I cannot believe that we are already in November! Last month was the beginning of a new year for our University Students here in London. Many of them continuing on with their studies and many of them starting their first year in this big city! Jinlei is a first year student from China. I met her during her first days on campus and had the honour of sharing who Jesus is with her for the first time! She has since started coming to church and also to our Follow Course. Watch this space to celebrate her becoming a Christian in the coming weeks!
I love students, and even though they aren’t my main focus I can’t help but be involved and help out when I can. I joined them on one of their first dinners a few weeks ago. It was great seeing students from five Universities come together ready to start a year of going deeper in their relationship with God.
I have the privilege of walking with a lot of these young ladies as students and also when they graduate. Last year, I started mentoring Angelina in her final year. She was Hindu but
became a Christian shortly after we started meeting up! The Lord has really changed her inside and out and here she is sharing her testimony in church of how she realised the Hindu idols she was worshipping were not of God and how she threw them away and experienced such freedom as a result!
We have started a new season of the Follow Course this past month as well. Part one of the Follow Course talks about the Father heart of God and covers the story of the Prodigal Son. I was so excited to teach the first lesson this past week because we had a handful of people in the room, including Jinlei, who had never read or heard the story of the Prodigal Son and how much God loves them no matter who they are, what they have done or where
they have been. It was an emotional night!
Lastly, please continue to pray for Dolu. I am going to the hospital pretty much every day so I will update you on any changes.
Thank you for your love, prayers and support! They mean soooooo much!
Lots of love
Traci
The shorts and flip flops have now been put away and warmer clothes are making their way out from the back of my drawers and closet here in London. Goodbye warm weather!
I might be saying goodbye to Summer, but we have been experiencing an amazing new season here at Every Nation London! We have really felt a shift and excitement in the last month and are expectant about what God is going to do the rest of this year.
Last month I also asked you to please pray for
me as I was preparing to preach. We have
been doing a series on The Heart of….. and
my topic to preach on was
The Heart of Community. I have been so touched by how
God has used this message to get so many people back in community!
I am still hearing stories about how people are asking about how to get into Connect Groups or how they have been so blessed by people reaching out to them recently. Have a listen here to The Heart of Community if you haven’t had a chance to do so yet.
I’ve also been teaching at our Follow One Course on Who is Jesus this past week. I love seeing how people are growing in their relationship with God no matter where they
are at on the journey!
This month sees many of our University students return to campus and thousands of
new students coming to London to study for the first time. Watch this space for new and pictures of our welcoming new students next month!
Please continue to pray for my finances and health. Please also pray for me as I walk with
many people in the coming months to develop a deeper relationship with God through mentoring, Connect Groups, teaching and preaching.
Lots of love
Traci
We’ve moved! It’s actually been happening for the last few months but the hard work - especially physically, took place over the past 3 weeks of moving our Church office that we have been in for the past 16 years to our new Every Nation Hub! I felt like I had 3 weeks of all day workouts moving crates and furniture but it has all paid off and we are now up and running and even had our first New Decisions Seminar in the new Hub! Our old office was a blessing but we had far outgrown it’s capacity and we now look forward to what God is going to do in our new place.
Last month I shared with you how I had gone on our Youth Camp called the Forgiven Games. There was not enough space to share all of the pictures and VIDEO so I thought I would share it with you this month. These pictures are of me using the object lesson of a tissue box explaining that God’s forgiveness is like a never ending tissue box – He’s ready and waiting to forgive – ALWAYS - no matter how messy things have become – He’s There – take and receive His forgiveness.
I would appreciate your prayers this week as I prepare to preach this coming Sunday and also for my health. I’m excited about these next few weeks as Connect Groups, University, school and our Follow Courses start up again! Can’t wait to see what God has in store!
Loads of Love
Traci