European Monthly Report
April 2018
Although the Hungarian camp started in March, it con nued into April. So, here are some more pictures of that enjoyable camp.
Coming Events:
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Euro Summer Camp Server News, Newsle er Crew: Karen, Ne y, Heleen and local July 30-Aug 6 May 2018 contributors. Enquiries: Paul van Wijnen E-mail: [email protected] All the talks, songs and Editor: other items from the Pastor Pieter Visser UK Summer Camp spring camps and the Kromhout 95 Aug 11-18 conven on are now 3311RE Dordrecht Enquiries: Ps Steve Murphy E-mail: [email protected] available for download The Netherlands from our server. Many talks are now also on Telephone: +31 78 6146173 Mobile: +31 (0)6 22 808 977 French Rally the TRF actsnow server. E-mail: [email protected] September 13-16 For login details, e-mail me at: Internet: www.revivalfellowship.nl Enquiries: Alain [email protected]. E-mail: [email protected] Ps Piet Visser
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Editorial: Figh ng
1Tim 6:12 Fight the good fight of Nothing is ge ng be er faith, lay hold on eternal life, from any of this. whereunto thou art also called, and So we, God’s spirit filled hast professed a good profession people, can see this. We before many witnesses. have the Bible which 2Ti 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I predicted it and we have finished my course, I have kept know what to do about the faith: it. And another headline: Not for the There is a lot of figh ng going on in “The Big Winners in Hungary’s world as a this world. Elec ons? Fear and Hate—and whole, but for Most fights are NOT good fights at all, the individual but totally useless. who want to The good fight of faith is to make fight the GOOD things be er. Useless fights make fight, not the things worse. Heard from the Pla orm 1Tim 6:3 If any man teach otherwise, • If you try to solve a problem, and and consent not to wholesome words, the solu on gets very complicated, [even] the words of our Lord Jesus you are probably figh ng the wrong Christ, and to the doctrine which is fight. according to godliness; • Seeing God is a choice 4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but • God gives us insight so that we can do ng about ques ons and strifes of understand and relate to people words, whereof cometh envy, strife, • Are we sa sfied with what we railings, evil surmisings, hear? 5 Perverse dispu ngs of men of • What do we feed our souls with? corrupt minds, and des tute of the Pu n”. • The reward for the good things we truth, supposing that gain is The result, almost everybody is do for God is peace godliness: from such withdraw figh ng something or someone. • EVERYTHING becomes new—if we thyself. And in the Middle Eastern countries allow it 6 But godliness with contentment is the results, enormous heaps of • We have to love everyone in the great gain. fellowship. Everyone is important So, what do we see in the world? • Trust God and have an in mate The following newspaper clipping walk with Him. says it all: • If we stop taking steps forward, our walk in the Lord stops.
rubble! The Bible, again: 2Tim 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous mes shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves,…
Isn’t it strange that only very few people can see where this is all leading too? The end result of all this is not only the physical ruin of ci es and buildings but the mental ruin of Next is another newspaper clipping. people. Ironically the “Fury” the report is talking about, “sparks fury” the other
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Revival Across Europe
The Netherlands: three people were born again
England: two people were born again
Hungary: two people were born again
Simon, West London, UK Horst, Dordrecht, NL
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
2 Cor 5:17
Annebelle, Poole, UK Andreas, Hungary
Andsley, Almere, NL Rosita, Almere, NL
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The Revival Fellowship in:
Dordrecht, NL around us so it is only up to us to go, stand hopefully they The saints of Dordrecht greet you! and speak. will be moved A er being sca ered all over the place in to act upon it March and the beginning of April due to Almere, NL too. interna onal camps and conven ons in Dear brethren, gree ngs from our fellowship We wish all places like Ireland, England, Hungary and in Almere. “happy Australia, plus people suppor ng the work An other month has passed very quickly with fishing” for the abroad in Belgium and Liberia, Africa, it was a lot of great ac vi es boos ng, coming good to be all together again in Dordrecht. encouraging, upli ing and comfor ng us. month! On the first Saturday brothers Gideon, This month we had two people born again. Guillaume and Michel gave a talk. Praise the Lord for that! France Gideon spoke about the fire within us, A presenta on was given about the salva on We had a visit from our brother Louis who is Guillaume spoke about our faith and Michel plan of God which we all enjoyed, knowing in Paris for medical treatment, and it was a shared about his visit to the England that the return of Christ is near! So hurry, great me of sharing tes monies and conven on. hurry, and reach out to those who s ll need encouraging each other. He joined us for the The next Saturday, Pr Piet gave us an to be saved! :-) regular outreach at the market, and amazing fast forward review of the book of Just before Anthony le to strengthen our