John 10:10 ‘…I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly’.
Christmas greetings and love from ourselves, Bob and Mary and our family.
Abundant life in Jesus to every part of you, body, soul and spirit!

Our Highlights in 2012
We’re still growing and pleased to be in Jesus!  We’ve loved BURN worship events this year and the Wembley stadium National Day of Prayer in September.
We’ve loved family –most of our children are now adults (Dave, Jon and Dolly, Joseph, Esther, Matthew). At home, Vicky is doing GCSE’s and Abigail her A levels. Matthew completed A levels and now skypes us from Redding, California where he is at a Bible College. Esther is completing her final year at Glasgow Uni doing English and Drama. Joseph gets married to Emily in April next year! Dave continues in Bristol (See Dave’s art work at davebain.com). Jon and Dolly have just moved in to their own flat in Melbourne, Australia. He gave us a surprise visit in June and walked the Pennine Way with Joe. Lots of wisdom, joy and breakthroughs needed for all of us!
Mary discovered she had higher than normal blood pressure this year – please pray for her body to get normal again. Both of us need to get more exercise, enjoy time out and keep eating the right things!
Mary and Abigail helped in an orphanage in Chennai, India in July and had a great mother-daughter experience.

WELCOME NETWORK
Rainham Foodbank was officially launched in May, and so Mary’s role as the set-up co-ordinator was complete. It was hard handing this role over but lovely to see the creation of a multicultural team drawn from several churches doing the Foodbank together. Seventy plus households have been helped and prayed for.
Mary now co-ordinates prayer and enjoys helping out from time to time.
We initiated Healing on the Streets in Harold Hill and a good, local mix of Christians have been out twice a month on a Saturday morning, offering to pray for people. Over 170 people have sat down, mostly un-churched, and given God the opportunity to do something in their lives.
We have been encouraging churches to be more welcoming accessible places in the ways they reach out to the whole community, (see welcomenetwork.org if you are interested). A core team is in place and Welcome Network became a registered charitable company this year!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Much love in Jesus
Bob and Mary

Abigail and Mary were helping in a Children’s Home for girls in Guduvanchery, run by the Indian Gospel Mission, from July 10th to 28th.

 Thank you so much to all those who have prayed, given and supported mum and I on our recent trip to South India. I hope you enjoy this Feedback!

SERVING   “Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give His life a ransom for many” Mt. 20:28

One of the main things mum and I learnt on our trip to India was how to serve others. It is always a challenge to really love the one in front of you and especially so when you are hot and tired and in a different climate, not always understanding what is happening or how you can help!

We were so thankful to God that when we arrived at Chennai Airport there were, with Pastor Joe, two other volunteers already working at the Children’s Home- Jenny and Claire, students from Northern Ireland.

They had been there for one and a half weeks and we were able to learn such a lot, from them, about how we could help the children with their daily routine. This made things a lot easier for us!

DAILY ROUTINE:- We joined the girls in the Church Building at 6am each morning, for early morning Prayers, a Psalm and a Chapter of Proverbs (if we managed to wake up in time!).

We then helped to wash the younger girls with jugs of water and soap, outside, by the sink in the courtyard. This meant that we got nearly as wet as them! We also helped them to dress and do their hair – applying coconut oil, combing out tangles and putting in bunches or plaits. We played hand clapping games with them during this time, and then we helped with their homework before they had breakfast.

Helping with their English schoolwork was a challenge, as the exercises in their books were not well fitted to their ages, and there were often quite difficult words to understand! We did our best and drew lots of pictures and mimed actions etc! One day one of the girls asked me to draw my favourite dress so I ended up drawing my dress for her,  soon all the girls wanted one of the drawings and I ended up spending all my time drawing for the girls. They were so happy just having a drawing of their own it struck me how grateful they were just for a drawing

After helping to serve Breakfast, usually some form of pancakes (dosas) and stew, we had our own breakfast and then helped to walk the children to school. The route was through the back streets with open sewers by the side of the path, cows being herded by us, stray dogs wandering around and many older ladies or men watching us from their doorways, with delight and interest because of our white faces!

At the end of the School Day we went to pick up the girls. The other schoolchildren were all very excited when they saw us and wanted to shake our hands and kept asking our names, as they do not see Westerners very often! We felt like Celebrities! After School was playtime before Homework, then Prayers and Bible Reading (a chapter from the Gospels) and finally Supper/Main Meal at about 8pm.

