Thursday, June 4, 2009

I'm so excited and it's hardly begun

I've been here four days now, but it feels like so much longer. I'm beginning to understand the tube (the train system) and the bus, and I'm way past jet lag (fortunately, it didn't really affect me). Chris (my mentor) has been great about slowly orienting me and Shane (an intern who’s here for a month), and it’s starting to pay off.
Monday, we went to a housing project called World’s End Estate. It is mostly government subsidized housing in an apartment setup. The three of us met up with a lady named Lucy, and we prayer walked around the entire place. We prayed for the people living there, and for anything else as the Spirit led. We also went to some specific doors to pray for certain individuals. Of all religions, Islam is probably practiced the most at World’s End. Among the teens, marijuana and other drugs are overwhelming popular.
Tonight, Chris and I got to go back to World’s End to hang out with teens at a bus ministry. It was so great. A couple guys bought some old double-decker busses, and then they totally renovated them. They now have sound systems, game systems, couches, cool lights, and a table tennis set up for outside. The purpose is to provide a safe space for local teens to hang out once a week. The bus travels to a different area every night of the week. Chris and I met with a whole lot of youth from World’s End and other close homes nearby in Chelsea. I got to talk with a bunch of teens, and I’m really excited to build those relationships and share with them the hope of Christ. God’s moving in London, and I’m so happy I’m here to be help bring Him glory.
Please remember the youth in your prayers. Pray that apathy will be wiped away, and they will see the hope in Christ. Pray for strong relationships to be made with teens, modeling Christ through loving relationships. Also, pray for the leaders here. Ask for them to be given the strength and the courage to keep fighting a slow fight. Most of all, praise God for being bigger than the entire situation. Ultimately, we know that the battle is won, and we must thank God for who He is, has been, and always will be.
If you want to check out the bus ministry, go to http://www.regenerateuk.co.uk.

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