witnessed to a lady who happened to speak Revela on which may seem hard going, but brethren in Suriname, together with Delano the same dialect as him, from Angola. The it was a remarkable summing up of the and Meredith from Ro erdam, he was Lord brings people together! We have had prophecies men oned. miraculously healed from appendici s. With good conversa ons at the outreaches but so We were amazed by the steadfastness of our awesome God everything is possible! far no one has made the move to get some brothers who shared their tes monies We had more group discussions and the bap sed. of overcoming during the “signs and topic this me was Rela onships. It was We joined the Yorkshire saints for an upli ing miracles” night. For example, Ivar who went really good to house mee ng by Skype and Pastor Bob through difficult mes in his walk, managed see how our talked about how our true happiness comes to get back on track me and again. younger as from outside our life, ge ng fully into the Also brother Rondi who had severe well as older Lord’s work. Edouard gave a talk about the breathing problems repeatedly refused to brethren dug a tudes of people who go where none has fall back on relying on medicine but instead into the ever been, and how we can learn from them. prayed un l he was miraculously healed scriptures For example Christopher Columbus who said without medica on! “If you want to sail across the ocean, you We finished our month with an a ernoon must have the courage to lose sight of the especially for the children. Many people shore’. We need to focus on what lies beyond were invited and we were happy that we this life. Don’t forget our rally in September. received some guests and the kids of course See page one for more details. had a great me playing games. The month was par cularly busy preparing West London, UK everything for the upcoming EU conven on Gree ngs from West London. This month we in Ro erdam, which we look forward to as bap sed a man called Simon who was already always as being one of the best events of the looking up God's instruc ons about this Spirit year! topic and apprecia ng the value of it. filled. Signs and wonders surround us which we We Ro erdam, NL heard from many brethren coming from started Delano, Meredith and Anthony returned other fellowships who shared their this from Suriname with a good report. The Lord tes monies with us. month guided their trip and there were 12 bap sms One of our sisters also had a wonderful the there in total. healing: Chanelle injected herself for a long same Brother Jan-Pieter brought good news from me as she had diabetes. A er praying way Liberia. Apart from the exci ng news on the about it, the doctors told her they could not we growing fellowships, he shared how brother understand how, but from one moment to ended the last one: with the London rally! Morris' son was very ill. A er prayer the boy the next the values in her blood show that This was not only beneficial because of the recovered and was playing happily. she doesn't have diabetes anymore! She new contacts that were made but also As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good shared this with many of us and declared the because it was very posi ve for all to be with news from a far country. healing power of God to the doctors as well. brothers and sisters from different fellowships Prov 25:25 They just can't believe it! and countries sharing a common goal: A sister prayed for a colleague who was We had also a children's a ernoon and a preaching the gospel, saving souls. stunned a er he got healed from his back couple came to visit with their two sons. We have had some new ones visit and we ache. They could see God's tes mony in us and keep on outreaching both as a fellowship and She also offered prayer to a man who had a personally. bacteria in his blood. Doctors One of our ac vi es this month was a feared his hand needed to be workshop evening. We had four groups and amputated. The man and his each group had fi een minutes to discuss four wife later got back to her to topics: finances, respect, the power of the thank her for praying, as the tongue and the first ten minutes with a new man was completely healed. person. It was a very posi ve evening where Witnessing opportuni es are all all had the opportunity to share in scriptures and tes monies. One thing we all remember:
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The Revival Fellowship in: God gives us a cake and He only asks us for power and overcoming and were all Holland and Australia. It was a good me of one por on back, leaving us with nine! encouraged. fellowship and edifica on. Finally, we had a very upli ing next gen catch The last Saturday of the month we had a This month we are outreaching in the city up. Much was discussed and in par cular our fellowship day fixing up and spring cleaning centre and have hired out a different mee ng expecta ons of one another and how to treat our hall, rounding off the day with a meal room there to extend our “fishing nets”. one another: what is fellowship and who together with our visitors. Also during the month some of us went to ul mately gives us all that we obtain in County Waterford where the Allen family blessings and enrichment. Great stuff. We reside and had an outreach weekend. Praise must not forget the amazing amount of food The Lord. Un l next month! we were generously treated to by Nadia and Semhar who had been working in a restaurant Hungary and came with an amazing amount of