I can’t believe another month has already flown by this year! We are still waiting on warm weather here in London. If you are where there is warm weather please send it this way!
This past month has been full of activities and I’ve loved seeing God working in and through people’s lives in so many ways. We had 22 people go through our New Decisions Course. It’s incredible to see how they come in to the course and the transformation that takes place over 5 days through God’s Healing and restoration in knowing who we are in Him.
A group of our ladies also joined 11,000 women from 48 different countries at Hillsong’s Colour Conference this past week! It’s always an encouraging time for us as women to join together in worship as well as hearing dynamic speakers speaking truth.
One thing I also started doing this month was meeting up differently with our small group leaders. I’ve started monthly online huddles with the ladies and I have another pastor doing online huddles with our men. With many people having families and travel in London taking up quite a bit of time, we needed to find an easier way to meet up. These online meetings make it so much easier! Please pray for us as we lead these meetings encouraging and investing into our leaders as they lead so many in our congregation.
This week our staff is heading to Krakow, Poland for our Every Nation Europe Leaders Conference. I love this conference because it is not only an incredible time of input for us as leaders but also because seeing, connecting and praying with our other Every Nation Churches across Europe is powerful! I’m also looking forward to being part of the worship team while we are there!
Please pray for me as I travel this week and also as I begin to prepare for future speaking engagements in the near future. You are amazing and I so appreciate all of your love, prayers and support!
Lots of love,
Traci
The daffodils have come and gone and now tulips are in full swing here in London so Spring must be here right? The sun has been making short appearances and we have had a few warmish days but the cold weather is still hanging on. I’ve been brave and not worn a scarf or warm jacket a few times and have regretted it later. I still have hope though that constant warm weather is around the corner!
Even though the weather hasn’t changed much, we have been seeing change in people’s lives this past month! Angelina, whom I have mentioned a few times in past letters was unable to find a job to stay in the country so she had to return to Malaysia. The night before she left though, a room full of us gathered in her flat and squeezed into her bathroom to see her get baptised! I loved this evening because it was her public declaration that she belongs to Christ and it was very important for her to do it as she was returning to her Hindu family who still does not know she is Christian. We are all trusting that God will give her favour and opportunities to share her faith at home. I also loved the evening because after looking at the picture of those that came to celebrate her baptism, I realised that out of 12 people, we were from 9 different countries!
The next day was our annual Freedom Day. We had 20 people from our 3 different congregations come together for a day of teaching and ministry to experience breakthrough and freedom in their lives.
Over the past few weeks I have also had the opportunity to teach a session on our Follow One Course on understanding that repentance from sin and dead works, and putting your trust fully in God, are steps that take you home to the Father’s gracious embrace and full restoration. I also taught at our Follow Two Course on fruitfulness and how we as we remain in Him, God has purposed that our lives will be fruitful.
Thank you so much for your prayers covering myself and our staff on health issues. We have all been feeling so much better! Your prayers and support are much needed and so appreciated!
Lots of love,
Traci
The past month and a half has been so full of God’s love, power, faithfulness, forgiveness, transformation – I could go on and on!
At the end of January I headed to Tampa, Florida to visit family and friends who have been so wonderful in walking with me for so many years as a missionary. Thank you so much to all of you who have been so faithful for your giving and your prayers! I also want to welcome those of you who have recently joined me in reaching the nations as I serve here in London!
I was in Tampa for 2 weeks and then headed up to northern Georgia to visit my parents for a few days where I was also able to reconnect with my first ‘adopted’ family in the Lord! When I first went to be a missionary in Guatemala in 1990 the Lord gave me Luis, Melonie and their children as family. It was so good to catch up after so many years and talk about the amazing things God has done and still continues to do in our lives.
As soon as I arrived back in London, I hit the ground running. We had 3 people in our church who were eager to be baptised. Which is always exciting! What you can’t tell in these photos is that it was around 50F/10C outside and the water was FREEZING! I loved it and would do it every day if I could! Especially seeing two of our teens wanting to take this step.
This past weekend we also had our Every Nation Campus European Conference here in London. The theme was Unashamed and we had students come from 10 different nations around Europe. We probably had around 20 nations represented because many of the students come from different
countries that they actually study in. I also had the privilege
of being one of the speakers and ministering to the ladies about letting go of shame. God did such an incredible work in and through all of us on the weekend. We are beginning to hear testimonies so watch this space in my next letter!
Thank you again for all of your prayers! You are a part of everything that I am involved in here in Europe.
Could I please ask you to pray for health for our staff? There is a flu virus going around and we have really been battling physically
and also spiritually against this. I would also appreciate prayer for more people to join my prayer and financial team to reach the nations and generations here in London. You are amazing!
Lots of love,
Traci
