Prayer Works

You'll remember that one of the lads we've been talking to is now in jail. He'd written to Phil saying that he had given his mum a VO (Visting Order) for Phil so that he'd be able to go and see him. Tonight we went to the house to see whether it had arrived, but we found only the lad's father there, who invited the four of us in for a cup of tea. It turned out that the mum was in church! A 'Travellers'' church near to Slough.

Phil and George visited the family home a month or so back and the mother explained then that she had once been a Christian but due to a falling out with someone she felt an unforgiveness that made it difficult for her to keep going. Phil and George following their visit both prayed that she would be able to overcome that - tonight they found out that their prayers had been answered.

Tonight we found the father in reflective mood, asking us questions, expressing a belief in God, knowing too that there's a devil, not quite grasping that the Gospel message was for him too. This has to be the current main prayer focus for those who support our work. Will you do that for him, please?

Please pray too for next Tuesday evening when we hope to hold a bbq in the Gloster Road area - we want to invite local people to come along. We'd like to invite you, too. If you want to see what it's like to go out but don't want to make a commitment without knowing more, then perhaps this would be a good opportunity for you to get a feel of what goes on. If you can't come then your prayers for good weather would be appreciated. Tonight was the first wet Tuesday evening since April, so we have plenty to be thankful for, but it would be good if the weather next week could be conducive to a good turnout.

Lots of love

John