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Dear Companions

Greetings from the Team and me..! Here's a little update on a couple of our latest happenings and missions. As many of you know, Christian unity is a major issue to us. Please understand, our motivation for Christian Unity is not political but evangelistic. We believe what Jesus said to His Father... "Father make them one, SO THAT THE WORLD WILL BELIEVE THAT YOU SENT ME." We want to see more and more people BELIEVE in Jesus, just like you and me. So in Bath (England), we organised a meeting for Church Leaders from all denominations, to come together and hear a joint presentation from Matteo (RCC) and myself, about the Post-Protestant era and what that means to us as 'divided' Christians, each on our own mission, disconnected from others doing the same work of evangelism as us..! It's really time we all stood together for Jesus..!

The event was a real 'eye/heart-opener' to many. We had all kinds of reactions... but mainly... repentance..! People (leaders) were in tears, some got excited, some offended, some even came with tough questions but at the end of the event, told me that their questions were MEANINGLESS in context of the BIG picture. God did some deep work and we now have the opportunity to do a larger event to reach MORE people. It was a good day..! Thanks to Bath City Church for the FREE use of their venue..!

Fresh Expressions is a interdenominational organisation established by the Anglican Church to reach out to post-modern man with the Gospel of Christ in a way that relates to society today. Fresh Expressions is interested in keeping the Gospel message the same but presenting it in different ways, this would include Church in Coffee Shops, Church in Gyms, Church in the Office at Work... basically Church anywhere and in any way it works best. We established a good working relationship with Bishop Graham Cray (centre photo, middle), Head of Fresh Expressions and then took along our Roman Catholic Evangelical Charismatic Leader, Matteo Calisi (centre photo, right), to meet Graham. Wow, did we get surprised..! When we, from 'different' Churches begin to speak about Evangelising TOGETHER... ALL WALLS FALL DOWN...! You know, it's a proven fact, the quickest way to unite divided people, is to find them a common enemy...! ALL Christians share BOTH a common Enemy and a common MISSION. We have our bread buttered on BOTH sides. We (Emiliana and I) sat back and watched God do what He does best. We count it a privilege to have been a part of this spontaneous Partnership between the Anglican and Catholic Church. 

So in closing, to all of you on this 'crazy' ... godly ... inspiring journey, THANK YOU for being our Companions. Your prayers, friendships, emails, phone calls, money etc etc, all make this kind of change happen.

Please keep us in your prayers for next week, we're in Italy presenting the need to care for the Orphans of Acres of Love in South Africa. May God move upon the hearts of all who come to our event.

Your Brother & Sister,

Emiliana & +Tony

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