Newsletter Winter 2007

A personal note from Paul and Kerry Paynter This year (like most years) we have experienced great encouragements and also had to negotiate our way through discouragements as we minister to those broken and bound by addictions. It is wonderful to watch people who had been "written off " as beyond help walk into new freedom. However it is also diffi cult to watch others return to destructive lifestyles. We are learning that after we have fulfi lled our ministry to people honestly and completely we must leave the outcome between them and the Lord. Nancy Alcorn of Mercy Ministries, who has seen hundreds of troubled girls transformed, says that when ministering to broken people "if we take all the blame for so-called failures then we will also have to take all the credit for the successes". While the number of people coming through the Centre may be relatively small in comparison to the amount of people needing help our desire is that those who we do help would be so transformed that their lives would impact many others (Suella's story in this newsletter is a very good case in point). Whatever any of us is involved in we must remember that from the perspective of the Kingdom of God everything we do can be a seed for an eternal harvest. Blessing, Paul and Kerry Paynter It is now two years since fully assuming responsibility for the day to day leadership of Christian Family Centre in Armoy. Quite often it is challenging to lead the Centre and at the same time parent two young boys (Noah 5, Ezra 3) but we are convinced that we are fulfi lling God's purpose for our lives at this time. Many of you who have previously been impacted by the life and ministry of Davy and Linda Hoy have continued to stand with us and we are grateful for this.