Dear Family and Friends
Hello from America! The last 2 weeks have been a whirlwind meeting up with people for breakfasts, lunches, dinners and coffees. This is my time of the year to catch up with family and friends and to also thank people who have been praying and supporting me financially. It’s also an opportunity to meet new friends and share what God has been doing in and through me as I minister in Europe.
I’ve had a new financial goal and challenge of raising $600 more per month this year and I’ve been so blessed by people’s generosity so far. Thank you so much to all of you who have continued to support me and for those of you who have given to me on this trip. Please continue to pray with me for more monthly partners to reach this goal.
At the moment, I am now in Georgia visiting my parents for the next week and also connecting with more friends and family who have been praying and supporting me financially over the years.
I think all of us face moments of doubt or discouragement in our walk with God right?! I KNOW He is FAITHFUL – He always has been. BUT doubt always finds it’s way in somehow. I’ve even had those little moments on this trip, and I have loved my Father God’s reminders of His faithfulness even over the last 2 weeks. I just want to share 2 little stories to encourage you that He is faithful for you too.
My goal as I said above, is $600 more a month, and a beautiful friend who I haven’t seen or heard from in years heard about it and said she wanted to give the first months’ worth and sent me $600! I can’t tell you what an encouragement this was not only in knowing God will meet my needs but also a confirmation for me in this new season God is taking me into.
The second story is God reminding me that I am called to do what I am doing in Europe and it’s generational. This is good for you to know as well because you have a part in everything that I do, and you need to know that YOU are making a difference all over Europe through your prayers and financial support. You aren’t just helping me – you are touching lives all over Europe.
In 2014 I had a young Irish girl named Aoife (pronounced EE-FA) come to serve as an intern to work with University Students. This was how I introduced her to you in a newsletter back then:
Now, here it is 2023 and I can like a very proud mum say that 9 years later, Aoife has not only continued to minister to University Students and become a pastor on staff at her church in Dublin, she is now our European Campus Director for all of Europe for our Every Nation Churches! When you see me ministering at University events in Europe, it is Aoife who is leading these events.
You have a part in this! I have loved walking with Aoife all these years and get so exciting hearing what God is doing in and through her. Even this week she shared a story with me how a student she mentored in Dublin graduated recently. The student sent a picture of the scriptures Aoife had given her years ago to pray when she was doing her exams. These are the same exam scriptures I gave Aoife as an intern to give to the students she was mentoring back in 2014! God is so good.
Thank you so much for believing in God’s calling on my life. All of you (in America, the UK and other parts of the World), make what I do possible. The Gospel is impacting lives all over Europe because of you.
Sending you loads of love!
Traci
Dear Family and Friends
Hello from Thessaloniki, Greece. I’m on week 2 of our ground-breaking Campus mission here. I will tell you more about the mission but first this is what has happened over the past month:
I preached part 5 of our “WE” series that we have been doing in Slough entitled “We Pass It On”. You can watch the sermon HERE.
We had our UK, Ireland and Iceland Staff Retreat. Our staff (most of whom are missionaries like myself), gathered in the city of Manchester to not only get input and build relationships but we also took advantage of being in a city where we don’t have a church YET and went onto the University campuses to pray and do a bit of outreach to scout out the land!
I’ve continued to work on our Bucharest mission coming up at the end of October as well as continuing to work with our youth team here in Slough and getting ready for our annual Summer Youth Camp.
Our mission to Thessaloniki started on 29 April and ended on 6 May but I will be here until 12 May to do follow up with any students that we have been able to connect with. Our international team consisted of 20 people who are based in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands and Ukraine. We spent the week using 3 different tools to survey students on mental health and their belief in God. Each conversation could last anywhere between 3 minutes to an hour! In total we had around 177 conversations with students, had 44 follow up contacts and 24 students responded to the gospel.
This trip has been a ground-breaking trip to discover student life, culture and beliefs in Thessaloniki and we believe that it is just the first of it’s kind and we are trusting for a church plant here in the near future.
Here are a few pictures from the trip of our team, some of our events and a few students we connected with.
On Friday I will be flying back to the UK, repacking and then heading to America for my annual support raising time to say thank you to friends and family as well as trying to gain new support.
If you are near Tampa and haven’t contacted me yet for a day to meet up, please email me to set up a time as soon as possible. Please don’t wait until I am there. I will only be there from 15 – 29 May. If you are in Georgia, I will be there from 30 May – 8 June.
I also want to say thank you for continuing to pray for Teri (Mana) who I mentioned in my last letter. She has now had 2 chemo sessions and even though it’s been rough she is doing okay. Please continue to pray for a miracle healing and that her husband and 2 daughters will give their lives to Jesus in the midst of all of this.
Please continue to pray for my schedule for the next few months:
15 May – 10 June – Raising Support in America
25 – 30 June – Speaking at our Student Leaders Camp in Marseille
31 July – 6 August – Youth Camp
Thank you so much for all you are doing to reach the nations in Europe. You have a part in impacting so many people with the gospel!
Loads of Love
Traci
Dear Family and Friends
I hope April has started off well for you. Today has been a beautiful day here praise God. We have had so much rain and the weather has still been cool. I’m so ready for Spring and warmer weather! It’s trying to come but for those of us who live in the UK, we know that it’s not a guarantee until April is over.
Last month I mentioned our European ENC Conference in Berlin. HERE is a recap video from that weekend.
I also preached part 3 of our “WE” series that we have been doing in Slough entitled “We Love Well”. You can watch the sermon here:
March was a month of big change for me as I moved into a house with a friend from church. After not having a housemate for a few years it’s been an adjustment for both my housemate and I to get used to each other, but it is going well. It’s also been lifechanging being so close to a train station and town centre because where I lived before, I needed to walk 30 minutes to get to anything.
I’ve also been working hard with our mission team getting ready for our Mission to Thessaloniki (Greece) at the end of this month as well as starting to prepare for a mission to Bucharest that I will lead at the end of this year.
Our mission to Thessaloniki is from 29 April – 6 May but I will be staying on until 12 May to do follow up with any students that we are able to connect with. I will then be flying back to the UK, repacking and then heading to America for my annual support raising time to say thank you to friends and family as well as trying to gain new support.
If you are near Tampa and want to meet up please email me to set up a time. Please don’t wait until I am there. I will only be there from 15 – 29 May. If you are in Georgia, I will be there from 30 May – 8 June.
Finally, I want to ask you for prayer not only for
my upcoming schedule but also for someone who is very dear to me. Over the last 19 years here in the UK, you have either read or heard me talk about the Portuguese family here that has “adopted” me as one of their own. One of those family members is Teri who I call “Mana” which is a term in Portuguese that you use when speaking to an older sister. Mana is and has been an amazing big sister to me these last 19 years! This past month she has been diagnosed with cancer in her lungs and in her leg. The doctors say there is no cure and will begin treating her with chemo next week as a preventative. BUT we are believing for a MIRACLE and we know that God can do the impossible. Would you join us in prayer for this miracle? Would you also pray that her husband and 2 daughters will give their lives to Jesus in the midst of all of this?
Please continue to pray for my schedule for the next few months:
16 April – Preaching in Slough
29 April – 12 May – Mission to Thessaloniki
15 May – 10 June – Raising Support in America
25 – 30 June – Speaking at our Student Leaders Camp in Marseille
31 July – 6 August – Youth Camp
Thank you so much for all you are doing to reach the nations in Europe. You have a part in impacting so many people with the gospel!
Loads of Love
Traci
