Hear story of missionary couple from Florida 

You are invited to hear the story of couple Malcolm and Phyllis Blowes, directors of Win Our Nations missionary organisation based in Cocoa near Orlando Florida, at the April dinner of the Norwich FGB Branch on April 26.

The couple are well known in Norfolk as Malcolm was a roofing contractor based in Newmarket and was president of the Newmarket chapter of FGBMFI. He has spoken at the Norwich branch before, but that was around 30 years ago.

The couple have since spent three decades as missionaries, first in Eastern Europe and then based in the USA. You can hear the story of the couple at the Norwich FGB dinner at the Mercure Hotel in Norwich on Wednesday April 26.

In 1992 Malcolm and Phyllis Blowes, together with their two youngest children, Samuel and Holly, were called to the full-time mission field in Eastern Europe working mainly with the marginalized and down-trodden Gypsy communities in the newly formed Republic of Slovakia. A church was founded in the town of Partizanske which was locally known as "the gypsy church", but officially called Pramen Zivota (Well of Life). The Blowes registered Win Our Nations there as Pomoc Nasim Narodim (HELP OUR NATIONS).

In January 1998, Malcolm, Phyllis and Samuel Blowes joined staff at Teen Missions International in Florida for a three-year commitment. Their daughter Holly was already at TMI at their Missions Bible School. When this responsibility was fulfilled in January 2001, the Blowes decided to keep their missions base in the Sunshine State in the town of Merritt Island, which is part of the city of Cocoa.

Win Our Nations was registered in America through East Coast Christian Center on Merritt Island and the senior Pastor there (Dan Stallbaum) became it's president. Malcolm and Phyllis have since made two trips back to India since registering WON in America.

You can find out more about Win Our Nations here.

The dinner takes place at the City Suite, Mercure Hotel, Boundary Road, Norwich NR3 2BA, starting at 7pm for 7.30pm.

The cost is £16 per person to include a delicious two-course dinner. 

Please book via Barrie Lawrence at: barrielawrence@btinternet.com or on 07786 381344

FGB Norwich Bank details as follows:
Account Name: FGBMFI Norwich 
Sort code: 30-98-97
Account number: 69708663 

New look team

Meanwhile, the team behind the Norwich FGB branch has changed. The new team is:
President. Steve Kerr.
Vice-presidents. Kit Brinkley. Barrie Lawrence.
Treasurer. Ivor Boulton.