Next ministry update

Andrew flew over to Edinburgh to meet with the church leaders at Carrubbers to talk through a little more of a job description for the new ministry in January. First he met with the pastoral team to talk about how to move forward in the church plant and then with the directors (elders) to give a form of strategy for the year ahead. Praise God that He is going ahead of us through the rest of the team there who are building the bridges into the community. We are of course excited that we will be working with George and Marie MacRaild who are Andrew's brother's inlaws and missionaries with Biblical Ministries Worldwide. It now looks as though we have a moving week of 19th to 23rd January to move to Scotland.

This week we are looking forward to a de-brief with the OMS homeland staff. We have been so grateful for all their support during our time with OMS International.

Can you help???

Would you love to be practically involved in missions?

Do you live in or around Coleraine N.I.?

Do you ever have time off during the day (morning or afternoon)?

Would you be interested in helping at the Project Mexico Charity Shop?

Since we got back Andrew has been helping out one morning a week at the shop. He loves the opportunity to serve practically and to chat with people who go into the shop. The charity shop gives so many people the opportunity to do something practical from donating unwanted belongings to ironing clothes, manning the shop and delivering furniture etc. It's a great way of raising financial support for various ministries in Mexico and has been instrumental in paying the MEFI team and keeping the La Raza building running. This in turn bears the kind of spiritual fruit that we have been reporting over the months and years. It's a worthy cause and there is always need for more people to get involved.

If you think you can help PLEASE contact us and we will be able to put you in touch with the appropriate people. You can practically bless the ministry through the sacrifice of your time and effort and see lives touched for eternity as result. Good payment in itself!!

Quick update

Thanks for checking in and for your continued interest and prayers. Praise God that we are all in good health. There is no fresh news on our house but we continue to trust that God is in control of that and pray that the house will sell at the right time.

Andrew heads back to Edinburgh for a couple of days this week again. He's on his own this time as I will stay with the kids. We appreciate your prayers as we continue to look to the next phase of ministry.

Wallyford

This past weekend Tabitha and Oscar had a little holiday with Andrew’s parents while we headed over to Edinburgh for a couple of nights. Without kids’ schedules to work around we were able to relive the hectic nature of life pre-kids. We caught up with lots of great friends, gave a short report as part of our missions prayer night, visited the ministry we will be involved with early next year, did some house-hunting and even found a few minutes to get to the shops.

It’s exciting how the doors are opening up for ministry in Wallyford. Please pray on Thursday this week for the group giving an introductory session to the bible club they will run in the school. There has been complete support for this group from the head teacher. This week they hope to do a treasure hunt and then start properly the following week. Pray that many kids will be attracted to the event and even venture along next week.

Wallyford, just outside Edinburgh, is an old mining town. House prices in Edinburgh are naturally quite pricy and so redevelopment in places like Wallyford is quite obvious as people choose to live further outside the city and commute to work. For 3 years now our home church in Edinburgh, Carrubbers Christian Centre, has been establishing links within the community and reaching out through mothers and toddlers groups, a youth ministry and other bits and pieces. The team has done an excellent job and are well known within the community. We are excited to be stepping into the team and to be looking at ways of developing the ministry further.

In some ways there will be many similarities to the ministries we were involved in in Mexico and in many ways there will be different challenges and opportunities. We are excited and looking forward to what lies ahead.

Our main prayer request is that we would sell our house in God’s perfect time. We would love to avoid another transition stage for the kids is possible i.e. sell our house here in N. Ireland soon so that we could buy in Scotland and move straight into the place that will be our home. Logistically it would seem much more simple rather than have to think about packing only the things we need for an indefinite period of time, finding a place to rent, living far from Tabitha’s school and our ministry and in transition again which could be hard on the kids. But we are confident that God knows our need and is concerned for our good and that He has never let us down so far. Pray with us as we wait on God for yet another miracle demonstrating His infinite love and grace.