Saturday 5 February 2011

Miracles are happening in Woking!

We had a great time again last night at the town centre outreach.  We had a small team of five but had a significant presence and impact in Woking Town Centre nonetheless.  At one point a guy called Josh came up and asked for a cup of coffee.  I recognised him from a time he had come to the table just before Christmas.  When we saw Josh then, he was in a fairly desperate state because his young daughter was seriously ill with Cancer.  He described how her illness had dominated his family’s life for some time and how he was really struggling to cope with things now that the illness had become “really serious”.  Josh explained that he usually wouldn’t normally go out into Woking of a Friday evening but that he had simply needed to get away from everything.  At that time we prayed for Josh and entrusted him and his family to God.

 

When Josh came last night he was a different person.  He shared with us that since that time of prayer his daughter’s health had improved and that the doctors had just put her into “maintenance”, which apparently means that there is no more Cancer in her body.  What a great testimony!  Let’s pray that God will continue to use these events to speak to Josh and his family for some time to come.

 

We also spoke to others struggling with illness, homelessness, relationship breakdown, injustice and of course those who simply don’t believe.  As always God was with us and gave us several opportunities to talk to people and pray with others.

 

God was with us tonight

Tuesday 25th Outside Drop In Blog .


It didn't take long for the text messages to arrive on the Tuesday from some of the regular guys . “Are you opening tonight Silver Fox (their nickname for me)”. "Yes", I replied. 


We'd taken a week’s break for a team meeting and prayer and there were over 20 of the regular guys waiting for us when we arrived.


A few of the girls and guys were let in early to help us get set up which is a great help and good to get them involved. We had a good team turn out  - Esther, Dave and Nancy and of course me. Not long after we opened, Shaun and Carolyn joined us. The guys were really happy to see them, Carolyn
bought some craft materials with her, a few of the girls started to work with her.


A number of old faces also turned up during the evening it was good to catch up with them. One of the girls who had been coming down for a number of years had just been offered a part-time job working in a hairdresser's - which was great news. Another lad had been doing his work experience at Jamie Oliver’s restaurant in Guildford. He was so excited to tell me as he wanted to train as a chef.


We had the girls and one of the regular lads helping in the kitchen preparing the milkshakes and hot dogs. Esther was making flapjacks with some of the guys which I must say were very nice. Paul and Dave spent the evening chatting with the guys.


It was Nancy’s last evening as she is moving to Putney; a few of the regular girls had made her a card. This really touched Nancy. We are all very sad to lose Nancy from our team especially as six years ago she was instrumental in setting up the work that we are now doing.Thanks Nancy for all your hard
work,friendship and support and we wish you all the best in the future. However we will not lose touch and I am sure we have not seen the last of you!!


It was a great evening and it was a real pleasure to spend time with these guys and the team; we praise God for the that.


Well, the evening was over; we did have a very excited young person who had made a start on her fashion book with mini material dresses in. We look forward to the coming weeks - relationships building, young people growing.


Please continue to pray for the work we are doing.


Nick Hill