Happy New Year! I hope that you had a wonderful time over the Christmas and
New Years and made lots of wonderful memories with family and friends.
Last December I hosted our Campus Christmas Party. I loved having our students over for a fun evening of games and food! I’ve also loved seeing how they have not only grown in their relationships with each other but also with God in 2016.
We also had our Every Nation Staff Christmas outing! We have three congregations here in London and they are quite spread across the city so our staff doesn’t always get a chance to hang out with each other. These outing
in the greatest city give us an opportunity to have fun, build stronger relationships and also bless each other.
Starting 2017 has also been exciting! Christina is a beautiful young lady that has been attending out church over the past few years. We have seen her life change drastically in 2016 as she developed a relationship with God and experienced transformation and freedom in so many areas! She is about to step out in a new adventure and move to Australia at the end of this month but before she leaves she had one more thing that she wanted to do – GET BAPTISED! We didn’t have a church baptism planned this month so I invited her and a few friends around to my house and we baptised her in my bath! You can watch it HERE.
This month Connect Groups, Follow Course and University Terms start up again! I can’t wait to see what God is going to do this year!
I will be coming to Tampa for the first 2 weeks in February and my calendar is filling up so if you would like to meet up with me please email me so we can set a date and time.
Finally, Just a reminder that the American postal address for donations to Traci Watson Ministries has changed. Please send all communication and donations to Traci Watson Ministries 276 Hope Drive, Blue Ridge, GA 30513 if you are sending by regular postage. PayPal is still the same and direct deposits can also still be used the same in America. My UK information has stayed the same.
For my UK friends, if we haven’t had a chance to meet up recently, please let’s also make a plan for March. I would love to catch up with you soon!
Thank you so much for all of your prayers! I have so needed them. Your love and your support are a continuous gift and I am overwhelmed that you have joined me on this journey!
Lots of love,
Traci
PS - For my American friends - Baptize in America is spelled Baptise in the UK ;o)
Winter has definitely arrived in London with temperatures dropping drastically and ice forming everywhere in the mornings and evenings.
Christmas parties and activities are also in the planning stages or already happening. We will be handing out hot chocolate, mulled wine (very traditional here) and Christmas cookies in the coming weeks to people in our local neighbourhood hoping to share the good news and love of Jesus!
This past month has been an emotional one and I want to say thank you again for all of your prayers for Dolu while she was in the hospital and now for her husband Dayo and her family and friends. We had a memorial for her and wow what a turnout of people from all over the UK and Nigeria! She impacted so many people!
I also had the privilege of interviewing Angelina to share a bit more of her testimony in church a few Sundays ago. I love seeing what God is doing in her life!
Thank you as well for praying for my health! I am feeling so much better! I would appreciate your continued prayer as we press through the Winter months.
Finally, I want to let you know that the American postal address for donations to Traci Watson Ministries has changed. Please send all communication and donations to Traci Watson Ministries 276 Hope Drive, Blue Ridge, GA 30513 if you are sending by regular postage. PayPal is still the same and direct deposits can also still be used the same in America. My UK information has stayed the same.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!! I pray that you have an amazing time celebrating the birth of our Saviour and also a wonderful time with family and friends!
Lots of love,
Traci
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
