Weekly update – 8 November 2026

I’ve become slack in writing these reports, so it’s time to get back into the habit.  I’ve had some time away, which has been great.  And I’ve also been busy, particularly with the online training via NeedGod.net.  We have needed to bring on more trainers, and I’ve needed to smooth out processes (less admin is good).  If you’d like to learn more about what that training involves and apply for it, you can do so via training.needgod.net (it’s free!)

So, the photos in this report have been selected from the time since the last report.  As I was gathering these photos together, I got a sense of how the team (loosely) is growing, which is very encouraging.  From memory, we had 7 labourers on the streets for one Friday afternoon outreach in the city.

The season of special outreaches has also started up.  Brian and Laura have started the season of many A&P Show outreaches.  And Daniel organised the outreach to the Rangiora A&P Show that I attended recently.

Mike is taking the lead on organising the Canterbury A&P Show outreach happening next week.  My next report will be about that, God willing.  Please keep the team in prayer for Wed 11th to Fri 13th of November.

And then the week after that, my daughter, Julia, and I will be heading to the Gold Coast and Brisbane for the Schoolies outreach.

I’m very encouraged by the opportunities for ministry on the streets that God has given us.

On Friday, in the city, I had a young guy come past, and he recognised me.  Apparently, I had talked to him about 10 weeks earlier in Riccarton.  And I was encouraged to learn that a year ago he had been claiming to be an atheist, but he is now saying he is a Christian and attending a local church.  So God is at work in people’s hearts!  He had a good understanding of the gospel, and we got to discuss some of the finer tensions in it, which was great.

The Saturday before, I had Tamara join me for the outreach in Riccarton.  She had gotten in touch via the Operation 513 website, but she first heard about the ministry via a needGod.net tract that had been put in her letterbox recently.  She became a Christian last year and is now part of a good local church.  Praise God!  Anyway, as I was in a gospel conversation, a young lady interrupted; she was excited about what we were talking about.  Because I was in the middle of a conversation, I introduced her to Tamara and then focused on my chat.  God had already been working on this young lady's heart, and she was primed and ready to understand and accept the gospel.  What a joy!  I was talking to Tamara today, and she was able to follow up with this girl for a long time - she is keen to come along to church, eventually.  Pray that God’s work continues in her heart!

Anyway, I’ll leave it at that for this report.  All glory to God alone!