Great last two days.

We have finished our work for the first team to London, but we have not finished the task. Please pray for the safe return of team one and the safe journey of team two.

God has been so gracious to our week, despite ourselves. It seems that even when we went the wrong way or found ourselves walking in a different direction than we had planned that God had purposes for his glory in what we did not plan or intend.

For an example here is a story of one of our many examples as written by one of our team members.



It's amazing how God is in all the details of our trip and continues to affirm how He listens and answers our prayers. Our Bible study for Thursday's walk was from Luke 10:4-7. It really focused on two main points: trusting God to take care of the needs and building relationships. Today's journey demonstrated both principles.

Walking down a street that we did not intend to we ran into and met Rory. As we asked him about his neighborhood and he began to share, we got a great sense that he was heavy hearted about his life, relationships and job. One of our team members asked him about churches in the area and his thoughts on church. He stated that he was Catholic and a follower of Jesus Christ. Again sensing his troubled heart we asked him if we could pray for him. After our prayer, Rory became very emotional and with tears in his eyes, he thanked us stating that he had never had anyone pray for him. He then stated that we have no idea what he was facing in his life and could not believe that he would meet three strangers on a road going home and have them encourage him and pray for him on that road.

God is so good and had us at the right spot at the right time despite ourselves, to be used of him to encourage and comfort a stranger. What a blessing to be used as such an encouragement to someone. Please pray for Rory right now. Pray for his job, his upcoming marriage, and his growth in having Jesus as the treasure of his life.


Rory was one of the few believers we met this week. Most people do not think about religion. They are too busy in life and too distracted with life to have a thought about God Most believe that church is only relevant as a place for social community and a place for social justice.

However, we did see that God is at work in this great global city. We rejoice in 2 Cor. 4:1, "Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart." We truly recognized and praised God for the opportunity to be apart of His ministry in London. To walk the streets of London, to learn about it's people, to speak and engage them and to most importantly pray for them. We ask that you join us in praying Luke 10:2, praying to the Lord of the harvest that He send out laborers into his harvest field.

We thank you for your prayers and ask you to continue to pray for Gods movement in this area and that perhaps God may use you on one of our future trips.

From Winston

Lawyers, Beauty Therapist, The haves vs. The have nots and eyes to see

Today was a great day. God has been so good in allowing us to see how he is answering and directing our prayers. It was very encouraging about the movement happening at Heath St Baptist church, and today one of our team members was invited back to a storefront in that area and was able to have a great discussion with a couple of the "Beauty Therapist". They have never really thought about religion or going to a church. It would be great for a new minister to come and lead this church body to reach out to it's neighbors.

We also found out today that St. Luke (a church we found yesterday and were encouraged by it's display of scripture and efforts to reach the community), was applying to get a school. Please pray for this as this is a church body that wants to make Christ known in the community.

I will also leave you with a little story from Paul. We met Paul today in a park and were able to speak with him for a very long time. He is a
young attorney and gave us great insight into the life in London. He said that London can be a very lonely place for people as it is very crowded but nobody knows one another. He said that many have dogs as they provide a companionship that does not require much and always accepts and wants to spend time with it's owner. He said that he and his girlfriend and friends spend their time playing sport games, eating dinner with one another, drink together, drink some more, and drink again. "that's what you do in London, drink". Paul is not a religious person and doesn't think too much about religion, church or christianity. Please pray for Paul, that our talk about Christianity would spark an interest and God would draw Paul to himself.

We also observed today that the haves are so content that they do not see a need for Christ, and the have nots are to bitter to desire a fix for their discontent lives. Please lift up the people of London to find that they do need Christ and to free themselves from their bitterness or their self sufficiency. This of course applies to our home area as well.

We have learned from our observations that when you know what to look for, you start to see it all around you. Distractions however blind us to what is in plain sight. Therefore, we pray that we can take this insight and knowledge back home and start to see our home with intentional and open eyes. We pray that you too will be able to "see" what is around you and that you will make a start toward praying for lostness, hopelessness, bitterness, and self sufficiency that surrounds our every day walks in life.

