Special prayer request - China

Many thanks to all who prayed for my recent trip to Sri Lanka. The Lord opened up many doors for me to meet senior political and religious leaders there.

I have a new request. There is a couple , in China , memebers of a house church , where the wife is pregnant with their second child. She does not have a birth permit , so if the family planning officials discove that she is pregnant she could be forcibly aborted. I have been asked to try to get her political assylum . Please pray thay this may be successful and one chinese baby is saved from destruction.

A brave Cardinal

Today I had the great pleasure today of meeting His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith , in Colombo. Out of a very busy work schedule he spent one hour talking with myself , Sr Kathleen and Eric.

His Eminence is very well informed about the activities of UN agencies and foreign NGOs who are trying to get abortion legalized in Sri Lanka.

If only other countries had such brave church leaders who are not afraid to speak up and promote a culture of life.

Inter-religious meeting in Sri Lanka

Today I had a very interesting meeting with the Ven. Professor Bellanwila Wimalaratana , Chancellor of Sri Jayawardanapura University , Sri Lanka. He is pro-life and is on an inter-religious council here and later this month he will meet with other leaders to make a pro-life declaration. He is a Buddhist priest. Some 70% of Sri Lankans are Buddhists.

The picture was taken by my friend Eric Jeevaraj who is a Sri Lankan and now lives in London. Eric has been the driving force behind my 4 trips to Sri Lanka. This is the first time Eric and I have been together in Sri Lanka

A lunch to remember

Yesterday I went with Sr Kathleen to meet a local politician , one we had met on a previous visit.
Then we had no appointments for several hours.

Then the Lord inspired me to contact the business man I had met the previous day at the Foreign ministry.

We were immediately invited over for lunch , a car was sent for us. After a most delicious lunch , with many of the top executives the opposite photo was taken.

Left to right is Mr Nimal Fonseka , Executive Secretary of ABC Holdings , myself , Sr Kathleen and Mr John Dissanayake , Chairman of ABC Holdings. The Chairman is brother -in-law to the deputy foreign minister that we had just met ( see previous blog ).  John is a very committeed catholic and is extremely pro-life. I also met his three sons.

Then I had a great meeting with my friend Jeyaraj , who works for Youth for Christ , but is now seconded to Prison Fellowship Ministries. He came all the way from Kandy , in the central highlands to see me. On my next visit I propose to have a week of ministry with my dear brother Jeyaraj.

Then I was interviewed by a very pro-life newspaper reporter who I have known for several years.

It was a good day yesterday , praise God.

Excellent meeting today in Sri Lanka

See opposite photo , left to right:

Nimal Fonseka ( business-man ) ,John Dissanayake ( business-man ) , Neomal Perera MP ( Deputy Minister of External Affairs ) myself and Sr. Kathleen.


We had a very fruitful discussion with Mr Perera concerning the United Nations. This meeting was an amazing answer to prayer. It was arranged by another MP that I met this morning.

Just arrived in Colombo , Sri Lanka

This is my very good friend and colleague Sr Kathleen Fleming , in Colombo with me today, making appointments for me.

Please pray that the Lord would open the doors for me to meet many politicians , Church leaders and government officials.

I will keep you posted concerning our progress.

It was 30 c today and the cold shower refreshed me after an all night fight from Glasgow.

Sri Lanka trip - 4th so far , 2 to 13 July

This afternoon I fly off to Colombo for my 4th visit to this beautiful island. Arrive tomorrow morning before 9am , so will be a little seedy. I have no appointments yet , but the First Lady has indicated to my colleage Sr. Kathleen that she will meet us again. I will also be meeting with Church leaders and govenment officials and politicians. Please pray that the Lord will open these doors for us.

My friend pastor Len Winfield ( mentioned in last blog ) has had the growth removed from his face. he should have the lab. results soon. Please pray for his complete healing.

On Saturday we has a 60th birthday party for my wife Frances, it was a great day.