Home: News Archive: March 2010

Much has transpired since our last update--it seems like a blur...

1. We welcomed 7 new church members on February 21st. It's been a blessing hearing their testimonies of how God has worked in their hearts in their various different countries and led them to England. And it's such a blessing having a wealth of cultures in our tiny church! A Nigerian lady who started attending New Years Eve, has asked to be baptized.

2. We had only 4 people from the community come to help out on our Big Tidy Up Day to clean up rubbish from the local park (maybe because it was a cold grey day) - but one of these, a young Muslim dad, since then has been attending our Men's Conversational English class and George is developing a friendship with him.

3. Karen was surprised to have a young Muslim mom she'd had previous contact with, show up at her ESL class at the church Friday morning. She asked if she could come and bring her 4 month old baby daughter along. What fun having a cute little baby, the same age as our granddaughter Sophia in the class - and her name is almost the same - Saffia!

4. Karen has opportunity now to teach a second ESL class for Muslim ladies at the church. It will begin in mid March when the class she's been helping in twice a week at the local school comes to a close.

5. A Muslim lady in a church member's sewing class asked for counsel from George and I regarding problems she is having with her teenaged son. We were able to come alongside and encourage her and pray with her. She was quite receptive. Pray that God would work in her heart and in the life of her son.

6. A Punjabi lady from our church has a husband who has been against her belief in Christ but recently he started reading the Bible. Since then, he suffered a serious heart attack but is now out of the hospital, recuperating at home. Pray God works in his heart.

7. Recently, a blind Punjabi man began attending our Sunday morning service. He has a longstanding warm place in his heart for Jesus, but we're not sure how well he understands God's grace and forgiveness through Christ. Pray for Tony.

8. Please pray for the salvation of unsaved youth/spouses of church members. Thank you so much for your prayers and support. We know it is only as God works in hearts that we can make any headway sharing the gospel with the people in our community here.

Yours in the gospel of God's grace,

George and Karen King
March 2010