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Thursday, July 31, 2014

A Quiet Week - Thursday 31 July 2014

Hi everyone,
Well including Sunday and  Tuesday , today was also very quiet. 6 people attended today
and this is the smallest number we have had for a long time.
Despite this though we did have a good study and people participated and shared freely.

This was also probably God's grace as I have been  sick this week and was pretty tired today.
Please continue to pray that God will transform the lives of the people who attend.
Thanks for your prayers
Michael

Thanks to July SHUM Team

Thanks to the July SHUM team who were organised by CREDO from UTS. It was great getting to know the team and serve alongside them. I hope you will be encouraged to continue learning and sharing the gospel with others. I also hope to see another CREDO group there next year. July has had many people coming each week except for the last Tuesday night of the month. Last Tuesday was quieter but people still came and spoke with us. We also celebrated one regulars birthday, with cake and birthday song included
Thanks for your support and participation.
Michael

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Thursday 24th July

Hi everyone,
Today 9 people came through our doors. It was an incident free afternoon with people participating
in Bible study. One lady who rang me  could not come today because she was having an xray after being
pushed into a wall. Please pray for her physical being. A woman whom I visited after Bible study is a regular. However she  has not been attending Thursdays or Sundays for the past month. She is not going well at all. She has anxiety
 issues and this coupled with problems with her son has placed her  in a very stressful situation. Please pray for her.
Pray also for a guy whom I recently helped out with accommodation for a week. He has been uncontactable. Pray that he is ok and will resume contact soon.
The July SHUM Team will be at the Lodge this Sunday. Pray that this will be an encouraging and challenging experience for them.
Thanks for your prayers

Michael

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Thursday 17th July

Hi everyone,
Today was a change from last week. There were many people away this week, which really was God’s grace towards the group. As we met today renovations were taking place at Church. This meant we had to change rooms to an upstairs room and all things had to be carted to the room.
7 people attended today and participated well during the Bible study.

Please pray for one woman who is quite jealous and annoyed with a couple of other guys in the group. Actually I think its one particular person and he helps me out and comes to all our meetings. She is quite rude and abrupt with him for no reason. Please pray God will work in her to transform her rudeness. She is threatening to have a break from the group for a couple of weeks. Please submit this to God in prayer.
Thanks for your prayers
Michael 

Thursday, July 10, 2014

A Chaotic Day 10th July 2014

Hi everyone,
Thursday was chaotic. 15 people came through the doors. Three of whom were mentally distressed and agitated and this did not help the mood of the others they ended up leaving. One woman who I had visited in psych hospital had just been released and came to see me.
Another guy who was bad mentally I encouraged to sit outside as he was not in the state of mind to be with people. However he later came in and then caused quite a bit of disturbance.
As usual I kept to my plan and forged ahead with Bible study and people participated , praise God. It was still a chaotic time.

There was also one new person who attended.
Please continue to pray for the group as clearly prayer in needed and crucial for this ministry.
God was gracious in that he brought so many people along and we did manage to get through Bible study together. Pray that God's word will transform their lives.
Thanks
Michael

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Thursday 3rd July 2014

Hi everyone
Today 11 people attended and all stayed for Bible study. The day started off slow with 4 people coming very early (around 12pm). However by the time we began Bible study 10 people had arrived. Another came a bit later. It was for most part a peaceful day with a bit of tension developing during prayer time. I had to ask people to be quiet while others prayed as a few almost had an argument during prayer. This is probably hard to imagine but strangely enough this can happen very easily during prayer time.
One lady also called me from the psych ward at St Vincents Hospital today. I had visited her the other day and she was expecting to get a day pass to attend Thursday Bible study but unfortunately did not.

Thanks for your prayers please continue to pray that God’s word will transform their lives.

Michael