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from our Members
The
Continuing Story of Wyllie
Marian Barge
This
story started back in the year two thousand.
If you want to read up on it I am sure our secretary can dig up a back
copy for you.
(Available on our web-page
www.anglicanrenewalministries-wales.org.uk
Issue 28)
As
we start a New Year I am in the throes of setting up a program to take us
through another year.
I am still struggling as to how to reach this village, but unlike when I
first started I have got an excellent team working alongside of me, encouraging
and supporting me in every way.
The
last five years have not been easy but then when Jesus said, “Take up your
cross and follow me”, He did not say that the cross was light or that there
were not huge craters along the way causing you to stumble!
One
of the things that happened last year was that we lost our base house because
our friend Heather went to live in Canada.
We used to use her home as a drop-in for prayer time and refreshment.
But I can now go into at least eight houses for refreshment if needed,
perhaps one of these days one of them will become our prayer home.
The
pub which we work in, not pulling pints, have seen their business as a
restaurant more than double since we have been using it.
I commented on this to the landlady and she intimated that she knew that
it was God blessing them for what they were doing for us.
Also although I did not know this family before we started our ministry
there I feel that they have become part of my family.
They are having a big family celebration in February this year to which
Brian and I have been invited.
Bishop
Dominic came to the pub to take a service last year and after the service one of
the team was talking to him about whether we should just let this ministry
fizzle out.
He encouraged us to go on until 2007 - a good Bible number 7 - so in
faith we will carry on.
We
still have all the special services i.e. Mothers Day, Easter Sunday etc. as well
as holding an outside barbecue with a gospel group band playing.
We
have time in the history of the village (which is approximately ninety years
old) the Committee asked if I would
conduct an armistice service.
So on Remembrance Sunday morning about thirty villagers turned out to lay
wreathes and pay their respects to the fallen of the community.
After
the service one of the villagers commented to my husband that since I have been
going into the village good things have been happening.
Hallelujah!!
People know we are around.
Perhaps
we have to work at gaining the people’s trust before we can begin to win souls
for Christ!
So
you see it is not easy when you start out on the road of evangelism but, even
when the going gets tough, and we have many days like that, keep going as God is
not in the business of failure rather in tile business of revival.