Itinerary

October 19 Lower Hutt, New Zealand Hosanna WOC

October 26 Lower Hutt, New Zealand Hope Centre

November 2-8 tentative ministry in Christchurch, New Zealand

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November 9 Westport, New Zealand Elim Church

November 16 Christchurch, New Zealand Oikos Church

November 23 Dunedin, New Zealand Abundant Life Church

November 30 open

December 7 Christchurch, New Zealand Living Waters C/C

December 14 Christchurch, New Zealand Liberty Church

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In our last letter we explained why we returned to New Zealand six weeks early. We also shared that our 501 (C) (3) charitable status has been retroactively restored which means all your gifts from 2024 are tax deductible.

The sense of a stronger than usual expression of the manifest Presence of God at Lower Hutt Hope Centre has now gone for seven Sundays. We have continued to be available to the Pastor and the leadership team for discussion, responses to questions, and so forth.

I believe it was after the second Sunday that I posed an observation in the form of a question. Were those two Sundays disconnected or connected? Let me explain. From time to time a church can experience an unusually powerful Sunday. It does not seem to be connected to anything we can trace. It is simply an expression of God’s favor for that Sunday. Other services however are connected. That is they are not a one off. Rather they are a larger happening from God that is building. They are God’s gracious response to the hunger and the cry of His people mixed with the purposes of God for a church or community. They can lead to a significant season or even to a forever change in the life of a church. After seven weeks I am cautiously optimistic that something of great significance is developing. I say cautiously optimistic because I do not have a clear word from God, I do not know the depth of the response from the people, and it is still somewhat fragile.

In our last letter I indicated what God seems to be doing “is quite different” from the previous revivals we have ministered at here. At the same time it is clearly the same Presence at work. I observed last month that “actually, it feels like it could go even deeper.” A long time member of the church observed to us, “There is a difference between being a revival church and being a church in revival.” This church has been both. At this point it has many new members who know they are a revival church but who have not previously experienced some levels of revival.

I will be preaching on 26 October at the church. We have not only cancelled a planned trip to the Philippines but I have also asked a church on the South Island to re-schedule us. I feel the weight of that Sunday.

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