Saturday, 14 November 2009
The Normandy Bridgehead June 2010
These last two days Tim Archer and I have been in Normandy once again formalising the plans for a significant push across the region next June and July. Last night many people gathered in Caen from different churches and towns across Normandy all excited about partnering with Miracle Street. After several years building with Francis and Diane Dognon and their church in Lisieux it seems that we are on the brink of helping to establish a ‘bridgehead’ for the Gospel in the part of France that witnessed the foothold into Europe in the dark days of occupation back in 1944.
We are going to approach the authorities in Normandy once more for permission to site the Mainstage on the sands of Sword Beach, now a packed resort in the summer, for the weekend of 5th and 6th of June. It will be the 66th anniversary of the D-Day Landings. Everyone says it will take a miracle and we will need to entirely self-fund the work, at least initially.
I have seen so many respond to the Gospel these last few weeks and we have some exciting events leading up to Christmas in Fair Oak and Portsmouth particularly with the chance to reach hundreds of people with the life-changing message of Jesus. In Portsmouth we have the Mainstage in a school with the possibility of gathering upwards of 2,000 children and families. Please pray for us, it is a wonderful opportunity.
Looking ahead, we already have invitations to 5 towns in the UK for next summer and invitations to visit other places on the European Mainland. God is good!
