Letter from America
By 
Loyd Harp2023-04-05T11:22:00
Loyd Harp reflects on his time in the UK and the move back to his home nation
In 2008, we heard the call to move to England to a village I had been previously unaware of, to continue my journey in youth ministry and to share Jesus with young people in a new land. So, my wife and I sold almost everything we owned (granted, it wasn’t much) and packed up our two children (aged five and four) to relocate to Rudgwick in West Sussex. We initially committed to three years, which at the time, seemed like a very long time.
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