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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Thursday 30th October

Hi everyone,
Today 9 people came through our doors. We do have a number of people away and yet God still brings those He wants there. It was a relatively peaceful day. However one lady has been jealous the last couple of times we have met because I have had to give another person attention who is facing many issues. This lady gets jealous when the focus does not turn to herself. She was still speaking and talking about the time I spent with this person on Sunday afternoon.
Please pray for her as her aggressive and rude nature is quite a handful at times.
Thanks

Michael

OCTOBER SHUM

Thanks to the October SHUM Team. It was great to serve with them despite the torrential rain one night. I hope to see you all again next year. Last Tuesday was a fitting end for the month with many people staying and wanting to continue their conversations with us.
Thanks everyone for your support and participation
Michael

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Thursday 23 Oct 2014

Hi everyone,
Today 9 people came through our doors. We did have a couple of people away due to other appointments. It was a peaceful day and everyone participated in Bible study. On Tuesday night even though it was not a busy night, two people whom I had not seen for a while were there. Both came to Bible study today. One of them who came is intending to attend church on Sunday, well at least when he left today , that was his intention. God works in all situations.
Thanks for your prayers

Michael

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Tuesday Night and Thursday 14th&16th Oct 2014

Hi everyone,
Tuesday
It was an extremely wet and stormy Tuesday night. Did not matter if you had an umbrella everyone was soaked. We were so wet we did not want to sit down. I also dropped one of the guys home who lives not too far from central. Due to his bad leg it took about 5 minutes to him to get into the car, while it was bucketing down. After about 30 seconds, it did not matter I was completely soaked yet again with water pouring into the car as well.
Really makes me appreciate  when its dry weather.
Thursday
Today 11 people came through our doors. There was a funeral on as we met today. God was gracious and no unfortunate interactions occurred between our group and people attending the funeral. Today was a mostly peaceful day. One chap though was a little off when we begun but soon calmed down.
People today drifted in at all different times.
Please pray for one lady who brought her grand-daughter with her. Pray that she will return.
Thanks for your prayers

Michael

Friday, October 10, 2014

Thursday and Memorial service Friday 9th Oct 2014

Hi everyone,
As expected a few regulars were away as there was a memorial service for a very popular man named ‘animal’. In spite of this 9 people came for Bible study. It was a very peaceful day with people participating in Bible study freely. One man who came had not been for a couple of years. He can often be a handful and has been banned from many centres at one time or another. He is can be much worse than the Mark we spoke of on Tuesday night.  Thankfully he was well behaved on Thursday. Strangely enough it is clear to me that he has had theological training. He may have even been a priest in his past life such is  his knowledge of the Bible old and new. Clearly something has gone amiss in his life.
Please continue to pray for the group and everyone’s safety as people who often attend can be extremely volatile. They are like time bombs , ticking waiting to explode.
The memorial service on Friday went ok. There were no incidents and the family of the deceased came to Edward Eagar Lodge which is very unusual. It was unfortunate that the memorial service could only be held 3 and a half weeks after the death due to many complications. I am fairly sure this affected the number of people being present. The lady who died was a very popular person amongst the marginalised and also at other centers.
The events of this week with another 2 more deaths at the lodge, I am sure also affected the people who were going to attend.
Please pray for the residents of the lodge as the number of deaths has affected the mood and mental state of both staff and residents.

Thanks you for your prayers it is clear prayer is needed in this seemingly uncontrollable situation.
Michael

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Tanna Island; prayer and financial support needed

Please continue to pray for the building funds needed for the Tanna Island. Praise God for the generous donations so far towards the project. Please contact Michael if you have questions or if you would like to support the villagers in Vanuatu.


Thursday, October 2, 2014

Thursday 2nd October 2014

Hi everyone,
Today 15 people came through our doors. I ran a casual service for one man who had passed away and consistently attended ourgroup. He had been struggling with cancer for the last two years and recently it had overtaken him. He has now gone home to be with the Lord.
His wishes were no funeral and ceremony. Hence what we did today was to remember and celebrate his passing to the Lord. Three people who had not been before attended  to remember and say their farewells to this friend.
Thanks you for your prayers and support.
Please remember to pray for us , your prayers are invaluable in this ministry.
Thanks

Michael

September SHUM Team

Thanks to the members of the September SHUM team.
Hope you were challenged and encouraged and will return next year to participate again.
Please also continue to pray for this ministry as prayer in these situations is always needed.
Thanks
Michael