dishes! Gree ngs from Hungary where we had one Un l next month! person being born again by full immersion and two people receive the gi of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in Switzerland tongues. Hello from Switzerland. At the beginning of The saints were blessed in many ways as the month we held a tes mony night where always. One sister is back studying a er many Susanne shared how much of a big miracle it years of working and was finding one is for us to be able to receive the Holy Spirit par cular subject very hard. She had prayed and how this is what always amazes her the before every exam just to pass, which she did, most. She prayed for an unborn baby which just. She was very busy with the things of the was not expected to live due to not having Lord and for her final big exam had li le me Medway, UK enough heart chambers. It was born to prepare and so prayed once more, but this Hello from Medway. We have had regular completely healthy! me with no limit, asking for the top mark visitors to our mee ngs and had one person Yasmine shared how she witnessed her first possible which is what she got! She is very born again last month. healing when her brother asked her for prayer grateful to the Lord. Our younger genera on a ended the young when he had pain in his chest and couldn't One sister was really struggling with a bad people’s camp with engaging workshops and swallow properly. A er she laid hands on him knee for a number of months and then talked great fellowship. and prayed he was completely fine. Praise the about it with brethren and then prayed again We had a Skype night with our Liverpool Lord. for a healing, but this me with an expectancy assembly sharing tes monies, some items, a At the end of the month Zsuzsa and Stephan to be healed and she was. talk from Pr Steve and a few slides from Pr went to Liverpool and spent a lovely weekend One sister could not cope with her work load Lee sharing the highlights of their recent trip with our brothers and sisters there. They both and so turned to the Lord in prayer. From that to Australia. A small taste of camp in one shared a tes mony at the Saturday night me on she was given so much energy that all evening. mee ng. Stephan talked about how he was was easily done in the Lord’s strength. We also watched a talk that Pr Lee gave at the healed of a herniated disc and Zsuzsa shared A few brethren were very grateful to be able leadership camp about the best prac se for how she was healed of Dacryocys s to go to Australia and experience the unity saints using social media. It was very clear and (inflamed tear duct). Praise the Lord for His and love of the saints. Now, having returned, informa ve, and showed us this is also a part goodness and the wonderful miracles he they are joyfully pushing for more revival of our tes mony. works in our lives! here. We enjoyed our yearly event visi ng Sally who A lady and her young son visited one of our One sister had not been able to talk to her lives a fair way Sunday mee ngs a er she read some things neighbours about the Lord and so put the into the country. A on our website and called Stephan. She is a situa on to Him. Within a week she was able few of us tented in doctor and has studied theology, but was s ll to witness to three different neighbours and is a small field interested in coming along to a mee ng to very grateful to the Lord. nearby the night check it out. The month of April started with the end of our before. We started Praise the Lord, that His word is simple and Spring camp and was followed by an evening the day with clear and we have received everything we of interna onal news. prayer and a need to know through the Holy Spirit. We then had a weekend of doing work on the hearty breakfast God bless, The Swiss saints. hall, followed by an outreach Saturday where and a few thoughts from the Bible. We went the saints went out for 8 hours witnessing in to the local town for an outreach and then on Ireland two hour shi s. for a long walk through the beau ful woods Gree ngs from Ireland. At the beginning of The next day we held a TEDD evening for the nearby. A great day of fellowship together. the month we had an “in-house gathering” second mee ng where three young brothers Thanks for visits from Ramon, Giovanca and over the Easter weekend in county Wicklow. gave individual 10 minute talks on various Norah from Dordrecht and Amanda from We had some saints join us from the UK, subjects, but linking the solu on to each talk Lismore. We heard great tes monies of to God. The final weekend saw us hold a day of introduc on. Next to the hall there is a park and the local government held an all day event there. We had a booth where we did face pain ng and showed scien fic experiments for kids. This
