Daily Prayer Request for April 26

Please pray for safe travel to Heathrow Airport and back to USA

Prayer Request

Please pray for our team and leaders as many are suffering with colds, allergies, and loss of voices. Exhaustion also plays into our health :)

April 25 TRUST...

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all  your ways acknowledge Him, and he will make your paths straight." Prov. 3:5-6 

Last night we focused on trust...we started with a "trust walk" in partners around the facilities.

 Katya, Sarah, and Eric shared how they learned to trust the Lord in difficult situations. We then had a skit called "Trust Fall" done by Becca and Jesse. I am not sure the video will work but I'm giving it a try!

As we went to worship our plans for then night were to break into our groups and discuss salvation, but God had other plans!! Pascal wanted to share his testimony and how God is leading him through a trial. As he shared the room was silent, we went into more worship, then our breakout groups. When we came together there were two boys from Enderby that gave their lives to the Lord!!! We celebrated with them, continued in worship and small groups to allow discussions as the Lord led. Praise Him for His mighty works.

 In my devotional this morning I read..."let go completely. trust. live with it all in an open hand before God, Jesus promises he WILL work it out, i do believe for you, always...a new sunrise." 

Today is another full day, our last before pack up and a bus ride to Heathrow Airport on Saturday morning. Pray for open hearts, broken hearts, as we tie it all together. 

Daily Prayer Request for April 25

Please pray for That British and American teens will grow closer to the Lord through our time at Hillhouse.

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13
A few nights ago, while we were still with our host homes, my host parent shared her life verse with me. Today during praise and worship, one of the worship leaders was describing how our god is not a God of "just enough" but rather a God of "immeasurably more". More and more throughout this trip, I'm seeing how our God truly fills us with hope and completes us in Him. This verse is also a prayer for other believers. As we are on this retreat getting to know and love other members of the body of Christ, we pray and hope that they overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
-Nat Lyon

Thursday, April 24 Non-Stop Activities

As I write I can hear our worship team starting off our day..."Holy, holy, holy the Lord God almighty..." we are praising Him as He continues to help us continue on this ministry that is 24/7 as our teens eat, sleep, study, and have down time with their groups. "Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassion never fails. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." Lamentations 3:22-23

We thank God that Pascal is on the mend, feeling better from a virus. His words this morning are, "God is great and praise Him for healing!"

Plans for the now until Saturday: Bible  sessions, skits, worship, football match(first one yesterday), and more games. Pray for connections, trust, and decisions for Christ to be Lord of their lives.

The sun is coming out, the birds are singing and Pastor Rick is leading the talk. Thank you for your prayers and please continue to keep us before the throne. 

Hillhouse Christian Centre

Kitchen Staff from Enderby Church-Phil, Helen, Barbara, Rachel and Robert

                                                        Eric helping in the sound booth

Our first activity to get to know each other and 

introduce our retreat theme:

Jesus the Good Shepherd

In teams, they had to listen for the voice of their "shepherd"

to find a particular color ball on the floor.

Each session our worship teams leads us to His throne 

to prepare for the "talk" and break-out group discussions.

Hillhouse is set in Somerset, and is surrounded 

by God's beauty.

Hillhouse was a family estate, not the main building houses

our teens for with the youth from Enderby Church

Dining Hall is set and cleaned up by teams of youth

and our meals are wonderful!

Natalie, Ana and Pascal introducing a special activity to build trust and 

unity within breakout groups.

Breakout groups are essential to the teaching and growth 

of our students and the youth. Relational evangelism is our

ministry for this trip. 

Daily Prayer Request for April 24

Please pray for For the British teens as they hear testimonies and God's Word at the retreat.

Prayer request chilly weather

Please pray for the team. We are struggling with some colder weather today. We are only expecting it to get into the upper 70s.

Daily Prayer Request for April 23

Please pray for For our teens as they present their testimonies at the Youth Retreat at Hillhouse.

Warwick Castle(Monday, 4/21)- This was our day to be tourists and God blessed us with mild temperatures and brilliant sunshine! The castle was celebrating its 1100 year anniversary and we enjoyed the step back in time...