My life day by day
The sun hovers high in the azure blue sky, there is the briefest of ripples of a breeze down the valley today as I sit and rest awhile in the shade. The temperature has hit 95 making the daily chores a little more tiring and with this being the start of Summer I contemplate on … [Read more…]
A trip to Fatima There was a crunching of stone as the tires spat out gravel as I turned into the huge open-air car park, outside what was once a little village called Fatima. Fatima is situated about 100km north of Lisbon and inland from the Atlantic Ocean about 50km. This small farming municipality was … [Read more…]
Today was a real, “best keep the butter in the fridge day!” as we used to say on the occasional sweltering day on the streets of Rochdale in the North of England during the seventies. I still know many people who recall the summer of the 76’ with relish and glee. The world seemed a … [Read more…]
The mercury pushes 30 during the day now, and slowly falls to 20 overnight, the rainy season is behind us and the long, hot summer days ahead. The songbirds sweet chatter fills the morning air as the searchlight of the sun breaks the hold from the darkness of night. Its beams warming the ground encouraging … [Read more…]
I Made a MistakeThis week I have had to have a trip out to a town called Abrantes. It’s a 40-minute pleasant drive southeast of Tomar. I needed to go to a particular store to get a tool to help me fix a mistake that I made last year concerning water pipes in the lower … [Read more…]
Greetings from Portugal The last few weeks here have been arduous and productive with the ongoing renovations at Caminho da Cruz, The Way of the Cross. We have installed 11 new double glazed windows, 2 uPVC glass external doors, built 4 block walls, levelled and concreted a 31 sq metre sun terrace and installed 13 steps out of old and new stone. Once you are here, the restrictions of … [Read more…]
Just a short visit Just 12 days ago I flew back to England for several reasons. Back in early January after praying I had felt led that these specific dates were directed. I was flying back and returning by ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao in northern Spain with my converted motorhome and goods trailer. Indeed … [Read more…]
Our Daily Bread The Men’s Breakfast On Saturday was a ‘Men’s Breakfast’ at the church that I attend. It’s a time of men coming together in fellowship, worshipping the Lord and the Pastor delivering a word from God to all attendee’s, with a time for prayer ministering afterwards. The church that I attend moves in … [Read more…]
Mountains and molehills Hello again, or if you are new on here, a simple hello to you. It has been some time since writing on Densjourney and I hope that you are well, there have been several factors accounting for my reasons to suspend writing and several for my reasons to commence again, all of … [Read more…]
Jesus Christ is the only way Today I awoke in the middle of a carpark next to Asda`s in the centre of Rochdale. It was cold at 630 as my head peered out from under the blankets, praising the Lord, thanking and worshipping Him for His goodness, singing glory to the Lord forever and ever … [Read more…]