Day 1&2

We have arrived and have been very busy!

Day one was spent arriving and getting ourselves acclimated to our new surroundings. We went on a walking adventure that covered 8 miles! That though as we discovered today will be the least amount of walking for a day. So in other words, please pray for our energy!!

More importantly though is prayer for what we encountered, which is shear darkness with little hope of the true gospel. Ed, for an example was one person who we were able to engage. Ed is a self professed fundamental atheist. Ed is a great representation of many people in the Camden area who are self-reliant and think that all religions are about seeking someone's approval our some fake gods approval. He claimed that he has a great sense of peace knowing that he doesn't have to live his life to meet any expectation outside of himself. Part of our team was able to share about how the good news of Jesus is exactly the same in that one does not have to meet any expectations for approval because through Jesus one is approved by God, not based on their works but Christ's work alone. Please pray that Ed and others like him will hear and understand the true message of Christianity and see that it is not a religion of works but one of grace through faith.

Day two was spent worshipping with two great communities of faith
, kings Cross Baptist and Camden Town Church. We then split up into teams of twos to prayer walk and engage our respected areas. All of the teams today had great experiences but still walked away with a deep sense of lostness and burden for the people of Camden. One example of a person we met was Marco. Marco is visiting from Germany and was very talkative on any and every subject until the subject turned to Jesus. This appears to be a very normal experience as it appears any subject is permissible to discuss except Jesus. Please pray for us this week, pray that distractions would be minimized and that people would have open hearts and minds to hear the good news.

Thank you for your prayers, we need them and God is working through them to sustain us, to keep us focused, and to help us see the unseen. Please continue to do so as well as to check back here to see how the week is going. We will be updating soon with more pictures.

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Leaving for London

We are at the airport and are ready to board the airplane. We thank you for your prayers for us during this next week. Please keep coming back to the blog and looking at the pictures and seeing how you can continue to pray for us.




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Day 5

I walked with Vince and Alisa today. We went back to King's Cross Baptist Church where we helped Pete, the student minister, to give out coffee, tea, and cookies to the students of SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) as they walked to and from class. It was a great way to meet and have conversations with students. We stayed until about 12:15 then walked to Lumen for lunch.
While we were eating, Kuan walked by and recognized me. He stopped and talked with us for a bit then said he would let us enjoy our lunch. I asked if he was going to be there for awhile and he said yes and that we could chat after lunch.

Since mine and Kuan's conversation on Tuesday as well as the fact we ran into him again in the station, I felt it necessary to have something of significance to give him that could help him understand God and His amazing grace. So what more to offer him than a Bible. As we were leaving Lumen, I offered Kuan a Bible (one we had bought Kerstin since she had given hers away on Sunday to a homeless man-thanks Kerstin for being obedient to God). He hesitated to take it because he thought it was so nice, but I insisted. He finally accepted and told me he would send me a book one day to read.

Now it is in God's hands, well actually, it's been in His hands since the beginning. I just know that every day I will say a prayer for Kuan, asking that his heart will be open to reading the Bible, grasping it's truth, and accepting Jesus as his Lord and Savior. I will probably never see Kuan again on this earth, but I hope with all my heart that I will see him in Heaven!

After we finished our prayer walking for the day, we headed back to the hotel and debriefed with the group. We discussed the conversations and experiences each of us had today. The overwhelming realization that has hit us all this week is that God is at work in London and the prayers are definitely making an impact. And like we continue to say, "It's not about us, it's about Him."

After debriefing, we headed back out to enjoy dinner at Brunswick Mall. We ate at Gourmet Burger Kitchen, which is similar to Flip Burger. It seemed at dinner that our minds continued to be on God's sovereignty and His powerful Word. We all realize the significance of being readers and doers of the Bible.

Well I will end with that. I hope you will read God's living Word today, even if just a verse, and dwell on it's meaning. Let it impact your life.


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Day 5

After 3 full days of prayer walking in London/Camden, each of us feels very "at home" here! We are comfortable with engaging Londoners, as well at ease with the various types of public transportation here. Being at ease and prayer-full has given us each a deeper connection to the places we visited today--it's amazing how prayer does that! Our souls have been grafted-in!
We pray that each of you are also sensing your own spiritual connection with our team, and the people of London! May God continue to weave all of us (and all of this) together as His Kingdom comes!




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Day 4

Today's blog entry is copied from one of the team members own blog. Thought we would share her story. If you are interested in seeing other day's and more pics please go to:

Adventures of Traveling Me




Today I walked with Stephen and John around the top of Camden. We started the day walking to Clink Hostel where we stopped and sat on the steps for an hour and just prayed over the hostel and the people of London. And we praised God that he allowed us to be a part of this trip and experience. He is definitely working here. We talked to a guy named Vernon on the steps for a bit. He is from Manchester England near Liverpool.
We then walked to King's Cross and noticed a woman on the stairs telling us to come in and eat breakfast. She was homeless. Come to find out the church serves breakfast to the homeless on Mondays and Tuesdays in the basement of the church. We had several conversations with homeless people. Several seemed to have a distorted view of God and His Word. We listened to what they had to say and when we left we prayed for their salvation and that they would know the Truth.

