In the last week of January, Andrew, Joe and Declan are in cafe and Declan is telling funny stories about how unacceptable he is for military service; how at one stage he was some sort of junior soldier in a youth league and how he fell asleep on his rifle and nearly shot a corporal - huge smiles on his face and a great ability to laugh at himself - a side we are seeing more frequently- way different man from 6 years ago.
One chap comes in who we have been talking to for a while - I have known him for years. When we last talked about 3 years ago he was interested in Zoarastrianism. He has dabbled around in all sorts of beliefs. He now claims to be demon posessed. It is quite a difficult story for any of us to get our head around and we are trying to encourage him. We do not have any real idea of how to deal with the situation, but we have prayed and hung out with him just trying to befriend him and reading the bible together. On Sunday he comes into church and is MASSIVELY improved - far easier to talk with and understand. It is interesting how useful a sermon given by Alan Black has been for me in working through this problem. He was talking about Jesus ministering to the demon possessed man and how when he had encountered Jesus he was 'in his right mind'. This has encouraged me to keep guiding him towards Jesus, and I know it has helped. Also new in the church is a believing family of 4 from India - wonderful.
On Tuesday a church member, Duncan, came in and learned the ropes of counter work to help as a volunteer on Thursdays and Fridays to replace Ruth who has moved back up North! God is good.
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