Dear Family and Friends
Happy New Year! I hope that you had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas and bringing in the New Year!
December for us was filled with social gatherings and Christmas services throughout the month. It’s a wonderful time to invite people who usually don’t go to church or maybe even for the first time (like so many of our Chinese students) – and giving them an opportunity to hear the true reason for the season- Jesus!
As I was thinking about what to write in this month’s letter, I remembered a few pictures that I took a few weeks ago of Dina and me in Windsor Park. It’s been quite cold in London but on this day, we wanted to get out and get some fresh air. Our original plan was to go somewhere a little further outside of London, but the fog was too thick to drive there so we ended up in this park.
It looks clearer in the pictures than it actually was – you could only see a little ways in front of you but as you can see, there was a path to follow that made it easy.
This week is our Every Nation Global Prayer and Fasting time where we set aside five days of prayer and fasting to humble ourselves before God, consecrate ourselves for Him for the upcoming year and corporately believe for breakthroughs.
If you are like me, as I think about many of the things that are coming up in 2025, I can only see so far into the what, how, when and where – just like in the fog Dina and I were walking in.
If you haven’t set some time aside yet for this year, I encourage you to take a few days to seek God for direction. I am trusting that this week of prayer and fasting will bring clarity and discernment on the many things God has in store for me in 2025.
As Dina and I were walking through the fog we had peace because we were confident of the direction we were going even though we could only see a few steps ahead of us. I am confident that even though I might not know what the end results are of the things God has ahead for me, that He will guide my path and give me peace.
Please pray for me for the next coming months as I am involved in the following things so far:
- Launching a new term of ENC (University Campus) ministries
here in London
- Launching a new term of our ENC Cluster groups across Europe
- 20- 22 January in Prague for preparations for our
ENC Conference in March
- 26 January - Preach in our West Congregation
- 24 February - Teach at our Follow Two Course
- 24-30 March - in Prague for our Every Nation Europe Build &
ENC Conference
- April -In America to raise support
These are just a few of the things on my calendar at the moment that do not include the regular mentoring that I do in London and throughout Europe.
Thank you again for all of your prayers! I need them!
Lots of Love
Traci
Dear Family and Friends
Wow this past month has been full! In my last newsletter I stated that I was getting ready to leave for Tampere, Finland for our annual Evangelism Summit. This year’s Evangelist Summit was exceptional! With 72 gathered from 20 nations we were poised for God to do something great. Expectations were exceeded.
"Europe is no longer post-Christian it is pre-revival!" – Our main speaker - Wayne Sandeman made this statement at the Summit. This is not wishful thinking, we are experiencing the shift from post-Christian to pre-revival and we are expectant for an unprecedented revival. Preparation needs prayer, then revival!
In his devotional book Revival Rain (which I highly recommend) he states -“Revival is: God coming near, the church coming alive, and the lost coming to Christ.”
During the Summit we started a 40 days of prayer and fasting for revival in Europe where our delegates and many across Europe in our Every Nation churches signed up for a day to pray and fast for revival. We are hearing stories of people having encounters with Jesus, salvations and restoration in relationships almost on a daily basis. God is on the move! Below is a picture of those who attended.
As many of you know, part of my Europe role is being a part of our Campus Leadership Team for Europe. I work to ensure that our campus missionaries across Europe are being discipled and have the support they need to do what God has called them to do. The congregation that I belong to in London is experiencing growth in all areas praise God! - to the point that we are planting a new congregation in the south of London. We are also seeing growth in our university campus ministry where they need more support. As of this month, I am stepping in as the Interim Campus Director in London to support our team at this time of growth. Please pray for me to have wisdom and discernment over the next 4 months to help our campus ministry grow even more and for a clear strategy on how to go forward in the new year.
Two Freedom Days took place in November. One in our own congregation here in London and one in our church plant in Huntingdon (near Cambridge) where they had their first Freedom Day! I had the privilege of teaching two of the sessions on the day as well as helping with ministry times. I love these days where you see people experiencing freedom and healing that changes their lives!
And finally, thank you so much for all of your prayers for my health. After 2 rounds of antibiotics and a cracked rib from all of the coughing, I am feeling SO MUCH BETTER.
I pray that as we head into the Christmas season that God will bring peace and joy into every area of your lives! Let us remember that Jesus is the reason for the season and ask God for opportunities to show our families and friends who don’t know Him yet – His love and grace as we spend time with them over the next few weeks. May you even experience restoration and salvation amongst family and friends!
Thank you for your love, prayers and support. You are making a difference not only in my life but in the lives of so many in Europe.
Lots of love
Traci
Dear Family and Friends
October was a mission month for us here in London. October is normally when all the universities are starting their new academic year, so we took advantage of this time and went with small teams to strike up conversations about friendship, community and church with students on many of the university campuses across London.
With London being a city where many international students come to study, it can be a very lonely time for students who are living away from family and friends for the first time. But not just international students – this is true for those who also live in the UK. We have seen a huge shift over the past few years in students being so open to talk about the need for friendship, community and faith.
There was a recent survey done on university campuses across the UK that showed that 76% of students who aren't Christians say that they would go to church if a friend invited them! 45% of non-Christians would like to hear the story of Jesus! This is a massive opportunity that we don’t want to miss!
This is not just something that we are seeing in the UK. Just this week I have been hearing more and more stories about the response some of our campus ministries across Europe are having as a result of engaging students this year. We are hearing stories of students coming to 3 or 4 campus/church events just after doing a week of outreach on the campus. Some of them getting saved! We really believe we are beginning to see revival across Europe.
If you don’t live in Europe, you might be asking why I am so excited about this? Some of our campus ministries across Europe try to reach out to students each year on their universities and it’s been a celebration if they can reach 3 and have them stick and grow in a relationship with God – IT’S THAT HARD…BUT over the past 2 years we have started to see a shift and hearing stories of breakthrough and more and more students being reached and growing into true disciples who are passing it on to other students! This past year was proof to us as we saw the biggest numbers of students at our ENC Europe Conference and our ENC Leaders’ Camp this year.
Please join me in praying for more fruit on our university campuses across Europe and praying for more people to answer the call to be campus missionaries in Europe.
Another exciting thing that I got to take part in this past month was our School of Prophecy. Many of us from our Every Nation Churches across Europe gathered in Glasgow, Scotland for a week of in-depth instruction, impartation, and hands-on equipping in prophetic reception and ministry. It was a powerful week and very encouraging. With my role in Europe, I really wanted to grow more in the prophetic and this week did not disappoint. Here is a picture of those of us who attended:
Finally, tomorrow I leave to fly to Tampere, Finland for our Evangelism Summit and mission. This is a week where our evangelists across Europe come together for a time of being fuelled with faith, focus and fruitfulness for mobilising evangelism across our continent. Now, I am not an evangelist, but we are all called to share the good news of Jesus with people! I attend this Summit every year because as someone who is passionate about discipleship and leading and being a part of missions across Europe, being stretched in my skills in evangelism is vital. This week also gives me the opportunity to build relationships with the evangelists across Europe who will most likely be joining me on mission at some point or another.
Whew! I know this letter has been long this month, but I want to ask you for one final prayer. Please pray for my health. The weather has changed here in London and many people are fighting colds including myself. Many of you know my breathing has been an issue in the past so I am trusting for healing and no complication whilst I am in Finland.
Thank you for EVERYTHING!
Lots of love
Traci
