Thank you all so much for all of your prayers in
regards to my visa stuff. God is so good!!! I got my visa back in
remarkable time, even for the expedited service. As of this past Thurs I
have my passport in hand with an approved UK visa issued. So thankful
for His peace through it all and His mighty hand in the process, even
when it got returned to an incorrect address and I had to spend a day
tracking the package down.
I am really excited to be able to go back home to London
in a week and get back to life and ministry with this all behind me.
Really praying for the Lord's direction and vision for what all this
next season of ministry will look like and what He has in store for me. 
04 May 2015
Quick Visa Update
Outreach in the West End
As many of you know the main reason that we started our Tues afternoon Bible study at Cafe Eterno was to reach out to those working in the performance industry on the West End (like Broadway). Over the last year and a half we have gotten to see God do amazing things in and through people’s lives in this industry.
There are some, however, that we have seen come, get excited about the Lord but then drop off for various reasons. Please be in prayer for those we haven’t seen in awhile especially for those that we know desire the Lord but are battling over leaving their old life style behind and letting the Lord completely reinvent them.
Be in prayer too as we have seen the Lord send out with shows on tour some of those that had become really solid in Christ and bold about the Gospel. We love hearing the reports back from them about the ministry opportunities they are getting with people or the Bible studies they have been able to start with people on tour with them.
Be in prayer for the ladies pictured above from the Bible study. Cindi gave her life to the Lord backstage at Lion King with Sarah a few months back. She is really hungry to grow in the Lord. Her contract will be ending in May, however, and she will be heading back to South Africa. Pray that she gets connected with a solid church there. Sonia has recently joined the study and works front of house in the theatre for Les Miserables. She was so excited to find other Christians in the same industry. Finally, for Sarah as she will be ending her contract with Lion King in May as well and will be going to Manchester for a few months to perform in another show. God has used her in such huge ways to impact so many lives in Lion King. Pray for her as the Lord prepares to send her on to the next mission field.
We are seeking the Lord currently about how we may begin to again make a very concerted effort to really reach out into the theatres.
Praying for creative ideas and open doors from the Lord.
(Me, Cindi, Sonia, Anna and Sarah at Tues Bible Study)
There are some, however, that we have seen come, get excited about the Lord but then drop off for various reasons. Please be in prayer for those we haven’t seen in awhile especially for those that we know desire the Lord but are battling over leaving their old life style behind and letting the Lord completely reinvent them.
Be in prayer too as we have seen the Lord send out with shows on tour some of those that had become really solid in Christ and bold about the Gospel. We love hearing the reports back from them about the ministry opportunities they are getting with people or the Bible studies they have been able to start with people on tour with them.
Be in prayer for the ladies pictured above from the Bible study. Cindi gave her life to the Lord backstage at Lion King with Sarah a few months back. She is really hungry to grow in the Lord. Her contract will be ending in May, however, and she will be heading back to South Africa. Pray that she gets connected with a solid church there. Sonia has recently joined the study and works front of house in the theatre for Les Miserables. She was so excited to find other Christians in the same industry. Finally, for Sarah as she will be ending her contract with Lion King in May as well and will be going to Manchester for a few months to perform in another show. God has used her in such huge ways to impact so many lives in Lion King. Pray for her as the Lord prepares to send her on to the next mission field.
We are seeking the Lord currently about how we may begin to again make a very concerted effort to really reach out into the theatres.
Praying for creative ideas and open doors from the Lord.
Cafe Eterno
For the last year and half we have been doing a lot of ministry out of Cafe Eterno that is run by London City Mission (LCM). This is where we have held out Tues Bible Studies, Jesus Nights, met for prayer before and after Red Room outreach as well as had other events at. As of the end of this month though, LCM will be closing the cafe. We will be able to use the building though for possibly a few months after that. However, we will need to find another building in the area for Bible studies and events. Please be in prayer about where and what that may look like.
