Look what I can do now

(Note ; this post has been a little delayed because of an accident )

On Monday and Tuesday of this week Trefalen Farm hosted a very special event.  Three marquees had been erected in the field  between my vegetable garden and the campsite; and there was an invitation to everyone, ‘holiday-makers, campers, locals, believers, sceptics, grandparents and young children’to drop in find out what was happening   

And there was a lot happening. It was a fun day for everyone , including Harvey the St Bernard. There was face painting ( for young and old alike) , there were  football  contests , there were refreshments; and there was lots of space for old friends to meet up and chat , for children to run around.       

      However there was much more than this. The largest marquee, the marquee for miracles, had been set out, with small tables and quiet sitting areas, for people to talk to the members of the team who were ready, in Marcia’s  words to “give people a glimpse of heaven ‘. It was a restful, peaceful space, with Marcia’s poems strung along each wall on different coloured paper and a cross, constructed from pieces of drift wood, in one corner. At the foot of the cross were pebbles on which people had written prayers for absent friends or relatives .

     I was careful not to intrude on the quiet conversations taking place in this marquee. I knew that some people had come for a ‘listening ear’, some hoping to be healed by prayer, others, perhaps, interested in the promise of dream inteprepation.  But I heard form Marcia afterwards that

As always, God has done more than we could have possibly hoped or imagined - from the unpredicted fine weather which changed as the last car left; to miraculous physical healings in front of our eyes; to deep inner healing of burdens carried for years, to life-changing encounters with Him.  This is what 'church' is meant to be - God's people sharing His love and power with the world in a tangible way.  And the people will come.

     Of course, some of us are uncertain about the beliefs held by many of those attending.  We may be  envious of their certainty and commitment, or  perhaps interested in glimpses of alternative realities. But we are reluctant to accept claims of miracles and healing.

     So perhaps the final word should rest with Malcolm, seen here with Isobella just after he had been prayed for.  Malcolm suffers from arthritis, not even able to put his socks on. But just before I took this photo he had been showing me how, for the first time in years, he was able to bend and touch his toes . And he couldn’t wait to get back to his caravan to put his socks on himself.

If anyone wants to know more, I have inserted below a list of those who led the team, with their contact details  

Marcia Giardelli (Trefalen Farm - Email:  trefalenfarm@yahoo.co.uk/ Telephone: 01646 661643)

Reverend Mike Endicott  (The Order of Jacob’s Well - Email:mike@simplyhealing.org)

 

 Paul Stevens (New Day International  –Email -  paul.stevens@newdayinternational.org)

Riverhouse Life Church, Pembroke – Email – riverhouselife@gmail.