All the time we were helping with the children we were under the supervision of one of the “Aunties” (Indian ladies) who lived and worked at the Home.

The major lesson we learnt from the children is that you can be happy in life

even if you only have a few dresses and one, or both, of your parents are in Heaven with Jesus! Only occasionally did we see one of the girls looking sad. Mum writes:- “Jesus seemed to be saying “Look at these girls, they are so happy despite their circumstances, you can live this way Mary! This is why I came, that you can enjoy abundant life as my child! Learn from them, become like them, rediscover the world as a child and so enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Mt 18v3)

Highlights with the children included playing with the play parachute we gave them,  which was just the right size for the space they have in the courtyard in front of the Home; also going to the Zoo in Chennai on our last day with the girls and boys from both Children’s Homes.

CHURCH OUTREACH We had the privilege, during our last week, of being involved in the IGM Church outreach to two remote villages in the hills about 3 hours drive from Chennai. IGM have a Feeding Programme to help poor families,

and part of the Outreach was to take bags of rice and loaves of bread for needy families in the area. One afternoon was spent helping to fill, weigh, seal and pack the 3kg bags of rice, ready for the Outreach.

We four were also asked to prepare 3 Drama skits to help to show the gospel to the people. This was fun, and Mum was Jesus in all three!

The journey was very bumpy, long and tiring, with a short stop at a Leprosy Village on the way, where we prayed and gave out some of the rice. But the most amazing moment came in the evening when we set up a spotlight and screen and showed a short version of the Jesus film in the Tamil language to the 100 or so adults and children in the village. As we sat there watching the movie showing Jesus teaching the crowds in Galilee and then looked at the people sitting on the ground around us- there seemed to be very little difference! It was an amazing moment! They really enjoyed the movie- there were gasps of amazement at the miraculous catch of fish!! And when Jesus hung dying on the cross, the lady next to Mum was weeping openly! A group of about 30 people made a decision to accept Jesus and came forward for prayer from the local church pastor. It was an unforgettable moment!

A SPECIAL REST DAY On one of our Rest Days we went Sight-seeing to Mamalapurram Beach.

It was such a fun day involving seeing Hindu carvings, climbing on rocks, a monkey snatching my Fanta drink, a lovely time paddling in the Indian Ocean and culminating in a brief visit to the Boy’s Children’s Home in Pandur where we visited the grave of Jacob Williams. He was the Founder of IGM and father of Pastor Joe and brother, Pastor Jabez. He died suddenly in April of this year. Mum writes:- “There was an amazing tangible presence of the Holy Spirit at the graveside. Pastor Joe also asked me to say a few words to the boys, so I spoke about the fact that I did not have a father or mother now, like many of them -BUT we were all  brothers and sisters because we do  have a Big Daddy in heaven who loves us completely! We finished by praying the Our Father together. ”

PERSONAL GROWTH Abigail writes “ While I was in India I felt God talking to me about joy. These girls and boys had come from poor back rounds and had lost loved ones yet every morning they woke up with a smile on their face and had such energy and joy. That impacted me greatly as I thought about how I am in tough times and I felt God talking to me about the joy of the Lord being my strength and that these kids had that joy. I also felt God was talking to me about just loving on people and just spending time with people. Over my time in India I felt God giving me a real heart for these girls and felt God say just play with them, serve them, bless them and love them and He would do the rest.”

• Please pray that the lessons that Mum and I learnt in India will stay with us and be imprinted deeper on our hearts.
• Please continue to pray for IGM, the children, the Outreaches, the Feeding Programme etc. One particular need is for a larger facility- they are looking at a building but need some permission from authorities and more finance before they can proceed.

In Jesus wonderful love,

Abigail and Maryl XXX

Matthew

From August 27^th 2012 to May 30^th2013, our son, Matthew will be going to Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry, Redding, California.  This is his personal  Statement:-

Bill Johnson at BSSM

I believe that God has called me to dedicate this year to Him. Before I make any steps into the next part of my life, I know that the most important step is to put God first in all that I do. I am stepping out into God’s plan for my life, and I believe that Bethel is where He wants me to be over the next 12 months.

I will be growing in my personal walk with God, and learning to bring others into a powerful encounter with Jesus. In the future, I want to be able to use what I’ve learnt at Bethel to impact the people around me.

