Dear Family and Friends
I hope April has started off well for you. Today has been a beautiful day here praise God. We have had so much rain and the weather has still been cool. I’m so ready for Spring and warmer weather! It’s trying to come but for those of us who live in the UK, we know that it’s not a guarantee until April is over.
Last month I mentioned our European ENC Conference in Berlin. HERE is a recap video from that weekend.
I also preached part 3 of our “WE” series that we have been doing in Slough entitled “We Love Well”. You can watch the sermon here:
March was a month of big change for me as I moved into a house with a friend from church. After not having a housemate for a few years it’s been an adjustment for both my housemate and I to get used to each other, but it is going well. It’s also been lifechanging being so close to a train station and town centre because where I lived before, I needed to walk 30 minutes to get to anything.
I’ve also been working hard with our mission team getting ready for our Mission to Thessaloniki (Greece) at the end of this month as well as starting to prepare for a mission to Bucharest that I will lead at the end of this year.
Our mission to Thessaloniki is from 29 April – 6 May but I will be staying on until 12 May to do follow up with any students that we are able to connect with. I will then be flying back to the UK, repacking and then heading to America for my annual support raising time to say thank you to friends and family as well as trying to gain new support.
If you are near Tampa and want to meet up please email me to set up a time. Please don’t wait until I am there. I will only be there from 15 – 29 May. If you are in Georgia, I will be there from 30 May – 8 June.
Finally, I want to ask you for prayer not only for
my upcoming schedule but also for someone who is very dear to me. Over the last 19 years here in the UK, you have either read or heard me talk about the Portuguese family here that has “adopted” me as one of their own. One of those family members is Teri who I call “Mana” which is a term in Portuguese that you use when speaking to an older sister. Mana is and has been an amazing big sister to me these last 19 years! This past month she has been diagnosed with cancer in her lungs and in her leg. The doctors say there is no cure and will begin treating her with chemo next week as a preventative. BUT we are believing for a MIRACLE and we know that God can do the impossible. Would you join us in prayer for this miracle? Would you also pray that her husband and 2 daughters will give their lives to Jesus in the midst of all of this?
Please continue to pray for my schedule for the next few months:
16 April – Preaching in Slough
29 April – 12 May – Mission to Thessaloniki
15 May – 10 June – Raising Support in America
25 – 30 June – Speaking at our Student Leaders Camp in Marseille
31 July – 6 August – Youth Camp
Thank you so much for all you are doing to reach the nations in Europe. You have a part in impacting so many people with the gospel!
Loads of Love
Traci
Dear Family and Friends
I just got back from our ENC European Weekend in Berlin. We had students from 14 nations across Europe coming together for a packed weekend of input and fun! These weekends are an opportunity for our campus ministries who have been reaching out to their universities to invite Christian and non-Christian students to experience our worldwide family, and as always, we have an expectation of each one of them to take one step closer to God. This weekend did not disappoint as we continued our theme of Miracles in the conference. We had faith filled worship, speakers and incredible testimonies of God doing miracles in peoples lives.
Every year at the Conference, we have different workshops on Saturday afternoon where students and campus ministers can choose which one to go to. I was asked to speak on Emotional Wellbeing. Because this is such a big topic and so needed after Covid, most of the students chose this session. I just came back from the weekend so I don’t have access to photos or recordings but here are a few low quality ones that I was able to find of everyone on the weekend and then one of our London Crew.
Berlin was amazing but unfortunately, the day after I got back, I came down with a nasty cold so I would appreciate your prayers.
This week I am doing last minute packing as I prepare to move into a new place with a housemate on Saturday 11, March.
I am also doing a lot of prep for our Thessaloniki mission at the end of April.
Please continue to pray for my schedule for the next few months:
11 March – Moving House
18 March – Thessaloniki Mission Training
25 March – Youth Training in Slough
26 March – Preaching in Slough
16 April – Preaching in Slough
29 April – 12 May – Mission to Thessaloniki
15 May – 10 June – Raising Support in America
25 – 30 June – Speaking at our Student Leaders Camp in Marseille
31 July – 6 August – Youth Camp
Thank you so much for all you are doing to reach the nations in Europe. You have a part in impacting so many people with the gospel!
Loads of Love
Traci
Dear Family and Friends
2023 has started with lots of expectation on what God is going to do this year. As I mentioned in my last newsletter we started the year off with a week of prayer and fasting, and this year’s theme was Miracles – Make His Name known. Every Nation Churches all over the world joined together, following the same devotional, trusting God to do signs and wonders. For me personally, I have been sleeping better than I have in years! This is a true answer to prayer.
Also, after the week of prayer and fasting we started a sermon series on the same topic of Miracles covering 7 miracles that the Apostle John mentions in his gospel. I had the privilege of preaching twice in January on Jesus Turning Water into Wine and Jesus Walking on Water. Click on the sermons if you would like to listen.
As many of you know, Discipleship is a passion of mine. I will do anything I can to encourage people to take one step closer to God and to also get them to pass on what they have learned. In January, I organised a day for anyone who wanted to hear how to do just that in our Slough congregation. Here is a picture of that day.
The first half of this year is already very full and I would appreciate your prayers as I continue to do regular discipleship meetings with teens and adults here in the UK as well as meeting and discipling women leaders across Europe.
As the cost of living is continuing to rise, I have made the decision to move out of my one-bedroom flat into a house with a housemate. It also makes more sense because I am travelling a lot more. I will be moving out on 11 March so I would appreciate prayer for the cost of moving and that I am able to get everything done in the middle of all of my ministry responsibilities.
Please pray for my schedule for the next few months:
3-5 March – Speaking at our ENC Europe Weekend in Berlin
11 March - Moving houses
18 March – Thessaloniki Mission Training
26 March – Preaching in Slough
29 March – Teaching The Follow 2 Course
16 April – Preaching in Slough
29 April – 12 May – Mission to Thessaloniki
15 May – 10 June – Raising Support in America
25 – 30 June – Speaking at our Student Leaders Camp in Marseille
This is just the first half of the year! There are more events filling up the last half of the year including Youth Camps, Conference in South Africa and a mission to Romania and more.
Thank you so much for all you are doing to reach the nations in Europe. You have a part in impacting so many people with the gospel!
Loads of Love
Traci