Please continue to pray for our team. For energy and for health. Daniel has gotten a stomach bug so please pray for him to feel better and for the rest of the team to not catch the bug. Also, many things are happening at home with our loved ones as we are away. Please pray for the families we have left behind for their health, and for God to protect them from any attacks. Lastly pray for our work. We are very burdened for the people of London. Pray that we will continue to depend on God and to not get distracted.

Thank you for your prayers. We are confident that because of your covering in prayer we have had great success in our journey.


From Winston

Location:London

Answered prayers from past teams

Monday was a very long day. Each of the four teams went out and worked really hard in their areas. One such area bordered a past area and a church that is dying. We learned from a previous trip that the minister at this church felt like the church was not relevant anymore and that her duty was to care for the older members until they died giving a hospice type care for the church. Then we prayed that God would remove her and that God would bring someone to this church who loved the truth of the gospel and would faithfully preach and lead this church. Today we learned that the church minister is retiring and that they are looking for a new minister.

Praise God!

Now we need to continue to pray for a minister to have a vision for spreading ten gospel in the area.

Please continue to pray for us, our energy, and our work.


From Winston

Birthday, walnuts, and our brothers and sisters

Sunday was a great day for our team. Although struggling with jet lag our Father was good in providing energy when needed.

Today was Laney's birthday. It was a great time celebrating this life. She is a precious girl with such a prayerful and tender heart. All the kids are doing great and have really enjoyed making a lot of friends.

Before the service today though three of us were standing up the road from the church when two guys on motorcycles came by and threw a walnut toward our direction. Fortunately it hit a tree we were standing by but it did not hit us. We have never had objects thrown at us before so it was an interesting experience.

Soon after we had a wonderful service where one of our members preached the message. He did a great job and we were very blessed by this message. We then had a great time of fellowship with this body of believers. It was a great experience to see and be with this light of hope that is located in central London.

After the service at the right time (God's timing) we were able to pass by another congregation of Ethiopian believers. This was special as one of out team members is from Ethiopia and was able to connect with this group of believers.

The rest of the day we went to three different sections to prayer walk, observe the people and to engage in conversation. Each team had a great day and had many encounters. We thank God for these opportunities.

Sunday was a full and exhausting day but nonetheless very exciting start of our journey.


From Winston

Across the pond minus one?

We arrived safely into London on Saturday morning. We thank God and praise him as he answered many prayers and logistical issues. One issue in particular demonstrated that depending on God is the only way.

As we checked into our flight everybody checked in except one. The airline had a reservation but the travel agent did not pay the airline so the reservation was dropped. After speaking with the travel agent we were told that this team member would have to wait until the next day and then fly out. This however was not acceptable and after much prayer and speaking to many supervisors we were able to fix the issue and get this team member on the plane. We rejoiced in how God answered our prayers and made a way. god though was not finished in demonstrated our need for dependance in everything. As we left security to rejoin the rest of the team at the gate we entered the airport train, just as the doors were closing our team member dropped their ticket and passport. The ticket fell through the gap between the train and platform falling to the tracks, but the passport fell inside the train and we were able to grab it before it went into the gap. What a nightmare that would have been!

After going through this much before the plane left I started to wonder what was next and started to worry about our trip. Our father though gently reminded me though that he was in charge and I didn't need to worry but instead depend, even in the small things. How easy it is for us to forget but what a blessing it is when we do intentionally depend on God for His provision and protection.

More to come...


From Winston

Location:London, UK

Sunday At Kings Cross Baptist

From Jen;

God has overwhelmed my heart by bringing a little bit of West Africa to me this morning to worship with...loving all of you there...

On our way

Dear prayer partners,

We are once again on our way to London. Please pray for our flight and for our bodies as we adjust to a different time zone. We will be prayer walking and city narrative mapping this week in a new area of Camden. Please pray that God will direct our steps, open our eyes, and give us the words to say when we are able to speak to those we encounter.

We thank you for your prayers and we look forward to sharing with you how God will answer those prayers and make His name famous.

Please pray Ps. 67:1-3


From Winston

Location:Winston,United States