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Currently 29893 visitors since 24/5/2005
Highways
for Jesus
Web highwaysforjesus.co.uk
Email thejesusbus@hotmail.co.uk
Once again the nights are getting darker and for many of you
who receive this newsletter it will be a time to anticipate a White Christmas
and to get your ski’s out of the garage.
I have now left the colder areas of
The last few months have really tested my faith as the bus
developed one fault after the other.
All the trouble began with a mission trip to Soumasalmi in
As most of you know by now, three young vandals decided to
smash the bus windows and pour paint over the engine and the bodywork.
From that moment I have had nothing but trouble. It feels as
if someone is praying agains’t the work, and the bus
in particular.
All my savings and even a bank overdraft have been swallowed
up in repair bills.
A new clutch, gearbox, 2 front wheel bearings, fuel pump,
retarder, webasco heater have been done in the last five months along with
numerous other repairs.
As the list of repairs escalated out of all proportion I
believed that the work of the bus was coming to an end and it was the scrap
heap and retirement for me.
As people prayed, I began to realise that everytime I
recieved a blessing from the work it was quickly followed by a mechanical breakdown.
I know for a fact that the work done in
So many schools and youth groups as well as alcoholic and
drug centres have been visited and nearly 20,000 copies of my life story as
well as 15,000 copies of the gospel of John, translated into Finnish have been
distributed in that country.
Wherever I went in
The town of
Timo has only been in the town for less than a year and now holds
a weekly prayer meeting that attracts around forty people from different
denominations and is doing great things. Please pray for this great man of God
and the simple vision that God has given to him.
I firmly believe that one day he will be made a bishop and
then
As you will have gathered from this letter, my health has
suffered this year due to the tremendous pressure caused by overwork and
breakdowns. I cannot find anything seriously wrong but I am constantly tired
and now dread parking the bus at night in case more vandals cause trouble.
These thoughts and events come from the pit of hell and I
really ask you to pray that once again the Peace of God will reign in my heart.
All through these trials I have known the Joy of the Lord and
even though I have felt waves of panic wash over me I have never been truly
afraid. I know my God is with me and in Him there is NO Fear.
I am now waiting for the ship to take me to the beautiful
On board I have around a thousand daffodil bulbs that I informed
the children of the Faroes will help me to plant in front of the church and in
the
In the years to come as these daffodils bloom at the Easter
season, the children who planted them will tell their children and
grandchildren about the special day.
I have been given a special type of work and how I pray that
in the future years, when I have been called or taken home that I shall leave a
legacy of love and treasured memories that shall NEVER die but will cause
people to think of Jesus and tell their young children about the “ Jesus Bus”.
The aim of this work is to Glorify
Our Heavenly Father as The Holy Spirit directs my thoughts and actions.
At the end of most meetings a time is set aside for anyone to
come forward for prayer and this has become really popular. At the beginning of
the year I discovered that most people desired me to pray for them and my
helpers stood to one side and prayed together.
I felt this needed to be changed and took a back seat for a
while. I allowed the helpers to do all the prayer requests and I just went out
into the congregation and talked to people.
I found that I was conversing with many more visitors who needed
to know Jesus and at the final prayer which I led to close the meeting more
people had remained in the hall as I was available to everyone. I have since
heard of many instances of healing from these meetings including at least two
cancer sufferers.
In less than seven weeks, “Christmas” will be a memory and
all the mail from charities and mission work will have been answered and
donations sent to those you choose.
As you answer these advertisements and appeals for help,
would you please also consider helping this work to continue to serve our Dear Saviour.
Next year I will once again head for the northern parts of
The winter will be spent in the
If you want to contact me after December 16th I
will be able to recieve mail at the address at the top of this letter until
early March.
If you desire to help in a practical way, donations can be
sent to the above address or to “Caleb Initiative” whose address is on the home
page.
I will write again before Christmas and until then I pray
that God SHALL Bless You All.
Your Friend in “Jesus”
Brother
Clifford Edwards
Highways for Jesus
Email Clifford@brotherclifford.com
Mobile GB 0044 7818230279 Suomi 0466216917
September
2009
My Dearest Friends.
I wonder
how often you really look backon your life and feel a real sense of
achievement.
Much of my life was wasted and dedicated to what I could use
to benefit myself and to forward my career as an entertainer. The ultimate aim
was to make as much money as I could and to gain popularity. Nothing or nobody
was allowed to get in the way. As we all now know, in the end I lost everything
and found myself paying for my mistakes with a death sentence because of
alcoholism.
Today,I can look back on a career
full of achievement and satisfaction, a career that began in 1996 and ends at
the end of eternity. In other words a career for life, for
life eternal.
When I was instructed to come to Finland and travel the
border I thought it would take a month at the most as it was only a couple of
thousand miles. How wrong I was!
Six months and 15,564
Kilometres or 9727.5 miles later the task is completed and I am praying to find
the next step in this great adventure for Jesus.
The popularity of the bus mission has been beyond my wildest
dreams and so much has happened in this beautiful yet wild country. Church after
church has asked me to call and witness and there has been such tolerance
between church denominations that I have been amazed.The Christians of Kuhmo
and Saala, have been set on fire for Jesus, and now
Please pray for a satisfactory conclusion to the matter.
The journey along the Russian border was very difficult as I
once again had to follow the roads closest to the border. As I took the last
road in
On the counter was a display of tracts and Christian
literature. The staff finished up having a prayer meeting before I crossed the
border.
