A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight!

Well, you may have seen in news reports that the United Kingdom is currently suffering our worst heat wave in recorded history right now as we stare in disbelief at a very "Texas Summer" type temperature of 39° Celsius (102° Farenheit). While its tempting as Texans to just shrug off this kind of temperature as normal summertime heat, we have to bear in mind that most of the U.K., and especially homes, schools, churches, and much of our public transportation system here, are completely un-air conditioned! 

 

Mary Elisabeth’s last day of school will be this upcoming Friday, and her school decided to allow the girls to wear their “sport kit” uniforms rather than their usual school uni’s and to have early release at noon both yesterday and today since their 200+ year old facility is not air conditioned. As well, we as a church made the decision to cancel our usual Tuesday lunchtime service today in hopes of keeping the older members of our congregation safe and out of the heat, as many of them typically walk or take public transportation to the church to attend.

Because 99% of the time air conditioning isn’t necessary here in the U.K. and much of Europe, on the hottest days, staying inside here doesn’t necessarily mean staying cool unfortunately, and heat related hospitalisations and deaths will increase significantly. Please pray especially for the most vulnerable members of our church and community today as we are expected to break the 40° C mark (104° F) for the first time in England’s history.

Thank you so much for your prayers and partnership in taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the people of the United Kingdom!

Mary Elisabeth’s school is having early release yesterday and today at noon and decided to allow the girls to wear their “sport kit” P.E. uniforms rather than their usual school uni’s to help them tolerate the heat.