Thanks to the June SHUM Team and Thursday Bible study

Sunday

Thank you also for your participation at Edward Eagar Lodge. It was great to have you involved. After the service on Sunday we had a very chaotic time in Bible study. Two people were mentally unstable that day . One kept coming in and out of Bible study and being disruptive the other would talk incessantly about anything. This was unfortunate as one guy who came, a newcomer. was also not well and really searching for God’s answers to his questions. I did my best to answer his questions whilst dealing with the other two.

Pray that God will work in his life and that he will return to participate in Bible study.

Later I then helped one of the regulars move to new accommodation, as I had found her another place earlier in the week.

Sunday was exhausting.

Thursday

Today 8 people came through our doors for Bible study. However,  two left before Bible study began. One left because of anxiety issues. This was the smallest number we have had for a long time. However this was also a blessing as Bible study was good with people participating. We also shared communion together today.

Pray that others will return and that God will continue to transform their lives.

Thanks for your prayers and participation both are necessary for this ministry to continue.

Michael

God the Provider Thursday 19th june

Hi everyone,

Thanks for your prayers. Today we had a number of regulars away but even so 10 people came through our doors to attend Bible study. 

It was a relatively peaceful day with people participating freely. There were also 3 guys ( apart from the 10 who attended Bible study) who came in earlier looking to have lunch but they were an hour early and when I told them this coupled with the fact that  we have lunch then Bible study and prayer, they were not so keen and left.

Please continue to pray for the group and those who attend. Pray that God’s word may transform their lives.

Praise point and thanks to God who provides!

I have  been working most of the week to find someone accommodation for a regular to Thursday Bible study and Sunday service at the Lodge. God was gracious and I managed to contact a couple of places which sounded suitable for her. After Bible study I took her to see a place and she was very happy with it and snapped it up immediately. I thought she may have been able to wait for something a little cheaper and larger

but she was happy to take it there and then. However  it is a great location for her. She also says it is much better than where she was.

Pray that she will be grateful to our God who provides abundantly.

Thank God for his provision

Michael

Tuesday nights

The last two Tuesday nights we have been inundated with people. In fact there were so many people there last Tuesday night they formed their own queue and lined up in a semi organised fashion. We ran out of sugar and water.
Its times like this we need to work fast and try and get into conversation and prayer even faster.
Please pray that we will be able to meet the spiritual needs of people and that they would stay longer to speak with us. Staying longer means we can get around and hopefully speak with everyone.
Thanks
Michael

A Chaotic day Thursday 12th June

Hi everyone ,

Today was at best chaotic. Not aggressive chaotic people were not fighting, but none the less chaotic. Today things just kept occurring. One lady who needed attention all day that whom I know from the lodge, attended today because one of the regulars came across her and she had been punched in the eye. Her eye was black , sore and she was very drunk.

I managed to calm her and she spent the whole day with us. However she was hard to maange as she wanted to interrupt and sing and at other times just talk. After we finished I tried to walk her back to the lodge but she passed out across the road from Church. I then had to get someone to sit with her while I went back to Church and cleared up. I also had another guy stay for a shower at Church which I sometimes let him do. 

However  he took liberties and washed his clothes as well and  40 minutes later he was finished. During this time I  had to record some guitar playing for one of our regulars who needs it for a course she is doing. Then after he had finished his washing and left  I had to go see the lady passed out and somehow get her back to the lodge or get mission beat. Fortunately she had regained consciousness and I managed to pick her up and walk her back somehow to the lodge. Praise God for that.  

And I was able to pick the lady up and walk her to the lodge where she is safe and can sleep it off.

This was only the latter part of the day when Bible study had finished.

One guy I know well, left a little early today but I could tell he could not concentrate and was have trouble listening and understanding.

All in all  13 people came through our doors today. It was hard day to control everyone’s concentration with multiple interruptions and people arriving at different times today.

We even had a time after the study where people were just asking random questions from passages in the Bible. This in itself is good however they all wanted to ask at the one time and so kept interrupting. I had to constantly remind them of the one person at a time speaking rule. This just added to the chaos.

Please continue to pray for the group. If they do not need it I certainly do.

Thanks

Michael