Dear Family and Friends
Psalm 18:39 says “ You armed me with strength for battle;…” This month I and many others here in our church have felt God calling us to fight. To fight for what God has given and promised us. There has seemed to be an increase of attack on many of us and I’m sure on you as well as you have been stepping into God’s plans for your life. The enemy is not happy and he will do everything he can to prevent us from stepping into God’s blessings for us. Ephesians 6 talks about putting on the full armour of God – not our armour – God’s! Let’s not accept sickness, lack of finances, family problems, etc. Let’s stand and say enough is enough! God has armed us with strength to battle and He has given us Victory! So let’s fight and see walls like those of Jericho come down as we step into His promises for us!
This past month we have been doing a series in our Sunday services called God Questions where we have been tackling questions that God asks in the Bible such as “Where are you?, Who can I send?, and What do you want me to do for you?” At the beginning of the series, we also asked people to write down questions they would like to ask God. A few weeks ago, we took on three of those questions in 10 min segments. One of the questions was, “My life is so busy, how am I supposed to find time to connect with God and if I do, how can I understand what I read when I read my Bible?” I was chosen to answer this question in 10 Minutes! Please have a listen HERE especially if this is a question you also need answered.
Could I also ask you to continue to stand in prayer with me on my financial support as well? I am praying for more people to join our team to help to pray for me and also to support me financially. Please also send me prayer requests so I can be praying for you as well!
Thank you so much for your love, prayers and support! I am so appreciative of your faithfulness!
Love,
Traci
Dear Family and Friends
The last two months have been wonderful! I am so grateful to God, Every Nation London and for you to give me the opportunity to take a sabbatical. Today is my second day back at work and I must say I am loving it! I am really excited for this next season.
As I mentioned in my last letter, I had an amazing time with my mum during the first part of my sabbatical and the last few weeks have been a wonderful time of rest, reflection and input gearing me up for the upcoming months. This past week was really special as I joined 185 of our leaders across Europe for our European Leadership Summit in Berlin.
It was a wonderful week of hearing the incredible things God is doing around Europe as well as around the world. God is bringing physical and spiritual walls down in the lives and hearts of the people across these nations. Here is a picture of me standing at a portion of the Berlin wall. What an amazing representation of what can happen when walls come down! I also had the opportunity to help lead worship in one of the sessions which was especially exciting for me since I hadn’t sung in 3 months!
The day after we arrived back from Berlin a group of us took part in a 5 K Colour Run to raise money for the NSPCC (A charity fighting against child abuse). It was a great opportunity to support this charity as well as have fun as a church family.
Please pray for me as I get back into the swing of things. I really sense this being a new season of ministry for me at a greater level. Please pray for protection, wisdom and strength.
Also, could I please ask you to pray over my finances as well? I’m really trusting for increase and praying that as God speaks to people’s hearts that they will be obedient in giving and that they will experience the joy of being part of reaching so many people’s lives as they live and pass through London!
Thank you so much for your love, prayers and support!
Love,
Traci
The last few months have been a whirlwind! The great thing though is that God has been in the middle of it so it’s been an amazing ride!
In mid-March I preached a sermon on Loving Well as Friend. Sometimes we fall into a routine or rut in our friendships and lose sight on properly loving each other well. It was interesting to see the response of so many people, especially in the area of loneliness. To listen to the sermon click HERE.
After preaching that Sunday, I flew to Florida for three weeks to see Family and Friends and to also do my annual support raising. It was a wonderful time seeing so many of you and being overwhelmingly blessed by your love and generosity! Please continue to pray for increase in my finances and all that God has in store for me in Ministry and Life!
I arrived back in London mid-April starting a 2 month Sabbatical with a 3 week visit with my mum. I have not spent 3 weeks of quality time with my mum since I was 19 years old and I must say that I was so excited to have her here and show her the beautiful city and country that God has planted me in.
Please pray for me as I continue my Sabbatical. I am already looking forward to this next season coming up. I really believe the words NEW THINGS that God gave me at the beginning of the year will be theme that runs throughout 2015!
Loads of Blessings!
Traci
