Day 18 Tuesday 8 October

Report from Bodmin (week 2)

It was an absolute privilege being asked to lead a team for TFM WC2. It has opened my eyes to a different way of serving the Kingdom.  Harder than I imagined, but infinitely more satisfying. Building relationships with the team, hosts and the local ministers was a joy, hopefully to be repeated.

Due to a packed program and occasional heavy rain, our door to door work suffered, but we did carry out surveys wherever we could. The local church fully understood this and supported our decision to work elsewhere other than the doors, although there were sufficient numbers to give good feedback.  The week began and ended on a high note, with Daniels NOC on the Saturday, and ended with John H's talk on Angels and his Hot Pizza open air question time.

The weather on Saturday changed dramatically, so that the Fun Day and Hog roast at the football club, and the Folly, was a real highlight to finish the week on.

My one particular memory, (out of many) was that of meeting a young Christian living in constant pain with MS, explaining that if Jesus were to offer her a pain free life without MS, in exchange for Christ leaving her life, her easy decision would be to live in pain, and worship Jesus, and use her pain filled life as a witness to others, and she really meant that!

The team were amazing, never complaining, despite being wet and tired a lot of the time, and always on the go, with very little personal time, always willing to serve when asked, always out of their own particular comfort zone, as the program changed and shifted at the last minute.

Report from Falmouth (week 1)

We had a really good week of mission, concentrating on door-to-door work.
The rough results are: 1600 doors knocked; 800 doors answered; 400 surveys completed.

We saw two people respond on the doors – one student and one housebound old lady. We passed on the information to the Priest Father John.

On a general level, the team worked together well. It was very unusual for some of us to be working with a Roman Catholic church and we all learned a lot. There was much enthusiasm from the church and 13 members of the congregation joined in the mission at various times. We complimented them on their support and feel that the mission will continue.

The Priest, Father John Bielowski, was very much the leader. He is keen on mission and seeks to be a fisher of men.