God has radically changed my life and I have a passion to see Him do the same for others.

I especially have a heart to reach my skateboarding friends, to show God’s love to them, to be there for them and to help them when they are in trouble.

Matt at the Skate Park

• PLEASE PRAY for safe travel and that I adjust well to Bethel’s environment.
• That I will make good friendships and build relationships with the other students.
• That it will be a good experience for me as I grow in faith and am released into God’s calling on my life
• That I will find the right accommodation and God will provide all that I need during the year.
• That I will see God do some amazing miracles!

If you would like to support my year away financially as well as in prayer, that would be amazing!

Gifts can be paid into my account-(Bank details are below), or given to me directly.

I appreciate all your interest and encouragement, and look forward to staying in contact and giving you updates throughout my year.

With much love in Jesus,  Matthew

Dear Friends,

Since we last wrote at Christmas we have had much to occupy our time!

Mary has continued as Coordinator for Rainham Foodbank, a project currently involving 9 to 10 churches, and a growing multicultural volunteer Team. At the Foodbank Celebration in January several volunteers shared the fulfilment they felt in being involved with the community. Everyone received a wrapped candle as a gift with the verse, “Arise, shine for your light has come….” Isa 60 v 1. A recent word, John 1 v 5 has confirmed this vision for the Foodbank, “The LIGHT shines in the darkness and the darkness has NOT OVERCOME IT.” On the strength of this we are now believing for favour with the local Council re the use/ purchase of a local building for the Foodbank. Recently Mary spoke at the YMCA about her personal journey in setting up the Foodbank- how she has grown in confidence as she has related with councillors and other officials and how she has been challenged to really love messed-up and needy people, learning to express that love in words as well as action ! Since opening in Nov. 2011, 51 adults and 93 children of all cultures have been fed.

Since January Bob has been developing a Healing on the Streets Initiative in Harold Hill. Again this is involving around 9 churches in the area. It is a Multicultural Team of English, African and Caribbean cultures. The Training weekend with Mark Marx (founder of HOTS) is coming up on 13th/14th April, and we can see further Teams getting involved later in other parts of Havering Borough.

As often happens in February, around Valentines Day, we shared some Relationships Teaching with a few churches in the area. We were part of the input at an event called SPICING Up your marriage! Also another Relationships event with Family Values TV,  led to us sharing our testimony on two subsequent TV programmes with them. This was exciting, but, as yet, we have not seen the result, so don’t know how much may have been edited out!!

Over this time we have given  Multicultural teaching input into ten churches, and also shared about the Foodbank projects. The challenge we bring is always about loving others as Jesus loves us. It is painful thing stepping out of our culture box to embrace one another! So often we can feel misunderstood; we really need God’s grace to stay open, giving and receiving love without any conditions placed upon it. One challenge for us all  is to  really love the communities in which we live.

Along with others from the Welcome Network Team, we have  been developing  material for several workshops on Multicultural Awareness. Our aim is to offer these as a resource to churches who want to become more welcoming to all cultures in their community. Along with practical suggestions, these workshops will highlight the change of heart attitude and character-building needed when we begin to engage with other cultures.

Mary continues to be part of the Healing Rooms Team in Havering and has found this personally very helpful.

With our local church, we have enjoyed participating in a monthly Coffee Morning outreach to the old people from a nearby Care Home. They really enjoy coming out for an event and we have seen a change as we have spoken, sung and prayed with them. We are now also holding a monthly meeting with them on a Sunday afternoon in the Care Home.

Bob has recently helped an African Couple with their application to the Department for Education to start a Free School with a Christian ethos. We are amazed at how God uses all our experiences, as we, ourselves, started and ran a Christian School in Canterbury for 7 years in the nineties!

This season has seen 4 Bain birthdays, including Matthew’s 18th, along with Mother’s Day and Easter coming up! There has been a lot of cake, balloons, Teenage sleep-overs and Fun!! Now we are off to Wales for a walking/ camping trip along with Joe and Esther as well as Matt, Abigail and Vicky, for 4 days before Easter! We are looking forward to the wilderness experience, including staying in a bothy with earth closet!!

Bains in Wales

Please remember Mary and Abigail as they plan and prepare for a mission trip to India this July. They will be helping at a Childrens Centre for 2-3 weeks.

