Issue: February 7th 2011 Expo-Bible 2011, Houlgate This summer's Expo-Bible (Bible Exhibition) in the seaside town of Houlgate in Normandy will open to the public from Thurday, July 28th through to Wednesday, August 17th. Setting up the exhibition will begin on Monday, July 25th. If you would like to come to Houlgate and help with the Exhibition please get in touch with us as soon as possible. Contact details are below. We need people to help with the setting up of the exhibition, while the exhibition is open to the public and to help dismantle it during the couple of days after the exhibition closes. More information about the Bible Exhibition held every summer in Houlgate can be found on our web site. If you would like to make a donation towards the costs of putting on the Exhibition, please visit our web site where you can find out how to make a donation to Normandy Vision. Please mark all gifts specifically for this summer's exhibition Houlgate Expo 2011. Expo-Bible 2010 News A lady who visited the Expo in 2010 got in touch after the exhibition to ask for more information about how to become a Christian. We have been able to put her and her family in touch with Pastor Kim Fox of the Eglise Biblique Baptiste in Rouen, a large city in Normandy. The church is only about half a mile from where the family live. Pastor Fox is following up on the initial contact. Pray for the family that they will have their hearts opened by the Lord to the Gospel, and for the pastor and church in Rouen as they share the Gospel and God's love with the family. Normandy: Eleven Hundred Years On Normandy as a state, and now as a region within France, was established in 911 by a treaty between the invading Vikings and the Frankish kings - successors to Charlemagne - who ruled the region of Europe that became known as Normandy. By 933 Normandy had almost the same borders that it has today. Normandy was named after the North-men, or Norse-men, that is, men from the north, i.e. the Vikings. The people of Normandy are thus mainly descendants of the Vikings, with their own cultural heritage and character that is totally different from other regions of France. So 2011 can be thought of as the 1,100th anniversary of the founding of Normandy. In such a notable year it is worth recalling that today, a lot less than half of one percent of the population have any connection with evangelical churches or have had an opportunity to hear the Gospel. What, then, can be done about this? The Lord's Commission was to "Go and make disciples of all nations", to go to all people groups. In the light of the that there are three key words to consider: Pray - Give - Go. The prophet Isaiah, hearing God's question, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" was quick to respond: "Here am I! Send me!". Who, 1,100 years on in the story of Normandy, will put up their hand and be a part of the response to our Lord's call to "Go and make disciples" in Normandy? If you would like to find out more about how you can be part of the response, get in touch with Normandy Vision. We can be contacted through one of the ways listed below. Where can I get more information? If you would like more information, visit Normandy Vision's web site at www.normandyvision.org or you can contact us at info@normandyvision.org. You can also contact Normandy Vision by telephone on 0844 288 8844, or if ringing from outside the UK on +44 (0) 1245 223 392. The postal address is: Normandy Vision UK Trust, 13 Danbury Vale, Danbury, Essex CM3 4LA, United Kingdom. Normandy Vision UK Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission of England and Wales, no. 1116858. Normandy Vision UK Trust can be contacted in the UK at: 13 Danbury Vale, Danbury, Essex CM3 4LA, United Kingdom.