Dear friends and family,

We wanted to send a quick message to you all to let you know how we are getting on.

Firstly, for those who we haven’t  managed to speak to, we moved house at the end of February.  This has been such an answer to prayer as we now have space to hold training at home for MHOP and also space for Becci to home educate the kids.  We are now living in Gatley, which is in Stockport, just south of the M60, about 10 minutes from our old house.

We also wanted to keep you all up to date with the goings on at MHOP.  We have continued with our fortnightly Friday night meetings which we started in September 2010.  We are starting to see a regular crowd coming each meeting and we are really excited about a team meeting we have scheduled for the 8th July where we are hoping to begin to build our team with a view to increase our prayer schedule.   We have also been providing the worship for a series of events run by VinelifeUK across the north of England which have been a great experience, leading worship for such a wide variety of people from different denominations.

As we mentioned at the end of last year, we felt the Lord speaking to us about our finances, energies and work commitments.  At that time, Michael was working full time as part of the sales team at a gym in Didsbury, and then in any spare time we had was spent on MHOP.  We felt the Lord speak to us clearly about switching our energy to focus on MHOP full time and look for part time employment.  This has been a massive challenge for us as we continue on the journey of learning to trust the Lord in all situations.   In May this year, absolutely a God appointment, Michael was offer part time work back at the gym, fixed days, which we were told back in December was not an option.  This has been a real answer to prayer, and whilst possibly just a temporary solution it is still some income to sustain us.  We now are aiming to spend about 40 hours a week working for MHOP, dividing that time between prayer and admin.  On top of that Michael works 25 hours a week at the gym.

As our friends and family we wanted to ask you for your support, both in prayer and financially.  We have been blessed since we started this journey with a small group of people who have supported us financially, either through one-off gifts or on a monthly basis.  We are so grateful to you guys, thank you so much, your support and belief in us and what we are doing has and does make such a difference to us. We believe that the Lord hears our prayers and answers them so we wanted to give you a short list of things you can prayer for us for, but we wanted to ask you to prayerfully consider supporting us with your finances and partnering with us as we establish night and day prayer in the city of Manchester.  Whether you feel led to give a one-off gift or if you would like to sow into us monthly you can give via paypal or bank transfer.  We firmly believe that the Lord is going to move powerfully in Manchester and it is the prayers of the saints that will bring this about.

In terms of your prayers, please prayer for us:

• for finances
• for wisdom as we bring leadership to MHOP
• for protection for us as a family
• for increase, wisdom and greater revelation in our relationships with the Lord
• for Becci as she begins to home educate the kids
• for breakthrough and greater relationship with churches and ministries around the city
• for MHOP, that we would have clarity of vision, increase in the teams and increasing influence in the city.

Thanks so much for all the support we have received from you all, we love you all so much.  We appreciate you taking the time to read all this(!) and if you have any questions, want to chat with us, meet up, anything then get in touch, we’d love to talk!!

Peace and love to you all, in the name of our precious Jesus,

Michael, Becci, Clara-Lily, Micah and Anna Ball