2nd installment

Hi All

Sorry, my next instalment has taken so long, I've just got back from my summer mission (aka going to stay with my Dad and step family in Germany for three weeks :-)  I'll get back to that later cause God has been so faithful and it's all very exciting!!!

Right from where I left off... Our next adventure was going to Solid Youth Event in Essex which was great cause we got to go crazy for our boys cause thebandwithnoname were playing and  we always love supporting them. This gig was extra special for us cause we had kids we had meet from four different schools missions  Southend, Shoeburyness, Romford & Colchester. It's great to see how God is using us to impact this area so please pray for more and more of his grace so we can get known in other areas and get into more schools.

The best bit for me though was having the Gilberd school kids there - these are the guys who have been going to the follow up cafe and have now created it into a bible study every Friday for three weeks, and then a big social event that they can invite all their mates too. We have been so privileged to see God moving over the last year since our first gig in Jan and hearing how other people in the area are noticing a huge change in their behaviour and attitude. This stuff really excites me, seeing how they have had revelation that God truly cares and listens to their prayers. It's the reason I'm here and sometimes you can get so caught up with other issues in life that you forget why God called you in the first place, but then you see the Almighty moving and your spirit leaps and it all clicks into place. 

We then got to go back and do some follow up stuff in Horringer middle School which was fun and it was great to see that numbers had been added to their CU. We are excited that we have built relationships here and we have high hopes for all God is going to do in that area through BCY and the churches over the next couple of years!!! Watch This Space.

Then we had our church open day which was a real laugh, firstly the fact that I couldn't even run a mile without walking, secondly seeing people trying out all different workshops and thirdly trying to teach Mike our Gospel Drama so he could use it for a talk he was giving that night!!!!

Next we went to a real gem of a school, the kids were the best we have had as they had so much fun jumping around and dancing. St Christopher's special needs school in Southend is amazing the facilities are brilliant, although it was inly for a small concert we had a great time and hopefully will get to go back again next year.

Finally we got to work with Little Keith at St Stephens Church in Colchester by doing a concert for all the youth who had been coming to their evening clubs. Please pray more blessing on this church and Keith, they have worked so tirelessly over the years to keep their youth programs going and it's very humbling to be able to add to their work for Jesus.

I got really excited because the noise brought some strays off the street into the church and I got to give my testimony to them which I love because these kids, the ones labelled the Chaves are who i have a real heart. I know God has totally taken me from a dark past that can seem so exciting to them and he has totally transformed me- he has given me so much more then i ever thought possible and I really yearn to see these kids choose real life - life to the max (that was our topic for the night). We got to chat and pray with some of these kids and found out they use to go to the youth groups but had fallen away and had been in trouble for vandalising the church building in the past. We are praying we can get into the school in that area so we can continue to sow seeds of truth in to these amazing youngsters. Please pray for them.

OK I'm stopping now cause there is so much more left to write and it's getting quite long winded again so I think i will save it for a 3rd instalment. At least it shows how good God has been which is always a great testimony to share.

TTFN xxx

Comments

[amy]

heya kat!!
how are you guys doing?
i have some photos of the night you were performing in tiptree....how can i get them to you?
amy xx