Miriam Ford, InterAction Worker – Brussels

April Newsletter
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Hello! Sorry for the lateness of this month’s letter, I’m actually writing from the UK and have spent a lovely
few days so far catching up with friends and family. I am really starting to feel at home in Brussels now, so
it’s a shame I only have two and a half months left now! Where has the time gone?!

The Central group took the opportunity of Easter to put on another evangelistic “soirée”. It was SO
encouraging. The group has grown loads recently and there are now regularly between 10-12 students each
week, a few of whom may not be Christians. At the Easter event there were 17 or 18 of us present, everyone
brought a different part of the meal, and Mickäel (centre, right) and Alex (one of the group leaders), gave a
summary of everything we’ve seen so far in our studies in Mark, and a short Gospel presentation from Mark
15. There were several non-Christian friends who came along, heard the Gospel, and had questions to ask
afterwards. Please pray especially for Barbara; a friend of the other group leader Hannah, we stood talking
about things for a long time at the metro at the end of the evening. Please pray for Hannah too, it was truly
amazing to hear her explaining the Gospel so clearly to her friend, and I was really humbled by the experience
and recognised again what a privilege it is to be there.

At ULB we are continuing to study John. The Canadian girl
I am doing one to ones with: Agatha, is hopefully going to
be leading a study for the whole group sometime after
Easter so it would be good to pray for her, her first
language is English too. One to ones have been going well,
we did an overview of the book in our first meeting, and
have since almost got to the end of the first chapter, they
have been really encouraging times spent together and we
are getting to know each other better all the time. Please
pray for the ULB group as a whole, to be united, especially
with regards to how to go on with cold contact evangelism
on campus.
At Woluwe I had the opportunity to lead
the study in John 4:43-54 earlier on in March.
Thank God for the fact that we now have a
new room to meet in, which we have a
permanent key for, which means (hopefully)
no more room problems! Ever!  There are
plans to maybe have some sort of evangelistic
event during April, talking about the cross, but
the exact title and style of meeting is
uncertain at the moment.

Me and my school friend Katie at Labrador
bay in Devon
-I’m back in the UK at the moment and having a really nice
time catching up with friends, relatives and church families.
I’m especially thankful for opportunities to meet up with
some of my old friends from school in Devon and the few
chances we’ve had to talk about Jesus. Please pray that
something said would touch their hearts.
-Church is going well and it’s been really nice to be able to
spend more time socially with friends from the youth group
and feel more at home there.
-I’ve also seen my flatmates (Kathleen and Quentin) a bit
more this past month, please pray that before I leave I would
have opportunities to share the Gospel with them. They
know that I’m a Christian and what I’m doing in Brussels, but
I’ve never had the chance to really talk to them about Jesus.

Please pray… Dates for your Diary

- For individual follow up after the central group’s ‘soiree pâcques’ Tues 14th: Back to Belgium
and that the girl from the soirée noel would be able to come to the Sun 18th: GBU Prayer Meeting for
group regularly again. students and ‘amis’.
- Thank God for the really great, encouraging time I’ve been able to Weds 21st: Third one to one with
spend at home during Easter. Agatha
- For one to ones with Agatha to keep going well, that we would Weds 21st: Possible soirée
both be learning and growing and becoming more like Christ. d’évangélisation at Woluwe
- Praise God for the opportunity we have to run an evening for Sun 25th: FOCUS: “Being Witnesses”
students on “Being Witnesses”. Please pray for good preparation, for Fri 30th: Second semester report
lots of students to come and be impacted, and for God to be due for uni in Preston.
glorified. Weds 5th May: One to one with
- Praise God that Tim and Emily now have definite plans for next year Agatha
and that their house sold amazingly in less than 24 hours! Please Sat 8th May: FOCUS: title & speaker
pray for their ongoing preparations to return, and especially for their TBC.
three boys to be happy about the move.
-At the AGM David and Marianne were presented to the supporters
of the GBU. They have currently raised 20% of a single salary for next
WORD OF THE MONTH
year, please pray that the rest of their support will soon be made
poser un lapin – to stand
available. If you would like a copy of their prayer letter (in English),
(somebody) up
then please get in touch.

Thank you! It’s been so lovely catching up with some of you over the past week or so, and I hope to see those of
you I didn’t this time, sometime in the near future! Thank you so so much for praying for me and for the students
in Belgium.
Love
Miriam xx www.ifesworld.org www.gbu.be http://miriam-ford.blogspot.com

"Lord, there is no one else that we can go to! Your words give eternal life. We have faith in you, and we are sure
that you are God's Holy One." - John 6:68-69 (CEV)