And there's more!

Along with other major players in the chocolate industry, Nestlé USA committed to ending child labour on cocoa farms by July 2005, but the abuse continues. To petition Nestlé USA to take action, go here:
http://www.unionvoice.org:80/campaign/Nestle07/step1

You can edit the letter (and amend the American spelling) as you wish before emailing it.

* * * * * * * * * * *

This coming Sunday, 1st April, Steve Coupe is unpacking Palm Sunday.

And on Easter Day, it's Tales of the Unexpected.

* * * * * * * * * * *

The Community Cafe is again open at Red Cafe during the Easter holidays. From Monday to Friday for the next two weeks, you can call in between 11 am and 4 pm for coffee and cakes, snacks and soups.

Situated on Mumbles Road, just opposite Southend Park, the cafe is very child-friendly with sofas and toys, and children's meals. A lot of the produce is fairtrade and completely vegetarian.

The latest addition

Kezia, Debbie and Eyob's daughter, is named after a daughter of Job (Eyob).

Holiday souvenirs

If you're going on holiday this year, spare a thought for the workers left behind.

In the Linden office we have a special Tack - sorry, Souvenir - Shelf, and it's ready and waiting for the your holiday reminder.

The tackier, the better!

A blast from the not-too-distant past

Our own little Latino, Angelo, came a-visiting this week for interrogation about his fiancee and plans for the future. It was good to see him and we look forward to meeting Fie in the summer.

What is it that's frightened Alun?

Alun was taking down the Stop the Traffik banner when something frightened him; what could it have been?

Answers in the Comments box, please, and there's a prize for the best one!

A future number 10?

Big congratulations to Jon and Becky Matthews on the birth, on Saturday 17th March, of their first child, Rowan James. (Named after the illustrious Mr Hook who played such a game-winning part in Wales's victory over England.)

Aidan Mackenzie arrived safely on Monday, 12th March - no photo available yet - so now we're just waiting to hear from Debbie and Eyob. The rash - sorry, rush - of babies continues with Cath and Heidi later on in the Spring.

Lots of love, prayers and blessings to them all.

BANNED!

You may be interested to know that this blog is banned in China!

But our website isn't. Yet.

To find out if your blog or website is banned, go here.

Xploring

Jesus spent lots of time on the beach so we figured that was good enough reason for Xplore to be there too.

Better late than never

On a beautiful morning at the beginning of February a group of Lindenites did a Run of Perseverance.

They ran from Pennard to the Cenotaph in Brynmill, stopping along the way to pray for Iraq. The run was the idea of Cathy Hancox who'd been inspired on hearing the phrase, 'run of perseverance'. She felt that perseverance would be needed in praying for any change in the situation in Iraq.

Some walkers joined the runners for the later stages of the event and they all gathered at the Cenotaph for some finishing-off prayers.

Amazing Grace

We've been offline for a couple of weeks due to problems with the internet but we're back now and with Broadband! Yippee!

Important news to begin with: Angelo is engaged and hoping to marry Fi in the autumn. Big congratulations to both of them! I would have posted a photo here of them - if Angelo had remembered to email it to me!

Sian Thomas, who'll be given away by Paul, marries Paul here tomorrow, Saturday, 10th March. We pray blessings on their marriage and their life together.

On Sunday morning, Helen Crawford is speaking about baptism.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * *

There were approximately 4 million slaves living when the Abolition Bill was passed on 25 March 1807. Today, more than 12 million people live in forms of modern-day slavery, including forced labour on farms, domestic service – even drug trafficking or sex work."

On Saturday 24th, we’re having a Freedom Day Drop-in where you’re invited to come along, find out more, pray, watch some short films and sign a petition. That’s followed in the evening by a short multi-media presentation on Slavery Today.

On Sunday 25th, with churches all over the UK, we’ll be celebrating Amazing Grace Sunday.

Freedom Day (Saturday)
2.00 – 5.00 pm Drop-in
7.00 – 8.00 pm Slavery Today

Amazing Grace Sunday
11.00 am What can one person do?