In all the busyness God has been emphasising the need for us to make space to rest and receive His big ,deep Love. Bob and I have enjoyed some times of soaking in God’s Presence at the home of one of our friends. At home, now it is a bit warmer, we are taking turns at retreating into the Summer House for some peace and undisturbed time with God.

In a recent time of worship with the Healing Rooms Team, Mary physically felt Father God’s love for each person there. She felt that there was no difference- everyone was loved the same, and completely, as sons and daughters, whatever their age, culture, attractiveness, or spiritual state. It was a wonderful feeling of unity, and very freeing to know we can just be ourselves and enjoy His perfect Love!  There is no place for competition! It’s all about Jesus! THIS IS HOW CHURCH SHOULD BE!!  Can we learn how to work together, with this attitude, as the Body of Christ across all the cultures?

1Cor. 12 v 24,25 “But God composed the body, having given greater honour to that part which lacks it, that there should be no schism within the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.”

We love and appreciate you all!  Thank you for all the prayers and financial gifts which help our work with Welcome Network to continue.

Please send us your news and prayer requests. We look forward to hearing from you!

In Jesus wonderful love,

Mary and Bob

BOB AND MARY BAIN CHRISTMAS NEWSLETTER  December 2011Greetings in the wonderful name of Jesus!

We do really enjoy living in the borough of Havering,right on the edge of London. It suits us fine,as both Mary and I like country walks and there are open fields and woods just five minutes away, in one direction, and built-up streets in the other. We get this great view from a hill nearby into Central London. You can see Canary Wharf, and in the middle you can even make out the London Eye ! God’s harvest field laid out before us. It’s especially wonderful with the fireworks on Bonfire night in November. There are rockets popping up and bursting into colour all over!

Family News.   Vicky and Abigail are now 14 and 15 respectively, and go to a local Christian School.  They are both involved in taking GCSE’s this year. Matthew aged 17 is at Sixth form College studying A levels in Maths Chemistry and Accounting. They are all doing well, academically, and walking with Jesus! Please pray for their future plans. Esther, about to hit 21, is a wonderful young lady working hard at Glasgow University, studying English and Drama. Joe is teacher training in Bristol, and this year, living in the same house as Dave. Jonathan and Dolly will be celebrating two years married this Christmas. They are living in Melbourne, Australia, Dolly’s home country. Dave is busying away with his art work in Bristol – see davebain.com for examples of his work. Recently we enjoyed seeing him painting a Mural on DIY SOS.

Ministry News.   Mary has been helping to establish a food bank in Rainham for families and individuals in crisis, and is also a trustee for another in Harold Hill which is about to open. This week was very exciting as they had their first client, after being open for two Mondays! The whole team were encouraged and thanking God!

 We are looking to launch  Healing on the Streets in another area this coming year. Mary has recently done the Healing Rooms training – you  may be familiar with this? The International Student work is continuing at UEL. We have helped set up a Student Union society and others now take the lead in this work. Our main focus this year in Welcome Network has been with churches rather than campus work. We counted up that we had worked with seventeen different individual churches over the last couple of years providing input and encouragement. We feel that God is using us to bring healthier ways of working together as churches. God’s heart is for every nation, tribe, people and language to feel a sense of welcome and belonging in this amazing thing called God’s family. Our team and partners has been growing this year, and the multicultural ministry networking day we held in November reflected this. We are joining with some of our partners to host a conference on Multicultural Issues next April (28^th). Locally, we have also been seeing greater participation in leadership fraternals and projects by black-led churches.

We continue to participate in several national forums and gatherings. It’s a real treat to go away with others to some big old house and let some one else do the cooking!

God is providing, and we want to thank especially those of you who have prayed for us, and financially supported our work this year. You have been a big blessing!

God is stirring up our hearts to be thirsty for Him. Keep pressing in to His wonderful love and warmth! There is nothing like a personal relationship with Jesus to blow away the religious cobwebs and empty vanity fairs of this age. His love is better than life!   We pray that you and your family will have a totally amazing Christmas and New year, that the love and joy of Jesus will surround you always.

Bob and Mary xxxx

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Dear friends

Hope you are well. It is a joy to write to you at this time of year! There is such a sense of anticipation and excitement in the Bain household.

Abigail and Vicky enjoying the snow!!

We are very thankful to God for the doors he has opened, the friends he has blessed us with (new and old) and the exciting possibilities He is revealing to us in the work of Welcome Network. It truly is a work in progress!!

