Dear Friends,

Sorry I have not been able to write since I have been back in Iraq. I have been even more busy than usual and added to this, have had all my normal meetings. I am also working hard to finish my next book but nowhere near as hard as my editor Huw Spanner. Adding to this problem, our emails here have barely been working; I even do not know if and when this will get to you.

Church at the weekend was wonderful as usual. Chaplain Causey is leading the worship in the Anglican/Episcopal/Lutheran service and it is great. Dawn was commissioned as a lay leader of the chapel on Sunday. It is the first time we have had a Lutheran helping us. General Porter has also joined us. This is wonderful, he is the new senior British General here. I reminded him that he may be a General but I also knew his mother. So he reminded me that he has known my wife since she was 8, so a lot longer than me. It is wonderful having a British Christian General in our congregation and fully on board.

Things at St George’s are wonderful and the church continues to grow. The Clinic is also going very well. I now have to go to Church on Saturday and Sundays simply so we can fit people in.

We continue to work on all our projects out here, particularly the upcoming Iraqi Inter-Religious meeting.

Blessings from Baghdad,

Andrew

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