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I heard a great story today at the AECW Conference in Heath. Kerry Orchard was talking about his experience doing door to door work in the streets around Whitchurch Road. He said that there was one street where he always noticed a particular warmth and openness to the team as they spoke with people. It was quite striking and as a result he always loved it when it was time to do that street!

It turns out that there was an explanation for this. There had been a Christian living in that street for many years. Tha lady has now died, but she had made it her business to pray for each house in that street for the whole time she lived there. I found that very encouraging. Once again it reminded me that, in Christian ministry, the big things are usually the small things.