Last Day

What a wonderful trip it has been.  It has been a great last day and a great week.  We have enjoyed praying over this city, meeting people, learning about them and sharing Christ with London.  Please enjoy some of our pictures from today.

If you are ever interested in joining one of our future teams please let Spencer know at Hunter Street.

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Thursday

Today we were able to find many new places and meet many new friends.  We first helped out Kings Cross coffee give away and then we were able to find some major new developments in Kings Cross where they expect 50,000 residences in the next 5 years!  We were able to pray for many needs and to speak the Gospel to many people.

Please be in prayer though for Linda and for Christian, we hope to be able to reconnect with them tomorrow and to build on a relationship that has been started this week.  Pray also for our last day that God will direct our paths and show us the people and places we can share His story of redemption and reconciliation with for His namesake.

Thank you for your continued prayers.  Please enjoy some of our pictures from last night at a prayer meeting with Kings Cross to some of our work from today.

Cheerio!

Kings Cross Baptist Church

Coffee give away

Developing Kings Cross

Laura with Brothers and Sisters from Kings Cross

Melissa with Linda

Tuesday & Wednesday

We have had a fantastic past two days.  God is really allowing us to learn more about the people and the culture in the Camden borough as well as build stronger relationships with partners and new partners in the area.

Please enjoy the following pictures and movie and pray for our last two days.  Please pray for open doors to communicate the Gospel, to form new relationships, and to see the unseen for our time in prayer.

Cheerio!

Monday...art, a boat, fire drill and the Gospel

Our day started bright and early with our group devotion time where we prepared our hearts and minds for the day.  We divided into our groups, with each walking a different area of the borough of Camden.  We prayed for God to open doors of opportunity to engage people in conversation.  All three groups were able to have meaningful conversations that led to sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 

While walking into a art gallery one group met Jessica.  She was raised going to church, but had not been in many years, was given the truth of the Gospel and shared that it was the first time in her life that Christianity finally made sense.  Praise God that the truth was unveiled to her!  

One group had been praying for the opportunity to talk to college students outside a local university.  In previous walks our group was never allowed in the building and common areas however, today, when this group walked by, a fire drill went off and forced all the students outside.  We were able to have many meaningful conversations with people of various ages.  

Another group was walking along the canal in Camden Town and struck up a conversation with a man who they learned had fallen on hard times and was living on his brother's boat.  They were able to bring him a hot breakfast, some money and a Bible with hopes that he'll join us to worship at King's Cross Baptist Church Wednesday night.  

We ended the day with a nice dinner in the heart of London and then began a prayer walk around St. Paul's Cathedral, across Millennium Bridge, to City Hall, up to Tower Bridge and then to London Tower.  It was a lovely night, with beautiful sights, but we were reminded that beauty is not in things that are made by man, but that are made by God.

It has been an amazing gift to see how God directs our steps to areas in need of intercessory  prayer and to people who are needing to hear the Good News.

We appreciate your commitment to pray for our group as we continue to reach the lost of London.  Please continue to pray for our energy, focus, dependency on God, and for open doors to share the gospel and connect people to Kings Cross.

Enjoy some pictures of the day...

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other pics from our trip...

Kings Cross Baptist and Prayer Walking

The team started the day with a wonderful worship time at Kings Cross Baptist Church. The passion of the worship through music as well as the sermon from Revelation 3 was inspiring. It was great to meet so many people from different countries. The people of Kings Cross were a great blessing and source of encouragement as we started our first day of prayer walking and engagement. We want to lift up our Christian friends from Scotland, Alec and Florica, who covet our prayers for their church and especially for an upcoming community event on 10/26 where the gospel message will be shared. 

Dan and Al @ Kings Cross

Our prayer walking today consisted of an area where there were lots of strong holds - Mosques, Muslim Community Centers, and many sinful places of business. Please pray for the people in the Somers Town area that these barriers will come down. We felt blessed to see so many diverse people. London is indeed a melting pot and there is a true need for gospel to be shared. Continue to pray for our team. That we would be sensitive to the needs of the people here. There is a great presence of other world religions. It is so evident that Jesus is needed here. Also, continue to lift our new friends at Kings Cross and pastor Andrew Smith that their church will grow and extend more into these communities. We feel blessed to have the opportunity to be here!

Thank you for your prayers.  Please pray for our strength and focus.  Pray that we will depend on God for our walks in what we pray for as well as who we engage.  

Thank you.  

We are here!

Primrose Hill with Shard in background

 The team all arrived save and sound today.  Although some of us were feeling "punchy" because of the jet lag we managed to walk it out and have a great start to our time here in London.  First we were able to reconnect with Meredith who is a member of Hunter Street and living in London working for the IMB and helping with our Camden mission efforts.  Next, we went on our usual Camden Market walk stopping at Primrose Hill to see the sights of London as well as to start our People Mapping.  One of the most notable buildings now in the London skyline is the Shard, this building is a sign of the times as it is owned by Islamic Finance and operated under the guidelines that all tenets must work in cooperation with Sharia law.  The Shard is the largest building in Europe and a symbol of the local muslims of gaining influence and prestige within the London culture.  Please pray that this influence will stop growing and that instead Christ will be lifted up and honored in the people of London.

While praying and engaging at Primrose the girls were able to make a connection with a university student, Norelco and connect her to Meredith.  She is in need of a ESL teacher and Meredith just so happens to be starting a ESL ministry with Kings Cross.  Pray for this connection and that Meredith will be able to create a discipling relationship as she teaches English as a Second Language with Norelco.  This was yet again a simple reminder of how God provides when we depend on him!

After our Camden and Primrose Hill walk we went and dined at Fogg's and then capped the evening off with a Camden favorite, Banana Nutella Crepe!  Yum.

Please pray for our work tomorrow as we will worship with Kings Cross Baptist and then start People mapping and prayer walking in our different areas.  Pray for God to give us insight to see the unseen and to be able to engage people and share the good news of Christ to those we meet.

Cheerio!

Team at Camden Lock with Meredith (3rd from left)

Banana Nutella Crepe anyone...

London 2012

Here we are again, back in this wonderful city, getting to tell of His salvation from day to day and to declare His glory to the nations!

We hope that this blog will demonstrate what God will be doing through us as well well as how you can continue to pray for our team and to continue in your efforts to lift up London!  We will need your prayer support from home!

Today, we were able to touch base with the Ilford team.  They are wrapping up their week and if our week goes as well as theirs has then I can not wait to see what God will have in store for us.  Please pray today for the safe arrival of our team tomorrow and specifically for the following request.

1.  To be spiritually mindful of our surroundings and people we encounter.

2.  To pray cooperatively with each other with insight into the people and surroundings as guided by the Holy Spirit.

3.  To be bold in our sharing of the gospel.

4.  For opportunities to form relationships that can be connected to local church partners for on-going discipleship.

Enjoy some of the pictures from today with the Ilford team.  Keep them in your prayers as well as they finish up their work and return home on Monday.

Enjoy our short video of day along with pictures of our time.

Cheerio!

See Dan in the window?

Prayer time at Ilford High Road

Long day