THE ROCK – – 8-11 February 2018

This trip was another of our "banner" trips, so we did not cover as much ground as we have done before, but in each town one of us has walked with a banner and asked people if we may bless them with the Holy Spirit, while the other attended a book stall and displayed two more banners, which declare the message we want to proclaim – 'Jesus Heals' and 'Praise Jesus'! This type of ministry provokes two responses – anger and sometimes even fury against God (and quite filthy language) or "thank you" for doing what you are doing. But we are so in love with Jesus that we are quite prepared for the former and also truly delighted with the latter.

We arrived in at lunch time on our first day, praying with S at the fuel stop and then C, C1, T, B (who was visiting from Canada), D (for whom we also prayed for her health problem) and we gave S the prayer in Chinese. We then went on to The Rock. We had time to do street ministry there before we went to our motel, and met and prayed with R (who needed a lot of encouragement), I and C. B at the motel also prayed with us and then gave us a room upgrade! (Bless him heaps Lord!)

Next morning we drove to Henty and anointed the RFS shed then went to the main street and prayed with J, B, T, and E, and also prayed for D and B (who was not a believer but let us pray for her). After one hour we drove to where the spiritual "climate" was good and we prayed with S, O, T, J, T1, and P and L. H asked us to pray for him. O, T, J and T1 are teenage young men and are so open to Jesus. It was a real joy to share with them. We also had a bad encounter in a Harvestland Outreach shop where the two ladies were extremely unfriendly. When we are greeted by "seekers after God" with such cordiality it is very disappointing to meet unfriendly believers.

Walbundrie was our next destination and R and M prayed with us there. Then we went to . We prayed for J and B who stopped to chat while we had our lunch, then we moved our book table and banners to the street. J and L stopped to talk and chose a book and J gave us a small donation (which we do not actually ask for as we give the books away to those who are interested). This interest is a great encouragement to us and we prayed with M, L1, K, I, and T. We also prayed for K1, L2, A and K2 and at the last minute we were surprised and delighted that the Anglican minister of Corowa, R, came looking for us because of our visit with the banners. We had a short time of news and prayer and we drove on to . This is a hard town and we were told to move our table and get out as we were not appreciated. However God always has His people and we prayed with K and L, and P said he would like us to pray for his very large family. It was after 6pm by the time we arrived in Tocumwal where we stayed that night.

Next morning we went out to the street. We were encouraged by J and W who were both interested in receiving a book. We prayed for C who has serious health problems, and also for B and J1. J2, K and W prayed with us gladly. We went on to Finley, and while we had morning tea we met K, a most charming and outgoing 7 year old who was with her father and younger brother. With the Dad's permission K prayed with us and absolutely loved it, becoming more chatty by the minute. We tore ourselves away and then prayed with J, J1 and J2 who love Jesus and attend the Mormon church. R and M, who are also Christians, prayed with us and we prayed for W and P in a lovely shop. At first they were not interested in "religion" but we talked a bit (preached even!) and they were willing for us to pray. H said he is Jewish but when we told him we love Jesus he permitted us to pray for him.

Berrigan was a disaster town in which everyone refused to pray, with a haughty "no", even though they admitted they are "Christians" and some others made unpleasant comments about the banners – that … "religion" should be kept inside the church. A was the only person who gave us any respect and she allowed us to pray for her. We prayed as we left because we just hope that God sends someone to whom they will listen. Oaklands, our next stop, was the exact opposite, a friendly, clean and hospitable place where we prayed with M and A, and had our lunch in a lovely park. We had overlooked getting fuel so we drove into to fill the car but the fuel depot was closed. M prayed with us and told us there would be fuel available in Lockhart so we went on, praying all the way because the fuel warning light came on and we still had 37km to go. God is good all the time and we arrived safely at Lockhart. We met and talked with three men in a shop and the owner took a photo of the banner but none of them wanted to pray or give their names so we left. S outside the hotel let us pray for him and was rather pleased with the prayer so he said "amen" to receive it (he was not a believer!). We went to visit N whom we had met in Broken Hill eight months before and had a lovely time of fellowship with her and we prayed with each other. It was getting rather late so we drove on to Gumly Gumly and our motel for that night.

We attended Pilgrim Uniting church in Glenfield Park next morning and then went to the main street in Wagga to set up the books and banners. We prayed with J and W who were so touched by the prayer that they gave us a generous donation. Then we prayed with M, D, K, and S and for S's father, D1. We had late lunch in Gundagai and came home. We had prayed with 52 people and prayed for another 24. Thank you Lord for Your faithfulness to give us a harvest so that we can honour You!