Hello!
Can you believe we are already in September?! September for us as a church is always like the beginning of the year because so many things start up again – Schools, Universities, Connect Groups, Follow Courses and Our Kids Ministry always has children moving up from one class to the next.
All of our staff across our 3 congregations have been working hard to have everything ready for each of these areas of ministry. Below is a picture of our full-time and missionary staff together at one of our “looking forward” meetings.
I also met up with Jessica this past month who was one of our medical students. She is now a full fledged doctor working in a hospital just outside of London. Every time I see Jessica I am reminded how God can change a person’s life! I met her about 5 years ago when she was invited by another one of our medical students to a Connect Group. She had never read the
Bible and the best word I could use to describe her was joyless. As her friend and I started walking with her, she asked Jesus into her heart and we saw her life transform from the inside out from what seemed like a shy, timid, joyless person to someone who was active on our kids team, an active student in our campus ministry, getting baptised even though her family was against it and going to Nepal by herself on her medical placement! She is now living outside London and immediately set out to find a local church family to be a part of to make a difference in the world around her! God is good!
This weekend our Connect Groups relaunch after our Summer break. I’m so excited that we have 18 amazing groups starting this season across our West Kensington congregation and hopefully a few more over the next few months. Please pray with me as I oversee these groups and their leaders. Pray that these groups will grow not only in their own personal relationships with Christ but also that there will be a growth of love for the lost in their worlds and that they will begin reach out to them!
Thank you so much for your love prayer and support – you have no idea how much it means to me and helps me!
Lots of love
Traci
Hello!
I hope that you have been enjoying the Summer as much as I have. I had an amazing 2 weeks in Tampa raising support and visiting friends and family. I then went to Orlando for a week to join over 5000 people from our Every Nation Churches around the world for our World Conference. It was an incredible time to hear what God is doing all around the world as well as catching up with other missionaries I haven’t seen in a long time. It was a week of being encouraged and encouraging others! Here’s a recap video to show you more about the week:
You can also watch more of the conference HERE to listen to everything we experienced during the week.
After Orlando, I traveled to Georgia for a relaxing week of holiday with my parents.
Downtime was exactly what I needed because when I landed back in London we were in full moving mode with our church office as well as packing for Youth Camp.
By the time Youth Camp started I had adjusted back to London time zones and dove straight into Camp with over 40 teens from different walks of life across London. It was full on fun activities, devotional, talk and ministry times and loads of laughter! Highlights for us as leaders was seeing how some of our teens met other teens for the first time who had learning difficulties and loved and cared for them all throughout camp and to see those teens so go from having high anxiety at the beginning of camp to feeling so relaxed and like family by the final day! The best highlight of all though, was seeing one teen go from being quite anti God and confrontational at the beginning of the week to accepting Jesus as his Lord and Saviour on the final night! Here’s a short recap video of the week:
And our group picture!
Thank you so much for all of your prayers and blessings each month!
Love
Traci
Hello from sunny Florida!
I am here raising support for 2 weeks seeing all of the amazing people who make it possible for me to do what I do in London and Europe.
God called me to be a missionary 31 years ago and told me if I would go where He called me to go and do what He called me to do – that He would provide for me. Every year I am overwhelmed by His faithfulness and how He has moved the hearts of so many all over the world to pray, encourage, love and support me for so many years! I have NEVER gone without!
Thank you so much to all of you in America and Europe who continue to be a part of my team! You are reaching generations and nations!
The month of June was a month of mentoring a lot of the ladies I walk with who are students and professionals. One such beautiful lady is Rutendo who is studying to become a doctor. I’ve loved seeing how God has broken down walls in her heart over the past few months and brought a new joy and life! Sometimes her hospital placements have taken her outside of London during the week so she can’t attend Connect Group in person, but she is so keen
to keep connected that she does a FaceTime call into the group to participate!
One of my biggest highlights of the month though, is a special baptism. My adopted family here in London is my best friend’s sister, brother-in-law and 2 nieces. This past month my best friend and I had the privilege of baptising her sister at their home! It was just the 3 of us and so special! I love seeing what God is doing in and through her and I am so blessed that God has given her and her family to me.
Please continue praying for me during my time in Florida for God’s favour and provision. From the 14-18 July I will be joining over 5,000 people from over 80 countries around the world for our Every Nation World conference in Orlando. Please pray that this is also a time of refreshing, new relationships and vision for this next year!
Love
Traci