THE NEXT STEP was to send out the wonderful 3000 appeal sheets.
‘He has no hands but ours’.
The first 100 sheets were posted mainly to teachers (We thought we would get an instant response from them!). But life is not always like this; sometimes we must be patient and wait God’s time. However, after a few months one poor little girl sent £10, very grateful to her indeed. Of course this wouldn’t build a church! What shall we do Lord? No responses! So, should we Pray, Pray, Pray and keep on going! OR were we being told that He didn’t want this project to succeed and to pull the plug on our efforts?
We got our answer the very next morning. Two surprise cheques arrived in the post, one for £50, Praise God, and guess what? – the second contained an anonymous cheque for £6,500. Fantastic! What joy to receive it and what an answer to prayer!
THE GOD OF SURPRISES took over.
Whose project was this, anyway? We should have known. It was His. Now the bricks were on the move and He took over. Can we ever doubt Him? Thank you God for sending us to provide a beautiful Church for your refugees, where generations of peoples will come and worship You.
One dear lady, on her daughters wedding day, had organized little games for the children, to be played during the long speeches. This must have led to a donation arriving for the church. When the same young couple had their first child’s christening party, another donation arrived for the church. Wonderful! Another young couple, decided, after hearing an appeal on their church, to donate any money they might receive for their wedding to this church project. A unique gesture, so touching, what a special couple! May God enrich them and may they always have plenty, for it is in giving that we receive, God says. What can we say only Thanks and more Thanks! To our God, be the Glory!
