Church plant....

On Sunday we went to a church plant not far from our house, when we arrived we realized that we had seen this area when we were here the first time with the Washbasin team. The weather here has been really cold recently (ok maybe 10 degrees C, but cold for here!) Don’t get us wrong we are used to cold weather, as we have lived in northern Ireland most of our lives, but the difference here is that there is no heating inside any of the houses or buildings!

Here are a few things on Sunday that really humbled us so much.

It is a rented building they are in, so every Sunday before church the pastor and the elders met and pray in the building in order to have it ready for church, as they do not know what has been happening in the building during the week.

During the service we were soooo cold and all of a sudden we had a tap on our shoulder. It was one of the men from the church, and he handed us coats! We couldn’t believe it but gladly accepted.

There was an appeal after the preaching, and there were a few people who came up. One person who stood out to me was a young guy who was crying so hard that there was a puddle on the ground in front of him. This young guy was so passionate for the Lord that I felt so overwhelmed. We praise God for the passion that He has given these people.

We praise God for these church plants and the work that is being done in this area, we are excited about the prospect of being involved in this area in January, we pray for wisdom that we will be able to encourage this work which God is accomplishing through these people.