Bob and Mary and old friends!

We are finding ourselves increasingly involved in establishing and developing churches to be open and accessible places for other cultures and nationalities. We have provided input to seven church leaderships during the year, and also held our second Multicultural Ministry Networking Day. The day had a good buzz about it and ways were suggested to make churches healthier welcome places. This year we have been invited to attend several national leadership forums. This has been really helpful in giving us opportunities to network in a larger way.

We have continued relating with International Students at UEL Stratford and Royal Holloway Universities and connecting this work with churches local to the campuses. We are also giving practical advice to church leaders who would like to work within University chaplaincies.

Enjoying a free Lunch!

At UEL Stratford we are seeing on average 40 to 50 students at our weekly lunchtime events. We have made some wonderful new friends from many nationalities- European, African, Asian and from the Middle East and have felt privileged to pray with some for their personal needs.  As well as the free food, we have had some great songs and short inspirational talks given by team members. Topics have included:- Being Chosen, How Christianity is different, Relationships, The Ultimate Drink and Lost and Found.  We now finish the lunch time with a short time of prayer and fellowship.  A number of students participated in the Operation Christmas Child charity by filling a shoebox with gifts for needy children.

Happy Christmas!!!

We want to say a special THANK YOU to them, also to the members of the team especially Mark, Steven and Tharsh, and to the churches, organisations and individuals who are sponsoring some of the lunch expenses.

At Royal Holloway we have been encouraged by the interest and unity of vision amongst the Christian groups on campus to show God’s love to the Internationals. Our aim is to support and help them to build friendships and reach out to the International students through various events.

Making friends at an Evening Social

This term we have had two evening socials with plans for a Christmas lunchtime event in the last week of term. Internationals have been made aware of local church events, English Conversation classes and University International Office events.

We want to say a big THANK YOU to all our team members especially Sam, Sarah and Emma from Regenerate CU. We also want to thank Daniel from the UCCF CU and Meg from Christians Together,  the local churches and Laura from The Village Centre for their support.

We haven’t yet decided on the location of a Welcome Network mission this coming year. We feel a good connection has begun with our friends in Albania and we may well be looking at a return there.  If you like the idea of being on mission with us in 2011 please let us know.

We are hosting a Couples Celebration event this February(Feb 5th) in Romford which you are very welcome to attend if you are engaged or married. We will follow this with a three week Enrich your Relationship course.  Let us know if you are interested in coming to the Celebration meal.

Remi and Dafe- A beautiful couple

All the above activities cost money and we appreciate the Gifts, you, our Welcome Network Supporters and friends can give   If you are able to support our work through Welcome Network we would be grateful.(To give financially to our work see below or go to Paypal on the website.) Above all, we appreciate your prayers for what we are doing, and love to hear your news so that we can pray for you!

Much love in our wonderful friend Jesus
Bob and Mary

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Dear friends

Hope you are well.
We are getting ready to welcome international students at two different campuses, University of East London (Stratford)
and Royal Holloway University of London.
We have been encouraged by the student response last year, the beginnings of teams at both places and
our recognition as visiting chaplains at UEL.
There is plenty to do and amazing opportunities to engage with the love of God. Fresher’s weeks begin on Monday 20th September.
If you are local to London and want to help or visit let us know.
To read more go to our International Student Work blog articles on
Royal Holloway and University of East London

We haven’t yet decided on the location of a Welcome Network mission this coming year. We feel a good connection has begun with
our friends in Albania and we may well be looking at a return there. However additionally we think there will be ministry trips
to Thailand (Mary with our daughter Abigail) and Armenia (Bob with our son Matthew) in 2011.
To read more about the 2010 Albania mission trip go to our Missions blog article...

We will let you know soon about our Multicultural Ministry Networking Day planned for November. Although it’s just a few hours we feel
it’s really at the heart of what God is wanting us to be involved with in London and across the UK – encouraging local churches to be more
open and accessible places for other cultures and nationalities. To this end Mary and I have also made visits on invitation to several
churches who are determined to be welcoming places to all the nations.

On a personal note, sadly my mum passed away this August so there has been a lot of things to work through in the family. Mary’s mum
and my dad died three years ago, and Mary’s dad many years before that, so we feel the absence of our parents very much.
It has been a close time for the family and my sister. We want to thank friends and ministry colleagues for being there for us.
We have needed this.

