I just wanted to post a few pictures of one of the clubs I plan on doing some work in. This club is literally less then a minute's walk from the place I will be living at in Brighton

Club Oceana



The Icehouse Room



New York Disco



I know you guys know the need in Brighton and I want to ask you to pray ask God if He wants you to give $5-10 dollars per month, that is 1 or 2 cups or Starbucks. Please PM me any questions.

nice, very nice.

Just a little praise report: I have reached $360 per month in commitments. I am just about half way there!

got a figure from a friend of mine, looks like i am up to $420!

however, as my last post says, there are some issues in brighton and i have alot of hard choices to make. i have a feeling i know what the right choice is, but i need some confirmation.
pray for wisdom.

Alex,

It may be costing more but working in a tean like the one you describe will add value to the work. I hope God will release the rest of the finances soon now a solid plan is there to work out your vision. Will pray for you.

Howard

I am very sorry it has been so long since my last update. It has been somewhat crazy around here. So I just want to give you a real quick update. I am still working as the full time warehouse man at the local Toyota dealership. This has been a real blessing to me since it provides medical benefits and allows me to have the time off I need to continue fundraising and doing ministry my home church. I am still teaching the high school Sunday school class at my church with my mentor, Jim Patterson as well as helping lead the youth group. I was even asked to teach at the youth group last month on purity of our hearts and minds.
 
God has really been challenging me about His power over the last few weeks. I was hanging out with an old friend a few weeks ago and he told me that God wanted me to dream bigger, that I was putting God in a box. That weekend I began to pray and dream bigger and felt that God was placing ideas in my head about my future as a DJ. Since then I have really been concentrating on building contacts in the music community, both in the UK and the US. I really feel that God is pulling me into that community to be the salt and the light.
 
I am still concentrating on raising the necessary funds to return to the UK and work with the Evangelism Team at Holmsted Manor. My current budget is $1000 per month and I have about 30% raised currently. God has really been encouraging me through friends and just random people I meet. But I am still hard at work to raise the rest of that budget. Over the next several weeks I will be visiting some local churches to try and build some contacts and see if God wants them to partner with me in this. Please pray that God speaks to the church leaders I speak to and that God will direct me to the right people. I really believe that it is really important to have the right people partner with me. I am praying that each church that partners with me with support me for $200 per month for 2 years. This is a huge figure and I am not really sure how God can do it, but He said I needed to dream bigger. Please continue to pray for me in this.
 
The last thing I would love for you to pray about is hosting a "Meet the missionary" night. This is basically just a really informal meeting where you bring some of your friends together and it gives me a chance to share my passion with more people so more and more people will pray and partner with me. This is a really important thing for me to share my passion with new people. So please pray about this.
 
Also, please continue to pray for me for strength and if God wants you to partner with me. If you have any questions or maybe God has given you a word for me, please do not hesitate to call or email me. I would love to chat with you about it.

I have had about 6 local churches on my heart for the last few weeks. I had a meeting last Thursday that went EXTREMELY well. We will be meeting up again next week. However, I spoke with the pastor of 1 church this morning and his church has had some setbacks and so they really can't do anything. Please Continue to pray for me as I seek out new churchs to talk with.

yea man, i cant wait to get back. i would love to grab some coffee or something with you. i miss that costa coffee shop over across from the mall.