Blessed are we when we're at the end of our rope

Hello dear friends, family, and prayer warriors! It's amazing how much can be packed into two weeks, although sometimes I can't believe it's already been that long. I have to say thank you, first of all, because your prayers are very much felt. It means a lot to know that you're looking after us in that way, and God clearly is using them.

For example, God altered our scheduled show for us a couple days ago. The team went to Greenwich area to dance for London City Mission. As a side note, Greenwich time is the time by which all time is set. Strange and slightly intimidating to think about as a girl who is challenged in the area of punctuality. The mission is kind of a drop in centre for the community in the area, and they'd invited their regular teens to come, as well as made some flyers to hand out to anyone in the area. However, when show time came, no one was there, so we took down our set and moved it to the streets by the Thames River. It was beautiful with the sun setting, and we drew a crowd from the area along with those who'd been invited that wanted to come to an open show. There were some great conversations that we got to have with people in the crowd, some about things like evolution and creation, others about believing in God but not having relationship with Him, some just about the lives of the people living there and what our team was doing in England. We all agreed that it was definitely a good thing that we'd ended up outside instead of in the mission building. Isn't that awesome? I have to say, only God can something like empty seats at a show and turn it into an effective street mission. Also, God makes it very clear that it is by His power we're doing any of this when our plans humbly fizzle out. May we always remember how small we are before we need reminding.

With that in mind, can I ask for prayer for our tired bodies? About half the team is in definite need of some body and health restoration, as sickness has bit some of us pretty hard, and our beloved leaders both rely on God's provision pretty regularly for strength when their bodies never really get time to heal. Another quick answer to prayer- yesterday when we did a show for an open church bbq, our dearly loved narrator was too sick to come with us, and our ipod was almost dead with no charger. Needless to say, even if we had the promise of music, our show with no narration is severly crippled in its message delivery. Adrian asked the audience to pray, and our dancer Jacee learned the lines on the way to the show, narrated very well, and the ipod died the minute our show was over. These kinds of things happen so frequently, words can't say how much of this trip we owe to God.

Another thing to keep in your prayers would be this upcoming week of dance camps. We'll get to be with the same groups of kids all week, which will be a great opportunity. If you could pray that the kids that God wants at these camps would come, that would be much appreciated. Also pray for openness within the groups, that the kids would be able to be vulnerable with us as we are with them, so that no guardedness will restrict what God wants to do in them and us this week. Again, be praying for our bodies also, as we will be very busy with younger kids in the morning and high school students (actually secondary students as they call them) in the evenings.

Well, I will sign off for now. Thanks again so much for all your support, we have been needing it and benefiting from it so much. Cheers!

Chelsea Peters

p.s.
Did you know that intstant coffee just turned 100? They've been drinking it here almost as long as we've been a country. And yet still they haven't given up on it... just kidding. But seriously. There's a reason tea is the drink of choice around here.