Stories of Hope from Derby's Streets

This past weekend we had a visit from the High Sherriff of Derbyshire Sir Henry Evry. He has been so supportve of the work of Derby Street Pastors, so keep looking in Derbyshire life magazine for an article that could be coming soon. We also had a phone call from BBC1's One Show they are proposing doing a short piece on Derby Street Pastors, we'll let you know when they visit.

This last Saturday night was a tough night for Robin and his team as a girl that we have worked with for a long time attempted suicide. The team did a great job and manged to stop the bleeding and get her to Hospital. I met up with her later in the week to check her dressings and to get her to sign up and think about going to Rehab. She really does need help and needs to come out of a very abusive relationship with her partner.

Today we had hardly been out on the Streets 5 minutes when a conversation turned to salvation as a lady who confessed to being a church attender asked Christ personally into her heart. Many great conversations ensued this lunch time around the Hope bookelts we give out to people on the Streets.

Most of this week has been taken up around Gang problems in a local secondary school we have been scoping an after school project and have been pleased to engage with some of the young A1 gang members we meet on the streets of Allenton.

Please pray for our Street pastor teams in Austin, Allenton and the City Centre this weekend.

Alasdair goes to Grantham tommorrow to commission their new Street Pastors, please pray he will be an encouragement to them.