Thursday and Tonight -Tuesday

I just wanted to let those of you who have been praying for us know that all is well in Knaphill (Thursday) and Old Woking (Tuesday - tonight).


On Tuesday we had a really good night, although John H was stymied by a computer virus in from America that attacked his company's servers - quite a big deal seeing as he works for one of the Internet's major companies.


We had pizza, games were played, nails painted, conversations had. The only negative was an 8-year old who tried to walk off with a volunteer's Blackberry.

Tonight
Mostly we had a really good evening - up to the last ten minutes when one lad lost his temper and tipped up three of the dustbins outside - rubbish all over the place. This is one of the lads we prayed for last week. I tried asking what his problem was but he wasn't in a mood to respond. So many of these kids have anger issues and it doesn't take much to set them off. There again, given the lives that some of them have been dealt, it's not that surprising. Up until then he was funny and chatty. Something happened to change that - I think he chipped his tooth on a lolly. It really doesn't take much but who knows what other straws were loaded onto this particular camel's back?


The other problem was yet ANOTHER broken tap. It's only a piece of plastic that broke - but whichever way you look at it, it's bust. To New Life, yet again, we're really sorry.


Apart from these two incidents the rest of the evening was very chilled with no problems. Esther (our newest volunteer) chatted to the girls. Nick made and cooked pizzas which the kids ate like they'd never eaten anything before  - and I drifted, generally amazed that I wasn't having to stop any fights. And after everything had calmed down and most of the kids had left, a few stayed behind to hoover and mop the floors and a half-dozen of those stayed a little longer for prayer. 


This is becoming a regular thing now and I really believe we're starting to see lives change. Just a few embers that we'd love to help fan into flame over the coming weeks.


Next week is the Outside Light Prayer meeting - Tuesday at Holy Trinity Church, Knaphill. Please come along if you're free.


John