If you are able to support our work through Welcome Network we would be grateful. We are on a walk of faith but it’s nice to walk it together
with our team and supportive friends.
We are encouraged by your friendship and have also been privileged to pray for different ones over the year and seen wonderful answers!
We keep a Prayer Board and would love to hear your needs and add your name to the board so that we can pray for you!
If you would like to give financially to our work see below.
Much love in our wonderful friend Jesus
Bob and Mary

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FEB 2010

1)  MULTICULTURAL

MULTICULTURAL DAY

Running with the Vision- Working as a Team

Pray for correct timing, venue and format.

There is a strong possibility of using Holy Trinity Brompton as our venue.

We want to emphasise Multicultural outreach.

RELATIONAL CONTACTS

Pray for the making of contacts with churches and ministries sharing the same multicultural dream.

Pray for creative ways we can help Black-majority churches reach out to the English.

MULTICULTURAL ALPHA

We are doing this locally, beginning in April and working with a pastor and small team in Harold Hill.

Pray that people will come and receive Jesus.

Pray for the team as we prepare in both spiritual and practical ways.

2)  INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Some Indian students enjoying Free Lunch!!

CAMPUS ACTIVITIES

University of East London

We have been doing a weekly lunch with about thirty international students, mostly non- Christians including many Indians.

Pray that the Healing Evangelist coming on March 8^th will be a blessing, and that many will receive Jesus through this and our regular conversations.

Pray that the Word for Today’s will be read by the students.

Pray for greater funding help from churches local to the campus and more Christian helpers on the team.

Pray for good team-times –Prayer and Planning; also wisdom in sharing Jesus effectively.

Pray for favour with the University.

Royal Holloway University of London

Royal Holloway University

We have been doing a monthly programme for International Students using a local home as a venue. Attendance has been low.

Please pray for better contacts with non-Christian Internationals on the campus and whether to meet on the campus for our meetings; also creative ideas.

Pray for the building up of a team especially some Christian students from the campus being involved directly.

Pray for favour with the University

Pray for effective publicity for our events.

3)  MISSION

We are taking a team to Albania in July 2010, reaching out to Muslims using our English language Vision course.

Please pray for the team to come together and that we will be alert to opportunities to bring the love and power of God to those we relate with on the course and also in the church meetings .

Pray for wisdom as we plan and prepare, also good health during the mission.

Bob is also Bible Teaching in China this April. Please pray for this opportunity to bless the Chinese church.

4)  FINANCES

Please pray for people to be stirred up among our friends to help us through prayer and financial gifts to carry this work forward.

Regular monthly support would be a great encouragement.

TWO PROPHETIC PICTURES TO USE IN PRAYER (recently given to us at a Presentation Evening)

1) OLYMPIC RUNNERS running a Relay Race

The runners are running with evident grace, effortless. Passing the baton to one another and keeping going. There is an impression that God’s power is all we need. We are Ambassadors for Him.

We understood from this that we are a team. We need to focus on building a team to reach International students.

A team works together to win the race. It is not all dependent on one or two people. A team also needs to train to win. (Cross Cultural training?)

2)      A SAILING SHIP

We need to position ourselves (like sails need to be positioned to catch the wind). When positioned correctly the wind of the Spirit will move us along in an effortless way.

We felt this referred to making the right contacts and finding the favour we need to be in the right position for a move of the Spirit.

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WELCOME NETWORK – SEPTEMBER 2009
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Please pray as international students arrive for the start of their courses. We are working with students connected with the Royal Holloway College, University of London throughout the Autumn term.

Please pray regarding moving forward to registered charity status. Currently we are a non-profit making community association.

Please pray for the meeting up together event planned for November to encourage those interested in making churches multicultural welcoming places.

Please pray for Mary as she goes on mission to women in Nepal in Oct, the whole Bain family in Singapore, Melbourne and Dubai in Dec.and Bob in China in April 2010. Welcome Network plan to be on mission with a team in Albania, Summertime 2010.

If you are interested in being part of a Welcome Network team in London or Albania please let us know.
If you want to support Welcome Network financially please send a gift using the details on this page.

A big thank you to churches, ministries and individuals we have related with in the twelve months just gone.

Our love in Jesus
Bob and Mary Bain
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REACHING OUT AND WELCOMING ONE ANOTHER IN THE LOVE OF GOD
Romans 15:7 (the Message)

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