got saved , on 28 Nov. 1980, and we attended the same church in Melbourne where Ian and I were elders.

Tomorrow I head off to New York for a meeting where NGOs get accredited to the UN.

Our older daughter , Rebekah  , is due to give birth 27 May. Please pray for a safe delivery of my third grandchild.
 I hope to be home for this wonderful event.

Please pray that all goes well for me at the UN.

Christian Resources Exhibition - Esher

This was a very successful CRE.


Some 250 people signed the petition for the Glasgow midwives conscientiuos objection to abortion :

see : http://www.spuc.org.uk/news/releases/2012/february29b
       
        http://www.spuc.org.uk/news/releases/2012/april20



We also got 61 people to sign the Coalition for Marriage petition. Many people had already signed this .

If you would like to sign this online go to :

http://c4m.org.uk/

So far there are 510,447 signatures.


The homosexuals and others have their own petition see :

http://www.c4em.org.uk/

They have 54,965 signatures

Here is another special treat for me. This young Mum ( Elisabeth ) waited 7 years before she fell pregnant , naturally. She did not use IVF , but prayed to God for a child. Two years ago she visited our stand and that evening was the first time she felt her baby ( Caroline Mercy ) kick.

Last year she visited our stand and Caroline was one day off 7 months old , and this year she was 1 day off 19 months.

So Caroline and her Mum have visited our stand three years in a row.

May the Lord bless this young lady and give her and her husband a second
 special gift of another child.



CRE - Special Treat

The Lord often has a treat for me and this afternoon  it occured when Julia Liles came to see me. For several years Julia would volunteer on this stand for SPUC , while she was at college.

Julia is just back from a Mission trip with the NGO called Social Change & Development ( SCAD ) in Tamilnadu ,South India. She was working in a school for physically & mentally challenged children. She had worked there twice before , staying 3 months on one visit.

In Sept Julia will be attending a one year course at all Nations Bible College.


If you would like to get Julia's prayer letter contact her on:

doubbledutch@aol.com

CRE last day

On the left of this picture are John and Alice Gurr from the group called "Above Rubies". This is a pro-family , pro marriage , pro-life organisation that are helping me out today. Here they are getting two ladies to sign our petitions on the Coalition for marriage and the other one on the Glasgow Midwives conscientiuos objection to abortion case.

CRE - Third day

Here is Nikki Addley with a little model , 10 weeks from conception ,unborn baby model which she shows to everyone.


On the right is Jan Bell , chair of SPUC Evangelicals.

CRED - Second day

This morning I was greatly encouraged when this young Mum , calledf Suzie dropped by our stand. This lovely little girl that I am holding is here because Suzie would not take the morning after pill.

God bless you Suzie and your precious little daughter.

CRE - First day has been great.

I have just had four wonderful ladies from the Tamworth SPUC branch.

That are left to right :
CharleneDetheridge
Diane Pearce
Patricia Bannercheck

Photo is by the camera shy
Jean O'Brien.

We have 30 signatures on the Glasgow midwives petition so far .

Had many great conversations today.


CRE - First visitor

Well, this is day one for the CRE.

In the picture , left to right is Mrs Sally Richardson , myself , and  Katherine Hampton.

Sally is a long time supporter of SPUC and reads this blog.

Katherine work at SPUC HQ and will be on the stand with me today.

Christian Resources Exhibition - Esher , Surrey

Well here I am with my stand all set up for the Esher CRE. I will be here from Tuesday to Friday of this week. We give out lots of pro-life literature and ask people to sign a petiton.




This year the petiton  will be concerning concientious objection to abortion. SPUC is still fighting , through the courts, for two Glasgow midwives , regarding this issue.

See ;  http://www.spuc.org.uk/news/releases/2012/february29b

I shall post updates through the week. Please pray for divine appointments for us.

Tom & Rowina

Last night I had a very enjoyable dinner with Rowina and Tom.

I discovered that Rowina works for a Christian group called Truthology , see :
http://www.truthology.co.uk/

She  teaches in schools  about abortion.

They are a great pair and plan to marry at the end of the year. May the Lord bless them.

Possible Sri Lanka trip in early July

Had dinner with my friend Eric tonight and we discussed a possible trip to Sri Lanka in July. Eric helped arrange my last three trips there.

This visit will be linked to my UN work.

SPUC Evangelicals Committee meeting , 3 May 2012

Back , Left to right :
Jan Bell -Chairman
Katherine Hampton - Head Office
Gillian Foster - Minutes Secretary

Front , left to right
Steven Foster - Anglican vicar
Peter Smith - Secretary
Aurthur Wood - Elim pastor

Absent
George Bell

Photo by
Wilfred Wong


We had a great meeting today , thank you for your prayers , if you prayed for us.

Pastor Arthur Wood has been working very hard , as a volunteer , on a plan to have a pro-life witness during the Olympics , in the UK.

See :    http://www.spuc.org.uk/campaigns/alerts/2012/olympicsflyer2012

The current plan is to have events in Plymouth ( 19 May ) , Bristol  (22 May ) , Swansea ( 26 May ) , Stoke ( 30 May ) , Aberdeen ( 11 June ) , Manchester ( 23 June ) , Birmingham ( 30 June ) , Brentwood , Essex ( 6 July ) , Southampton ( 14 July ) , London , Waltham Forest ( 21 July ), and perhaps some other places in the London area.

Travel Schedule

Tomorrow, 2 May , I travel by train from my home in Prestwick , Scotland down to London.

On Thursday 3 May  I shall be attending the SPUC Evangelicals Committee meeting near Bedford , England. This is where John Bunyon used to live , the author of Pilgrim's Progress.
For info on SPUC Evangelicals see :
http://www.spuc.org.uk/about/evangelicals/evangelicals

On Friday I am meeting with a friend from Sri Lanka ( Eric ) to try to plan a trip to that country in July.

On Saturday I am having dinner with Tom Seidler and his fiancee Rowena. Tom has a minisrty called Transformed , for ex-offenders. I am a trustee of this ministry.
See:   http://www.transformed.org.uk/

From Monday 7th  to Friday 11th May I will be at SPUC's stand at the Christian Resources Exhibition in Esher , London.
http://www.creonline.co.uk/page.asp?pageid=101

Travel home by train Saturday 12 May.

Please pray that the Lord would bless these meetings and give me safe travel.

Please pass this blod address along to any people you think might be interested in my Ministry.

Broken Chains

This is an outreach ministry that I help out with in Ayr , Scotland. The people who run this are from several different local churches. Many people who attend have been homeless. There is a meeting 2 to 4 pm on Saturday , and a Church service Sunday afternoons followed by a meal. I was at the meeting this afternoon and asked if I could get a photo of them.

Please pray for this Ministry.