My Apologies to Bognor Regis

Sadly the New Generation exhibition did not run for the advertised week as planned.

My thanks to Phillip and Pauline who worked so hard to make it all happen. Their prayers and practical help in setting up and standing with the pictures were such a blessing to us. However, there were several things that made it difficult for us to let the exhibition continue to be on display and I made the difficult decision to go to the venue and take it down early.

We are continually surprised how God uses the paintings to draw people to himself in new and exciting ways and it’s always such a privilege to see Him impact individuals. After all, the paintings are about Him, not me. Because of the sensitive nature of the pictures, we always require a team of prayers and folk who can come alongside people who may need someone to talk to.

My friend, Anne Drake, went for the first couple of days in my place (using up her valuable holiday time) and although I had the opportunity to talk to church leaders from the local area, asking for their support, sadly not enough people came forward.

The paintings were a gift to me, from the Lord, to share with as many people who are willing to see them and it grieves me when the gift is not honoured. I also now see myself as the curator of the paintings and they need to be kept in a place of safety at all times.

However, in the couple of days that the exhibition was there, some lovely people were incredibly blessed. For instance Anne was asked by a lady of 94 what it means to be born again and she had the opportunity to talk about Jesus to many people who didn’t know Him.