(Jesus Night at Cafe Eterno)
Red Room Ministry Update
We are very glad to welcome Lauren Anthony onto the outreach team. It is such a blessing to have another member on the team so that we can be more consistent about being out, even if one of us is sick or can’t make it out for the night. Lauren is an absolute delight and it has been beautiful to see her start to get really excited about desiring to be bold about Jesus and sharing the Gospel not only on outreach but in her life as a whole. Bellow you will find a picture of our team, Sarah, Lauren, Erena and myself, while we were all in Israel. That trip really seemed especially to ignite Lauren in her desire to be all about Jesus in everything she does.
Since this outreach started last May it has been an absolute gift to be able to see how the Lord has worked in each person on the team. How fears have been overcome and the resolve has been strengthened to be all about Jesus and not shy away from proclaiming the hope we have in Christ. Our experiences together on this outreach have greatly impacted all of our lives and tightly knit us together as sisters in Christ.
We continue to praise the Lord for the opportunities He continues to give us each week, especially with some of the new girls, to share the Gospel. Especially thankful for the amazing conversations that we got to have about Christ with a girl who worked the front desk for only a few weeks. I believe the Lord specifically placed her there just to hear about Him those few weeks. We have now begun to build an amazing relationship with the new girl working the front desk and managing the girls that work there. Pray the Lord will get a hold of her life. She really wants to come to church with us one of these weeks. Be in prayer too, as we look forward, we would love to reach out to more of the sex district area in Soho.
(Sarah, Me, Lauren, Erena)
Since this outreach started last May it has been an absolute gift to be able to see how the Lord has worked in each person on the team. How fears have been overcome and the resolve has been strengthened to be all about Jesus and not shy away from proclaiming the hope we have in Christ. Our experiences together on this outreach have greatly impacted all of our lives and tightly knit us together as sisters in Christ.
We continue to praise the Lord for the opportunities He continues to give us each week, especially with some of the new girls, to share the Gospel. Especially thankful for the amazing conversations that we got to have about Christ with a girl who worked the front desk for only a few weeks. I believe the Lord specifically placed her there just to hear about Him those few weeks. We have now begun to build an amazing relationship with the new girl working the front desk and managing the girls that work there. Pray the Lord will get a hold of her life. She really wants to come to church with us one of these weeks. Be in prayer too, as we look forward, we would love to reach out to more of the sex district area in Soho.
Visa Update
Thank you so much for all of your prayers in regards to my sponsorship and visa stuff! The Lord keeps moving things forward one step at a time. As of right now it looks like I will be able to get a new sponsorship for my visa through a Calvary Chapel in Inverness Scotland. I just got all my paperwork and documents in for that. Now just need to pray that everything goes through smoothly.
The next step after obtaining the sponsorship number will be applying for my new one year Charity Worker visa from the States. I will be flying to California 18 March. I bought a round trip ticket to return to London 15 April in faith. Please continue to cover that in prayers that there will be no issues with the visa being approved.
There are a number of things that keep popping up that can easily spark some fear about the visa possibly being denied. Mainly them deciding that on paper it looks like I can’t afford to live in London as well as the whole confusing issue about us losing our previous missionary sponsorship but never receiving a letter from the government setting the date of when we had to have new sponsors or leave the country. I’m reminded continually by the Lord not to dwell on the doubts and fears, the wind and waves, but to keep my eyes on Him.
The next step after obtaining the sponsorship number will be applying for my new one year Charity Worker visa from the States. I will be flying to California 18 March. I bought a round trip ticket to return to London 15 April in faith. Please continue to cover that in prayers that there will be no issues with the visa being approved.
There are a number of things that keep popping up that can easily spark some fear about the visa possibly being denied. Mainly them deciding that on paper it looks like I can’t afford to live in London as well as the whole confusing issue about us losing our previous missionary sponsorship but never receiving a letter from the government setting the date of when we had to have new sponsors or leave the country. I’m reminded continually by the Lord not to dwell on the doubts and fears, the wind and waves, but to keep my eyes on Him.
"You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You,
because he trusts in You." Isa 26:3
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