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The Revival Fellowship in: allowed us to witness to the parents all day Pastor Bob, together with Pastor Steve Carr Praise the Lord for keeping us strong in his and introduce the Lord to a lot of people. from Ballarat, and Pastor Sammy Mwanzia work. Bye for now. We then held an evening of tes monies from from Kenya spent nine days with the saints in other countries and the end of the month was Sierra Leone. It was exci ng to see the photos Czech Republic a na onal holiday so a mini day camp was of the many bap sms and to hear how the This month we were blessed with a new Czech held for the youngsters. Gospel is going out in West Africa. sister, Hana! She was bap sed in our A lot of events throughout the month and the Un l next me, God bless from all here in fellowship about 15 years ago, but only stayed Word was truly sent out. Yorkshire. for a short while. A brother witnessed to her God Bless, The Hungarian saints. recently at an outreach, and she came to mee ngs again and got spirit filled! She is now Yorkshire, UK really happy and involved. Praise the Lord! Hello once again from Yorkshire. We also had a presenta on about where to We have had another great month over here. find peace, including several tes monies from A few things the Lord has been doing: brothers and sisters, sharing how God had A sister tes fied of how her employer gave changed their unhappy, stressful lives into her holidays when everyone else was being fulfilment and contentment in God. refused. The same sister heard from a work The kids (and adults) all learned a lot at the colleague that a family she knew had lost Poole, UK musical children's day, where our brethren their two dogs, feared stolen or dead. She Gree ngs to all our brethren from the showed and taught many different musical prayed and they were found immediately – fellowship in Poole. instruments. much to the astonishment of all! These The month of April started at the West As a result, miracles both lead to witnessing London Rally where we got to catch up with several opportuni es. brothers and sisters from the fellowships children have Another sister told us of how she was having around the UK and Holland and share the become difficulty receiving the Holy Spirit – un l she gospel out on the streets. It was a really more determined to give up smoking. She has never upli ing weekend thoroughly enjoyed by all interested in smoked since. the saints. learning new A brother tes fied of how he was protected We also enjoyed a great day of fellowship at a instruments, when the back door of an ar culated vehicle local country park where we had a picnic, so we look swung open and just missed his vehicle as he played forward to new members in the band in the passed. lots of future. A visitor to our Sunday mee ng told us how sports The final highlight was a joint Skype mee ng he came with a bad headache, but a er and with the West London fellowship, where we listening to the talk found that he had been went for shared choruses, tes monies and items. A healed. a long great big family in the Lord! Our “Bible Character Night” yielded some country inspiring examples from the scriptures: The walk. Testimony apostle Peter – a changed man once he had Though been born again. Gideon and David – both it rained I came to the Lord 25 years ago through my from very humble beginnings and yet migh ly a li le older sister and par- used by God. Elijah - who confounded the we also ents who started com- prophets of Baal with fire from heaven. enjoyed some lovely warm sunshine and great ing to the fellowship. I We recently set up our Bible prophecy display fellowship with brothers and sisters. was only 9 at the me and handed out leaflets in the shopping We were delighted to have a visit from Pastor but saw the difference centre mall. There were quite a few spoken to Warren and Becky and also Amanda from the in the way my parents and some details taken for follow up. Lismore assembly in Australia. We also heard were bringing us up. Our brother Clive and his wife Chris ne about Ezekiel 38 and Russia in prophecy. My dad was an atheist and my mother was a bucket of nerves. I saw a returned from their trip to Singapore, A visit from the Okunola’s was much posi ve change in them, enjoyed the mee ngs and appreciated with a video presenta on on was happy growing up in the fellowship. ‘heaven and hell’ which was quite thought There came a me when I realised I could have this provoking. Thanks to all our visitors and their for myself and when I was 11 I prayed and received support! We were encouraged and inspired the spirit and was bap sed the next day. by their fellowship. Many things have happened since. I was a naughty We had a local outreach in the nearby town of child and God was changing me. During my teenage Boscombe where many people were spoken years I saw that I had one foot in the world and one in the fellowship and had to decide what I wanted. I to or took leaflets. One lady called Annabelle saw the values of the fellowship and what the Lord said that she wanted to be bap sed and was had to offer compared to what the world offers and told that she could at the Sunday mee ng the even though I was quite young I knew I didn't want next day. She came to the mee ng with her to be part of this world. This is when my proper Australia and New Zealand. They had a great father and was duly bap sed by full walk with the Lord began. me of fellowship and in giving her tes mony, immersion and we hope to catch up with her I am married with three children and another on our sister told of how wherever they went again very soon. the way. The Lord has helped me through difficult they were welcomed and so pleased to find Pr Jim recently arrived back from Fiji, a er periods and restores my joy when I go through sad mes. He is always next to me. I have learnt to trust that everyone had the same experience of going for a short me, with great news about God knowing He has the best for us. He shows us being “born again”. five people from the local village being the right way, guides and takes care of us. bap sed and receiving the Holy Spirit Pavla, Czech Republic speaking tongues.
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