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.