We then walked to King's Cross Mosque. Did you know that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world? We prayed for the mosque and that the people would understand God and that He sent His son Jesus Christ to die for our sins.

Since John and Stephen walked this area the day before, we went back to an interesting church they had seen yesterday called Lumen. Lumen is a part of the United Reformation Church and combines beliefs of Church of Christ and Presbyterian. The church also has a cafe in the front and several pamphlets about architecture and artwork. Its honestly a bit confusing how the church operates. When I took a look around, I asked a guy who was cleaning one of the open rooms about the church and its beliefs. His name was Kuan. He told me more about the architecture of the building and didn't know anything about the doctrine. I then asked him whether he attended or not and he told me he didn't believe in God. At that moment I knew I needed to share the gospel with him. After that point I honestly don't remember much about the conversation except that he was open to hear what I had to say. God really led the conversation and gave me the words to say. I then got his email address to keep in touch. We will need to pray for him and his salvation. We also need to pray that the focus of the church is on Christ and not the architecture. That just makes me think of what Pastor Buddy Gray always says: "It's not the building, it's the people."

After we left Lumen, we walked to Holy Cross Church to check it out. It wasn't open for us to go in so we went on our way. We walked through King's Cross station which is both a train and subway station.


There were so many people in the station. We stopped inside and prayed for the people traveling.
Then something so cool happened that only God could be responsible for. As we were leaving the station, probably 2 hours after we had left Lumen (several streets away), we passed Kuan coming in the station as we're coming out. Stephen called out his name and he was surprised to see us as well. We talked to him more and again sensed his willingness to talk to us, as if he liked our company. We chatted for a minute then said it was good to see him again and started walking again.

John, Stephen and I were in awe that we ran in to Kuan at the station. There were so many people there and if we had left 1 minute earlier or 1 minute later, we would have missed him! How awesome is that?? So please pray that Kuan will come to know the Lord because it's not just a coincidence that we ran in to him again.

Tonight the group road the subway to Hampstead Heath, like the Upper East side of NYC. We walked by a real estate agency where we saw a house going for 2.9 million pounds which converts to $4.2 million! We ate dinner at Pizza Express, which you would assume by it's name that it's a fast food pizza place like a Pizza Hut, but it was very nice and had speciality pizza. We all ate a whole personal pan pizza to ourselves, and dessert! I'm stuffed and ready for bed. Night!


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Day 3

Dear friends and family, thank you for continuing to lift our team to the the Lord! The answers to your prayers are being experienced!!
Day 3 was a meaningful walk for all our teams. One such reason was an open door from a team member's encounter the day before -- K had the opportunity to speak with a homeless man, who is on the streets because he is addicted to pain meds and is HIV positive. As K had a spiritual conversation with this man, he pulled out some Jehovah Witness literature. K was very compelled to give him the Truth, so she left her Bible with him (after he promised her that he would read it). Upon returning back to our hotel, K googled Christian bookstores, and she found one. The only one in London. And it was located close to one of the team's walking route. So this team found the book store, in order to replace K's Bible--but while at the store our team was able to connect with a worker named J*. This worker was a delight to speak with and was very knowledgeable about the Scriptures. He shared with us about the church he attended, as well as the darkness and lostness he also perceived in London. We collected his contact info and his church's info, and K's team is headed back to visit with him again today. Praise God for this Brother!
On another note, a church close to this bookstore was visited as well. This church is pastored by an American, and appeared to be extremely seeker-friendly. An assistant at the church said there are only about 60 active people, and the church's building is rented as conference space.
Please continue to lift up our teams, and our encounters! Please lift up J*, that he would not be numb to the overwhelming lostness on London, and that her would embrace his role as ambassador for Christ. And pray that churches would not water-down the Gospel in desperate attempts to attract visitors, but that they would repent and turn from adding to the work of Christ!






As well, lift up the 2012 Olympic games that will be held in London--ask God to consecrate this event for His purpose!


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Day 1&2

Our team made it safetly to London yesterday afternoon. Last night we took a stroll through Camden Market, around Regent's Park and up Primrose Hill. We were able to get acclimated to our new time zone, as well introduce new team members to the Burrough of Camden.

Camden High Street



Primrose hill



Today we worshipped with the church family at King's Cross Baptist Church,


and were invited back after our walks for Cafe Eden Live. Cafe Eden Live is a monthly event organized by the student pastor at KCBC, and hosts local musicians and artists who come together to share their testimony of faith and raise awareness about various Christian social ministries.


Tonight's focus was human trafficking. The cafe was packed, and our hearts were so ecouraged to celebrate how God is using young adults in London to share Jesus through the arts! We look forward to working with KCBC later in the week as they minister to the marginalized in Camden!

Please continue to pray for us today as we continue to engage people for the gospel and prayer walk. Pray for our eyes to see and understand the unseen spiritual needs of the area and the people we encounter. Pray for the people we engage that their hearts would be receptive to the gospel.

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