Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
ON THE MARCH
days later he keeled over and was rushed to hospital with a
collapsed lung. They discovered a blood clot.
Roy was in a bad way, so Maggie rang her friends and alerted
the prayer watch. In a couple of days he was sitting up in bed
and grinning at the doctor. The X-rays and tests showed perfect
blood and his high blood pressure had disappeared.
Soon there were four servant groups in Stoke. The local
Teen Challenge used our Lifenews, but a pentecostal deputation
warned them against our ‘heretical’ practices. We carried
on undeterred and John’s little house in Stoke soon became
a sanctuary of friendship, praise and chip-butties.
In May we established the ‘Eagles Wings’ household at Milton
Keynes. Apart from the lovely gardens, the house had
gold plated taps in the bathroom and goldfish in the pond!
The following month we bought another substantial property,
‘Firstfruits’, in Nottingham.
Servant groups extended our work. ‘Search groups’ roamed
free and ‘Strike groups’ aimed at distant towns. We followed
any lead. One day two of the Farm teenagers vanished with a
tent and were soon relaxing with their ice creams on the east
coast. Eventually some brothers came to collect them, but on
the way home they had a clear prompting to evangelise in
Yarmouth. As a result, two people showed interest and the
next week there were three more. All these were converted
and began to visit the Farm. Thus was born the Yarmouth
household.
One team went to the Glastonbury Festival and pitched their
tents. As the heavy rock pounded day and night, they moved
amongst crowds, chatting with people and sharing the gospel.
A Christian lady who lived nearby met them while she
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