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started to sit near me. I liked the idea and decided to sit with her, even at the front when she was recording the service. After a while I plucked up courage and asked her to go to the cinema. By January I knew I would marry Andrea and told her so when I met her off the train one evening. This frightened Andrea and we split for a while. After a time, we got back together. Later, I plucked up courage again and asked her to marry me once more; she said yes! While I was in church one Sunday, a visiting speaker from the London City Mission came to speak. He spoke of all the work they did among the homeless and poor in London. Suddenly I knew God wanted me to live in London and do His work

there. I did not know how I should do this and left it for a while. Later, this same speaker came back and told of a scheme called Voluntary Evangelism (VE) the London City Mission ran in Bermondsey. I joined the scheme in 1977 for 7 months. Once I got to Bermondsey, I knew London was where I would stay. While I was there, in Bermondsey, I really missed Andrea. While I was on The London City Mission Scheme, people kept asking me how I became a Christian and wanted to know what God had done in my life. So, I told them this same story you are reading here. The more I told people, the more God spoke to me saying how much of a Father He had been to me, looking after me all these years. I saw it. I understood it and believed what God said. For the first time in my life I started calling God "Father! “ By 1979 it was time for Andrea and me to get married. I had been looking for a place where we could both live. Could I find

anywhere? No, I could not! I knew God wanted us to live in London, but where would we live? Many a time I felt like just giving in, but God picked me up and told me to keep looking. Eventually God showed Himself faithful, like He always does, and a week before our wedding date we found a place in Peckham. It had two rooms with a shared bathroom, toilet, and Kitchen. We were there for a little while when Andrea became pregnant. We knew the rules of the house said no children and we began wondering what would happen. Our pastor at the time (Chris Brown), came to us and told us he had been approached by a local doctor who asked him if he knew of anyone who could be a live in caretaker at the surgery rent- free. Chris thought of us and we jumped at the chance. It was lovely, our own kitchen, toilet, and bathroom! It even had a garden, which Andrea

loved. Later we were to find out that God is faithful in all our housing needs - but that's another story! Now after many years of belonging to Jesus, I know how God is faithful. The Bible says, "Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me." Psalm 27:10 Andrea and I have three grown up children now and I know God has got more blessings for us in the future.

Some Points

to Remember

God loves YOU and wants you to be His child. (He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God John 1:11- 12) God loves YOU so much that He sent His Son, Jesus, to die on the Cross so we can be His friend. (God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21) The way to receive God's forgiveness is to believe it was for YOU, ask God to forgive YOU. you.(Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38)

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London and do His work there. I did not know how I should do this and left it for a while. Later, this same speaker came back and told of a scheme called Voluntary Evangelism (VE) the London City Mission ran in Bermondsey. I joined the scheme in 1977 for 7 months. Once I got to Bermondsey, I knew London was where I would stay. While I was there, in Bermondsey, I really missed Andrea. While I was on The London City Mission Scheme, people kept asking me how I became a Christian and wanted to know what God had done in my life. So, I told them this same story you are reading here. The more I told people, the more God spoke to me saying how much of a Father He had been to me, looking after me all these years. I saw it. I understood it and believed what God said. For the first time in my life I started calling God "Father! “ By 1979 it was time for Andrea and me to get married. I had been looking for a place where we could both live. Could I find anywhere? No, I could not! I knew God wanted us to live in London, but where would we live? Many a time I felt like just giving in, but God picked me up and told me to keep looking. Eventually God showed Himself faithful, like He always does, and a week before our wedding date we found a place in Peckham. It had two rooms with a shared bathroom, toilet, and Kitchen. We were there for a little while when Andrea became pregnant. We knew the rules of the house said no children and we began wondering what would happen. Our pastor at the time (Chris Brown), came to us and told us he had been approached by a local doctor who asked him if he knew of anyone who could be a live in caretaker at the surgery rent-free. Chris thought of us and we jumped at the chance. It was lovely, our own kitchen, toilet, and bathroom! It even had a garden, which Andrea loved. Later we were to find out that God is faithful in all our housing needs - but that's another story! Now after many years of belonging to Jesus, I know how God is faithful. The Bible says, "Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me." Psalm 27:10 Andrea and I have three grown up children now and I know God has got more blessings for us in the future.

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Some Points to Remember God loves YOU and wants you to be His child. (He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God John 1:11-12) God loves YOU so much that He sent His Son, Jesus, to die on the Cross so we can be His friend. (God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21) The way to receive God's forgiveness is to believe it was for YOU, ask God to forgive YOU. you.(Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38)