I am pleased to welcome a team of Bible Students this month, who are training for Christian ministry and will be sharing with us for two to three weeks. They are from the UK and Japan. I am sure they will be a blessing to us, as previous teams have been, and that they will also be blessed by being here.

Tadashi from Japan: Heard and accepted the call of God on his life to serve the church of God in Japan.  The proportion of Christians in Japan currently stands at approximately 1%, c. 1m people.  Tadashi's desire is to return to his native land after graduating from the Elim Bible College, in order to help create more avenues for Christian discipleship.

Jason from Chester: Although he had a first encounter with Jesus Christ as a young lad, Jason was unable to sustain his love for God as he was growing up in an 'actively non-Christian' family environment.  God re-united him to Himself years later following a road accident in which he was expected to be permanently paralysed.  Jason witnessed the miraculous healing of his physical body and perceived God's call into ministry.  Although he had 'other plans' Jason finally accepted the supremacy of God's purpose and has witnessed His divine provision since then.