"Don't bring that woman with you again!"

For three years I have been taking communion to old people's homes in the parish.  But now I've had phone call telling me "not to bring that woman again."   So who is she and why might there be a problem?   I've been taking communion to people in homes for 20 years and have often taken somebody with me from church to help.  The most compassionate of all, the one who shows the greatest desire to get alongside the elderly, is this roma woman who is now being excluded.   I've taken her along with me in this ministry a few times having first noticed how beautifully she related to my late mother when she was still living in a care home.  So why on earth is she being banned now?   Readers will form their own conclusions.  Watch this space!

Triplets born!

On 26 March babies Zara, Luca and Maria were born to us!  Their parents, Bobby and Ana have only just moved to Luton and joined up with both my gadjo church and Luton Roma Church. The plan is to bring their other two children still in Romania over asap so that the whole family can be reunited.  

Bobby and Ana have been a real God-send!  At just the right moment he was there to help me record 18 Bible stories in Luton-Romani [and English].  He was there as language consultant, advising on vocab and pronunciation.  The final DVD will have both visuals and a background music track to bring alive the narrative of the stories.   Keith Holmes, who has been in the field for years, facilitated the project.