This evening Phil and I met with the Elders at New Life Church who wanted an update on what progress we were making, as well as assuring us of their support for our work. We are thankful to them for suggesting we consider the means by which we deal with our spiritual accountability - which we think amounts to us finding someone to whom we can take our spiritual issues as they arise. They feel that we need someone in authority - perhaps someone already formally appointed elsewhere. To Phil and me there is great wisdom in this and therefore it'll be very much a subject for prayer these coming weeks.
This evening was the first using the new format that arose out of our recent prayer evenings. Back at base there were two of our team who prayed the whole of the time that we were out. When Phil and I finished our meeting with the Elders, we joined up with the team at Alexandra Gardens where they had been playing football in the MUGA (multi-use games area) which is at present unlit except for the streetlights that are some distance away - so it's not ideal. George's first comment was that the evening had been really peaceful, with plenty of hot chocolate handed out and really good conversations with soft-hearted young people. We all felt that the sense of peace there was very much down to the prayer support back at base. We're hopeful that the residents this evening would have noticed a difference too.
Working with prayer support back at base was possible because of the size of the team we had this evening. It's really important to us to maintain the that prayer support while we're out on Mondays and Tuesdays. Prayer while we are out is a priority and any suggestions how this might be achieved would be very much appreciated.
Please in the meantime pray for tomorrow evening.
Love
John
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