“I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power.” Ephesians 3:7
I am so thankful for God’s gift of His one and only Son – Jesus! Let’s remember the reason for the season this month as we celebrate the birth of our Saviour!
Last week I sent out Aoife’s letter to you sharing a bit about what happened on our European Student Weekend. It was a fantastic weekend with powerful teaching and worship and an incredible time of so many countries coming together to have fun, build relationships and praying for the nations.
One story that I am excited to share with you is that we had a few non-Christians come on the weekend. All of them loved being there and I know experienced God’s love in an overwhelming way. One of the students that came along was Ruffy. He has actually been coming to our church and small groups for a while but had not come to the point of becoming a Christian. Well, I am so happy to say that on the weekend Ruffy surrendered his life completely to God! He is a natural leader and I am looking forward to seeing what the Lord is going to do in and throughout his life and lives of his friends as a result of his relationship with Jesus!
Here is a picture of Ruffy in the moment he surrendered his life to Jesus and the group picture from the weekend.
Merry Christmas! And thank you so much for all that you do for me to spread the love of Jesus to the nations!
Love,
Traci
“I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 1:3-6
I am SO thankful for your partnership in the gospel! As you join with me in prayer and support, you are reaching every generation in every nation! People’s lives are being changed because of you!
This past month I have continued to have opportunities to minister in mentorship groups and at our Follow Course. The most exciting thing though, was going to Dublin (Ireland) and Belfast (Northern Ireland). A team of us went to put on a mini worship conference in Dublin, as well as ministering in their Sunday service. We also travelled north to do a worship evening at our new church plant in Belfast.
It was so exciting to see both of these church plants growing and impacting the nations in their cities. It was also such a blessing to our team to be able to encourage their congregations. Have a look at our amazing team!
Please pray for me this weekend. We leave tomorrow to have our annual European Student Conference. Students and Campus Leaders from our Every Nation Churches will be arriving tomorrow night at the Conference. Even though my main focus in ministry is not Campus Ministry, I am so passionate about this age group! These are the next leaders of the world!
I look forward to sharing what God has done on this weekend in my next letter!
In closing, I will leave you with an Irish Blessing one of my Irish friends gave me:
“As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters never point the wrong way!”
Love,
Traci
Last month I promised some pictures! This past month has been filled with lots of excitement. Our students have started classes again at University so I have also started meeting up with them again for mentorship as they also lead Connect Groups for other students. The first picture on the top left is of some of our Filipino students. I mentor the 3 in the middle and they mentor the 2 on the outside of them as well as others in their group!
The top right picture is of me preaching in our Stratford Congregation on Living a Lifestyle of Worship. You can listen HERE for the sermon.
The left bottom picture is of me teaching Part 4 of our Follow One Course. This course has made such an impact on so many in our congregation as we have re-visited the story of the Prodigal Son and foundations for a relationship with God the Father, and the way home He has made for you in Jesus Christ. Move from lost to found; from sinner to son to heir!
And finally, the right bottom picture is something I am especially excited about because it is the beginning of our new 18-23 year old Connect Group for young adults who are now currently working instead of studying. I am mentoring their leader Shardelle, who is on the left side. She is 19 years old and has been radically saved and changed by a relationship with Jesus!
You and your prayers have been such an encouragement to me this past month! Thank you so much for partnering with me in reaching the Nations and Generations of this world in this AMAZING City!
Loads of Love
Traci
