Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

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Refiner’s Fire
1989-1990
During the summer of 1989 disaster had suddenly struck New
Creation Farm. Driving up to the Farm office one afternoon I
noticed that smoke was pouring into the sky above the hill on
which the Farmhouse stood. I guessed that a haystack had
caught fire.
But when I reached the top of the drive the stark reality hit
me. Flames were leaping high into the air. The pigyard was a
raging inferno. Haystacks, sheds and poplar trees were all
alight. Women and children looked on in horror. The Farm
brothers ran around desperately carrying squealing piglets
to safety as the smoke and smell of the roaring fire increased.
Worse was to follow, it seemed, for the wind was steadily
blowing a wall of fire towards the house. Soon New Creation
Farm would be engulfed. Noel and the others in the office
started praying and commanding the flames to retreat. The
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