Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
AWAKE O ZION!
Noel was brought up on a farm, and Dave had plenty of theory.
But all this wisdom failed to get Wilbur the boar off the Transit.
He wouldn’t budge for an hour!
Whether charismatic community or pig farming, it was all
new to us. The locals smiled and gave us six months at the
most. But we had a will to win, and soon the brothers were
sitting up all night for the birth of the first piglets. They all
came out to greet the first batch of hens, too. Generally if one
person did something, six others did it with them!
Noel planned to move in and asked Rufus and family to join
him. ‘We can’t leave the lads, bro,’ was the reply. They had
quite a scene going at Argyle Street and weren’t interested
in breaking up.
‘Well, bring them all then,’ said Noel.
‘Bro’s!’ shouted Rufus that night, banging his fist on the
table, ‘...we’re all moving to the farm!’ An uproar of shouts,
hoots, yells and hallelujahs followed as the cutlery went flying.
(Argyle Street was still working on ‘the beauty of restfulness’!)
Soon Rufus and Jess with their two kids and the seven brothers
turned up at the farm and, following the word of Jesus,
(John 13:14) their feet were washed as a token of brotherly
love. God joined these two ‘families’ together and ‘the lads’
looked to John ‘Gentle’ to take them deeper.
Shortly after, somewhat apprehensively, Noel moved in and
filled his little room with books. Surprisingly, he didn’t take
over! Noel had a great respect for Rufus’ inspirations. Dave
‘Elder’ Lantsbery began pastoring the sisters and John led
the brothers.
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