Dear Friends

Thank you for your interest in Turning the Tide; nearly 80 of our supporters have now signed up on our website to receive our updates via automated e-mail. We are encouraged to know that we have so many people standing with us as we seek to see our God turn the tide of what is happening to today’s young generation.

Please note that our website has recently been updated and that this E-prayer and all the ones we have sent previously have been posted on the website.

Answer to Prayer #1!

You may recall we said the following in our last E-prayer: In addition Jon firmly believes he has heard from God regarding the addition of a new member of staff, to ‘partner with him’ in the ministry of TTT. We have amazing news to report. Jon was introduced to a potential candidate, Sarah and travelled to meet with her. A date was arranged for us all to wait on God on the matter with some friends. God took over the time and instead we ended spending all the time praying for Beccy!!

When Jon spoke to Sarah afterwards, she told him: “I have heard from God on it already, I’ve resigned my current job, God has called me to Brighton and told me to offer my services to Turning the Tide.”

This is clearly another huge encouragement from the Lord and confirmation that we are in His will. Clearly there is now much more to pray about although Sarah does have a three month notice period to serve. Sarah is fully aware of the financial position and we have agreed to continue to seek the Lord on everything!

Schools Work

We are happy to report that the numbers at Blatchington Mill have gone from a mere 2 to a whopping 15 and this is due to our almighty God’s answer to prayer. Carl and Hannah for a while now have been praying for a breakthrough regarding the numbers at Blatchington Mill. We found out later that the previous low number was partly due to a large group of young people playing poker at lunch time, which has since been banned by the school. Praise God – Answer to Prayer #2!

Jon and Carl recently led an assembly in St Mary’s Hall (a girls’ secondary school). The presentation was approximately 15 minutes and the theme we were given was ‘Creation’ and we spoke on how ‘the seasons display the GLORY of God’. Overall the assembly went well and the feedback from the school was positive and encouraging. They are keen for us to continue to visit once a term and will be contacting us again.

A teacher mentioned that a Christian Union is currently running on Thursday lunchtimes at St. Mary’s Hall. She thought it might be welcomed if TTT could support it by visiting occasionally. Thursday is currently Jon’s day off; Carl has another lunch club on that day on the other side of town and has a ten minute window in between to travel across, but no car! Please would you pray about this?

Jon

Unfortunately Jon’s health has begun to show signs for concern again. The IBS that he suffers from often leaves him feeling tired and makes him vulnerable to bugs. He is currently recovering from the latest tummy bug and reckons he has been unwell fairly constantly since his return from New York (on 13th September).

Beccy has also been very unwell again; she has been suffering with a nasty virus for over two weeks now, possibly made worse by her pneumonia jab. She was showing signs of a chest infection but after a course of antibiotics she seems to be recovering.

However we continue to feel encouraged in that Father God sees all, knows all and can do all.

Charity Registration

After a bit of a stand still (due to getting the ball rolling with CRB’s for trustees), registration of the charity is picking up again. Please continue to pray for this.

The bank account for the charity has now been opened.

Finance

We continue to trust Jehovah Jireh, God our provider, for a breakthrough in our finances.

As most of you know, the original legacy which enabled Jon to launch TTT has run out and at the moment the charity is being sustained from Jon and Beccy’s savings. This obviously can not go on indefinitely and we ask you to join with us in prayer as we seek the Lord about the next stage in his provision, which now includes Sarah!

If you would like to make a donation to our ministry it would greatly be appreciated. We would welcome either one off gifts or regular giving. If you are a taxpayer then we are able to claim from the ‘Gift Aid Scheme’ and cheques should be made payable to ‘Family Foundations Trust.’ If you are not a tax payer and would like to support us with a donation, then cheques can be made payable either to ‘Turning the Tide’, ‘Jon Bebb’ or ‘Carl Smith’.

Comments and Suggestions

Your feedback is extremely important to us. If you have a compliment, suggestion or concern about TTT, please let us know, we’d love to hear from you.

And last but not least…

Please don’t forget our next Prayer Morning; it’s planned for next Wednesday,

12th December (from 10 a.m. until noon at St. Luke’s Church, Old Shoreham Road, Brighton, BN1 5DD). You’re most welcome to join us for some or all of this time.

Please would you pray anyway, even if you can’t join us?

Thank you.

Thank you so much for your support; it means a great deal to us and more importantly for the God we seek to serve.