During the first week of October, Lynn and I, along with Bobby and Misty Fogel, had an opportunity to visit Hartford CT, and the surrounding towns on the east side. We seem to fall more in love with the people, and towns. God is certainly stoking the fires in our hearts, to re plant our lives and plant the Gospel in this New England County.
We learned allot on this trip. Hartford is a very beautiful and very diverse city, and a place so rich with History. While on a walk downtown, we entered the Congregational church on main street and had prayer, while the folks on the steps of the church were getting high. Much brokenness and the burden in our hearts are for the people.
We visited and prayed in the towns of Enfield, Windsor, Manchester, Vernon, Glastonbury, and Rocky Hill.
High School football: Manchester Indians were playing Glastonbury and we meet a few families, and made a connection in the community. Saturday we went to a block party in Manchester for the disabled. There, Misty Fogel made a connection with MACC (Manchester Area Community of Churches)
Manchester is the largest of the eastern Hartford county towns. The food pantry, Feeding Kitchen is pretty busy, and we made connections with the assistant director there. Many of the old established churches, police, and fire departments in the city work together to insure the shelves are stocked with food.
With such a small percentage of the people of the town attending any church, you can sense that many serve or volunteer for the city, and have a deep rooted concern for their community. In some ways, their community has become their "church"... a church absent of God.
We ask those of you who are praying for us to continue to do so. A movement of God is very evident in New England. If God has placed it on your heart to support us financially , you can do so, by checking out the tab "Help Us Plant". It is greatly needed and we look forward to hear from you.
Lynn and I have tentatively planned to make another visit between Christmas and new Years, and I plan is to be in Connecticut 6 to 8 months after the sale of our home.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
Pastor Tim