LATEST NEWS

Tuesday -    we usually have a quiet day after we have taken a break, but not so !!   It was really wonderful, lots of people mostly old friends, such a sense of joy and love in the room.    Chris H who is doing excellent,came.  He has now been fully discharged from the Garage and looks so fresh.   Chris has been very despressed about an illness he has, and also lonely.  We have invited him to help us and hopefully he will be at Bently Baptist Church Sunday.

Brian & Julie who were deep into the drug scene came to see us with their newly born little boy.  They were so proud of him, he is actually a miracle as Julie was told she couldn't have children.   Brian is working 7 days a week and Social Services are really really pleased with them.    And lots more

Wednesday - Started the START Course.   Really great 7 people attended.  They all fully participated.  It was most humbling to hear their life stories as they openly spoke about it. 

I don't know if you remember David the coat as he is called, he is June's friend.  Well he hardly ever speaks and doesn't trust people.  David just poured out his life story - very sad but wonderful for the breakthrough.

It would be great if people would pray for the 7 who attended   Chris H, Steve C, Craig R, June, David, Steven K, Andy.

Thursday   -  Very busy - sandwich day !!!    However, lots of love and positiveness in the atmosphere.

Please could people pray for Aaron for his health.   Also  Gary who is with Aaron sleeping anywhere, he is a really nice lad and has accepted Jesus as his Lord.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES:

A. came in quite ill on Tuesday with serious problems with his chest.  He was reluctant to go to the A & E Dept as the wait is sometimes 3hrs+ and the call of his addiction controls him.   So we took him to the Dove Centre who agreed to see him without appointment.  The Doctor he saw asked him how long it had been since he had a GP and he said about 2-3 years and the name of the GP was Dr Weeks.   The Doctor said to him I'm Dr Weeks!!   This GP had helped A. when he was under his practice in Hatfield and had got him a job working with cars with someone he knew.  Dr Weeks is giving A. a full medical tomorrow Friday and arranged for a chest x ray immediately.  The Lord's Favour ??   A. thinks so.

Last week, on Wed, I spoke about the Father's Love and showed a DVD with a testimony about  how the Father had revealed his love to a prophet called  Isabell Allum. A young man called S., whom Philip met at Hope Centre, couldn't cope and I found him in the back room.  He shared how his Father had bullied him and taken away his self worth.  He was so distressed he ended up in the foetus position.    It is so heart breaking to hear story after story, but so humbling that each one can come and receive love and prayer.   Please pray for Steve he is being threatened where he now lives and just kept saying I just want to be left alone.

I have told all these stories to show important your prayers are and also how the Lord is answering them

Chris B came back to Hope Centre on release from prison, back on the streets in the freezing cold, nowhere to sleep or live once again.   We were able to give him a sleeping bag donated to us.   Please pray for Chris he is a really nice person and so needs a breakthrough in his life.

Thursday

Busy day very cold and wet.    Nice sense of peace in the room. 

Gemma called in to see us with her little girl Michaela and her twin sister Lianne.   Gemma looks wonderful and is very positive as ever, telling us everything is well with her and Mark.  Please pray for Gemma and Mark, for Mark to find employment and for the Lord to lift every stronghold from him.

Craig E, who used to come to Hope Centre and has been in New Beginnings for quite a while, came to visit us today.  Craig was so proud to tell us of the courses he is on and how well his life is going.   Craig is doing Voluntary Work as well.  He and another lad are starting with a new project, where they will do a breakfast on Sat am along with access to computers etc in a Centre in Balby.  Well done Craig.  Please pray for Craig for restoration of his relationship with his little boy 

Craig told us that Jamie C is now in New Beginnings. Please pray for Jamie

Jono shared with us how the Night Shelter had decided during the cold weather to let an extra 2 people in to sleep wherever.   Also he told us that the night before a man came to the Night

Lord heal our nation, our streets are saturated with brokenness and hurt.  People lost and in distress without hope or purpose. People surviving and coping with their pain the best way they know how.     Marion