March 2025 Australia, North America, UK
AUSTRALIA Mark Hawkins says he's been praying for a long time for a breakthrough into the Aboriginal community in Western Australia. And it seems that has been answered. Mark and Lisa were able to baptize MEGHAN, an Aboriginal woman, and she is hopeful they will soon be able to come and baptize her extended family. So let's all get on our knees and pray pray pray that indeed there can be a bigger breakthrough into the Australian Aboriginal community..
NORTH AMERICA So pleased to attend the online baptism of STEPHEN who had been chatting with us online for some time. Yet more fruit of our online outreach. Brother Jim Barton will follow up more with him on a pastoral level.
UK
A reminder of our Carelinks retreat weekend with Croydon Church in a Pub, March 21-23 Lord willing, at Carrotty Wood Centre, Tonbridge, Kent. Do come along and spread the news and we're open to donations towards this.
Our Sunday meetings at the Orchard Pub and midweek at The Venue continue going so well. And the ripples from it are felt all over the UK and even further. There's such a buzz in that group, people really like coming and are eager to bring family and friends. Here's a typical text we got last Sunday morning before church started at the Pub:
After our meeting last Sunday we baptized ABE [Abraham], who as it were 'graduated' from attending Lunchtime Church at The Venue to attending Pub Church, and now to baptism. We again salute the Lord Jesus for His tireless work in calling men and working through our very amateur efforts to reach out to people. Video of the baptism and
baptism service at https://youtu.be/V0gh7JQyqrw
and great fresh cookies from Cindy to celebrate along with the Angels in Heaven.
We're still open to volunteers to help with the food at our meetings. Here's a video taken this week of a typical two minutes at the soup kitchen church
in Croydon- https://youtu.be/bps_BcfnXHs
After Lunchtime Church this week we were so happy to have the baptism of SEB and his girlfriend PEGGY, always so great to see young people giving their lives to the Lord Jesus and wanting to die and live with Him.
And people throughout the UK are engaging with us thanks to social media, downloading the Bible Companion app, watching our videos and some requesting hard copy Bibles, which are faithfully sent out by a dear older brother. One teenager who received his messaged back [and it's great to see young people in the UK responding like this]:
And a wonderful afternoon in Crouch End, North London baptizing RASOUL the brother in law of brother Amin. Baptized by us as an asylum seekers in Cardiff Wales about 10 years ago, Amin has truly kept the faith and been greatly blessed for making the Lord Jesus the true head of his family. He has progressed from working as a barber and living in a crowded HMO to now having a luxury apartment and owning London Grooming, an upmarket grooming outfit in a trendy London suburb that charges very high prices! He insisted on cutting Duncan's hair for free. But the great thing is that he is even more full of the things of the Kingdom and the name of the Lord Jesus. It was a great time together, absolute hard evidence of the Lord working in the lives of all who truly love God, having been called according to His purpose. What a transformed, blessed family in the Lord. All glory to Him.
PRAYER POINTS
- For those recently baptized
- Thanksgiving for the transforming work of the Lord in the lives of so many we've baptized over the years
- For our outreach to the Aboriginal community in Australia
- For the young people getting in touch with us, and thanksgiving that more and more youngsters are responding at least in the UK
With love from your brothers and sisters of Carelinks