May 15th we went to Oxford to see Heidi Baker. She came to St. Aldates for the Love Oxford event. For those of you who don't know, this is the church where Gordon Hickson is a vicar. Him and his wife Rachel Hickson of Heart Cry Ministries are dear friends of ours and we had the awesome privilege of staying at their home while we attended the many festivities of the church. Unfortunately Rachel was in the USA so we didn't get to see her, but Gordon treated us with special sit down dinners at their home even though he was extremely busy with all the events. Frankly I don't know where that couple gets all the energy to do all the things they do. We must pick up the pace. Also Rachel has another few books out that you might want to pick up and read. Check out her web page for all the info.
We spent the first day passing out fliers to a free barbecue that St. Aldates was having in the center square where worship and ministry was going on and also fliers for the Love Oxford event in South Park. That night Heidi spoke on orphans and adoption. It was a very powerful and inspirational challenge to draw closer to our Father who adopted us.
The next day was Love Oxford where many of the local churches got together for corporate worship and prayer for Oxford. The gathering was quite impressive and the weather held quite nicely as it had been raining on and off for a few days. We were joined by our good friends Lorenza from Italy who is in London for studies and her fiancee Peter. Peter and Lorenza were just engaged the day before. They make a lovely couple. Talk about people who have given their all for Jesus, spending all of their youth following the course the Lord has laid out for them to finally in their midlife find each other. What a awesome testimony of the Lords perfect timing. Check out Peter's blog, he is a wealth of information with quite a testimony. It truly is a blessing to have brethren in all parts of the world. It blesses us to be a part of the body with the same goal, to see Jesus high and lifted up and all men saved.
We spent the first day passing out fliers to a free barbecue that St. Aldates was having in the center square where worship and ministry was going on and also fliers for the Love Oxford event in South Park. That night Heidi spoke on orphans and adoption. It was a very powerful and inspirational challenge to draw closer to our Father who adopted us.
The next day was Love Oxford where many of the local churches got together for corporate worship and prayer for Oxford. The gathering was quite impressive and the weather held quite nicely as it had been raining on and off for a few days. We were joined by our good friends Lorenza from Italy who is in London for studies and her fiancee Peter. Peter and Lorenza were just engaged the day before. They make a lovely couple. Talk about people who have given their all for Jesus, spending all of their youth following the course the Lord has laid out for them to finally in their midlife find each other. What a awesome testimony of the Lords perfect timing. Check out Peter's blog, he is a wealth of information with quite a testimony. It truly is a blessing to have brethren in all parts of the world. It blesses us to be a part of the body with the same goal, to see Jesus high and lifted up and all men saved.
Thanks for this lovely post, and for the link. It is indeed a blessing to have brothers and sisters like you around the world.
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Hello Guiddo & Joyce
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Helloooooo all the way to you guys in Italy!
God love u more and bless you more what a great Kingdom we are in, praise God I am very glad to meet you & thank you for directing me to your blog. That's so awesome how God put that love and desire in your heart to go to Italy. I would love to hear more on how you overcome the obstacles of losing your business & that disappointment. I guess i will cruise around your blog. Thanking Jesus for you both and for your commitment to serve Him and be a part of what God is doing. I would ask if you could at some point remember to pray for me & my husband too. I used to pray often for Heidi and even when I did I would have visions of Mozambique too and I felt so impressed that one day I would have the privilege of going there, she's amazing & her love for others is really indescribeable. \o/ God Bless, Ruth