October 2024 Australia, Ukraine, UK
AUSTRALIA For some time now, brother John Chol [originally from South Sudan] has been bringing his contacts to brother Phil & sister Miri's home in Ipswich QLD for further teaching about the Truth. Their home is a hive of spiritual and practical activity for the Lord Jesus and towards His glory. They were able to baptize one of the contacts, MALAT, broadcasting live on Zoom so others could be present- including three from Croydon Church in a Pub. It was a great occasion, and you can see the
video at
https://youtu.be/mWkTJBhwJ9s It includes the service and the subsequent breaking of bread. Brother Phil set everything up with the cleverly constructed baptismal pool on the veranda, and brother John Chol did the immersion:
We're also so pleased that brother Mark & sister Lisa appear to be making some breakthrough into the Aboriginal community in Western Australia and we hope there'll be baptisms from that soon. Let's pray for that.
UKRAINE Mark and Duncan plan a trip to Ukraine in November Lord willing. Already one of our contacts in a remote location there has prepared an oak barrel for baptism- you can see he's also a great keeper of bees. We have a lot of people to visit in "difficult" circumstances given the war situation, so appreciate your prayers at this stage as we plan things.
UK There are some couples who are just the salt of the earth, but didn't quite find their way to the Lord Jesus. But like Cornelius, they are led to the Lord Jesus and baptism; for God knows His people. TREVOR and MICHELLE are just such a couple, a mature, gentle couple with a large family in Lancashire, where Trevor is a fork lift driver and Michelle runs a restaurant. Despite busy lives they had turned to the Lord Jesus, and searched for baptism once being convicted of their need for this. But didn't find the Truth in the various churches they passed through. Trevor noticed our videos on TikTok and thus we came into contact. We just thank God for such lovely and sincere people, whom God will always guide to His Truth as it is in the Lord Jesus.
Video at
https://youtu.be/TkiqwTqG9C4 And whilst in the North West it was a pleasure to meet and baptize JAMES in his bath tub in Preston. He had devoted himself to finding the True Gospel after quitting Catholicism and found our material on Google. He got the
NEV Bible and is a great student of the commentaries, as well as regular follower on YouTube. He's a scaffolder and really serious about the Bible, of which he reads 10 chapters / day. So, hope he can come to the retreat down in Kent.
Video at
https://youtu.be/-r3ImPc0SmI PRAYER POINTS - For those recently baptized
- For our efforts to help brothers, sisters and contacts in Ukraine and wisdom in knowing how
- For our outreach into the Aboriginal community in Australia especially currently in WA
- Forour planned retreat and all those who'd like to come to it but are limited by work and family issues
WIth love from your brothers and sisters of Carelinks