Street Pastors report

Enfield UK

Update

On Saturday 4th May 2013 ESPs Bevali, Carol, Phil and Richard met at St Andrews Church and considered Jesus' claim to the woman at the well "Whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed the water I give him will become a spring of water welling up to eternal life" (John 4:14). We prayed that many who were finding that they thirsted again after visiting the pubs and clubs would seek out the Living Water of the Holy Spirit.

We drove down to Broomfield Park in Palmers Green to coincide with the end of the family funfair. It was dark and quiet and so we walked down Aldermans Hill towards Palmers Green Station. We talked to Amin at the mini-cab office who told us about some recent muggings opposite the station. Walking up Green Lanes we found that many of the shops and restaurants were open and busy.

Up at the Fox things were quiet but crossing over we found The Alfred Herring pub to be very busy. We met G... who was eager to talk to us and give his opinions on the world. He was particularly keen to tell us that he had been excluded from the pub for breaking up a fight in the past. Over the next hour or so we met him at many other locations, he was clearly not too welcome at the pubs and clubs due to his loudness.

We were also delighted to talk to a Greek man who told us that this weekend was Easter with first light that evening. He is a regular at the Orthodox Church in Edmonton.

Down at "The Live Room" club, which was almost empty at this early time, we talked to Ivan who was one of the door staff. He was lightly dressed in a tee-shirt, we think that it was his copious muscles keeping him warm.

Across the road at "The Inn on the Green" there were more customers and two of the security staff were eager to talk to us. Henry and his colleague are both Catholic, and Phil prayed for Simon's spiritual growth. He told us that if they get trouble it is always from non-regulars from other areas.

Back towards the station outside "The Wishing Well" we met Jake who had been working on the trampoline (taking a lot of money) at the funfair. He was in a good mood and even agreed to go off with Gary to get some drink.

We went back to Southgate where Bevali had to leave us, but Carol, Phil and Richard went down Chase Side as usual. Outside "The New Crown" Phil talked to Edmund who had been seeking God for some time. He had attended St Andrews Church as a child and played Jesus in a nativity play there. He asked Phil to help him pray a prayer of commitment and we commended him to a local Church. We thank God that we were able to offer Living Water to him. His friend (also from the Church School) first claimed to be an atheist but then an agnostic and Richard talked to him about suffering.

We walked down to towards Southgate Station and noticed a boisterous group of about 10 young men. By the time we had got some chips with the excellent minty chilli suace from the kebab shop, they were starting to have some sort of disagreement amongst themselves which culminated in some pushing between a few of them. We waited around for this to calm down and one of the guys actually came over and apologized to us for their behaviour, he said that they were locals. We came close to calling for support.

We met a woman from a Church in Winchmore Hill who was very pleased to talk to us before getting onto her bus with her husband and their chips.

It was peaceful walking back to Church although "The Maze" was quite busy.

Please pray
Please pray for all of those that we talked and prayed with, that God would make himself known to them.
Please pray for G... who we met a number of times this evening. He is an alcoholic and well known in Palmers Green. Pray he will want help and can get into re-hab.
Please pray for those who are vulnerable and distressed in any way.
Please pray for the Police and Emergency Services as they have to deal with incidents.
Please pray for peace and harmony in our communities
Thank you.