One man in the shop recognised me as he had just read my life
story and had prayed that he would one day meet me. It took God less than a day
to answer his prayer. Yes, it turned out to be a Christian outreach and on FIRE
for Jesus.
The final stage of the Russian border was a nightmare drive
over very narrow mountain roads that large vehicles do not use. My final night
was spent at the side of the road in Russian territory and then in the morning
I drove to the harbour of “Grense Jakobselv” and was able to pray for the
completed task.
Onwards ever onwards to complete the whole vision the Lord has given me.
I followed the
I tried to get to the most northerly European point at North
Capp, but the road tunnels were not big enough to accommodate the bus height. I
was really upset and headed south for 50 kilometres before the Lord spoke to
me.
“North Capp is on an island and has only been accessible by
road for five years.” I was instructed to follow another road that brought me
over high mountains and very narrow roads to the highest land point in
I stopped at a very small church in
He even
instructs us to put on our heavenly armour for the battle.
The whole season I have been in
For those of you who have left messages on the Visitors Atrium,
Thank You, You are an inspiration to me as I travel and witness. To those who
pray for me thank you. “ It Works”
God Bless You All.
Your Friend
Brother Clifford Edwards. (
Highways
for Jesus
E.mail C@clifford.com
Tel 0044
7818230279
Suomi 00358 466216917
My Friends. August
2009
This is going to be such a difficult letter to write. So much has
happened here in
I arrived here in
Kuhmo ( Kukmo ) to sing in an International festival
for the Lutheran church.
The event was a resounding success with much publicity and an
invitation by the parish priest Timo Suutari to extend my stay.
Many meetings were arranged and I made an invitation for
anyone to join me on the streets to try outdoor evangelism. On the first
occassion 14 people turned up tp help in the local market area including
guitars and keyboard.
Many copies of my life story were printed on the church
printer and handed out and people sat around listening to us for up to four
hours as we sang and testified to the power and love of Jesus. “ A further 20,000 have since been printed.”
Within days the outreach extended to other towns in the area
and my days began to exceed 18 hours as the pure Joy of witness took hold of us
all.
It was at this stage we realised a need for gospel tracts in
Finnish as everyone avidly read whatever we gave them. Timo showed me a Gospel
of John and two thousand were soon sent to us.
I had received an invitatation to a family camp in Pieksamaki
to speak for an evening and drove away to attend.
The evening was a great success and because friends from
Jacobstad and
A new concept for evangelism came to me in prayer and I began
taking photographs of children sitting behind the steering wheel and after
printing them I gave them away. Each photograph had a gospel message on the
back and over 700 were printed. I was also requested to speak at the youth
meeting and have since heard that decisions were made to follow Jesus.
From Pieksimaki I called to pick up tracts from the only
Finnish Gospel Printers I have been able to find. I cleared the shelves of
thousands and then ordered 25,000 John’s Gospels to be printed. This has now
increased to 125,000 and will be increased as they are distributed. I hope to
get one into the hands of EVERY school child in
I called at the Garage in Jacobstad for the air pipes to be
replaced as the brakes continue giving trouble.
Then an invitation to go to
A long drive back to the border and a return to Kuhmo was the
next step after a farewell home meeting in the home of some very special
friends in the Jacobstad area, A full house and a tremendous sense of the
moving of the Holy Spirit was all we desired and recieved.
Back here in Kuhmo the team was waiting and it has been non
stop evangelism drawing many people to hear the good news. Each evening had
meant starting out at around 4pm and not returning until very late. The nearest
small town is fifty miles away and often I drive over three hundred miles in an
evening.
The bus is often full to capacity with willing helpers and
their children and up to four car loads of people set out before us to begin
the work as I drive to meet them.
Decisions are being made for Jesus and I am hearing of people
being healed.
One lady had a large cancerous lump on hand that had been
scheduled for surgery and overnight it dissappeared. A man requested prayer for
an undisclosed health problem. I met him in Soumasalmi yesterday and through an
interpreter he disclosed that he sufferred from bad ear pain and noises in the
ear. They went away as he slept.
This week I was booked for 9 lessons at the senior high
school. Great problems began when classes of pupils arrived in the bus without
a teacher and had to be turned away. I spoke at 18 lessons in the end.
Pupils persuaded teachers to change timetables so they could
hear the “Englishman” speak to them. In each lesson I once again chose a pupil
to translate for me. It was great to see the expressions on the faces of the
teachers as they realised just what their pupils could achieve when given the
chance.After six months with only one day off I am ready to move on towards
Lappland and the North Cape.
Tomorrow I begin a week in Soumasalm, then past the
Please pray that I will continue to receive strength to go
on. We need your prayers and much help to purchase materials to give away.
I would be very grateful if some of you would reply to this
letter and let me know what is going on in your area and life. Also please
visit the web page, it only needs a click on the heading and you are there. If
you desire to send this letter on or print it for your church or home group
please do so. There is no copyright in God as far as I have read in the bible.
It say’s “ Go and Tell” Please do so and encourage
people like myself who really need YOU.
God Bless
Your Friend in Jesus
Clifford
Highways
for Jesus
Email thejesusbus@hotmail.co.uk
Web Highwaysforjesus.com
My Friends.
Once again it is time to update you with the way the Lord has led me, as
I drive the Highways of
So many things have happened in the last few weeks that it is
hard to remember all the wonderful experiences the Lord has led me through.
I left
As I left the church to head south I called on Santa Clause
and took him a gift from us all.
Please tell the children that Santa has an English Bible and
a New Testament in Finnish and Brother Clifford has it recorded on DVD. Copies
are available if you drop me an email.
As I left and headed south I felt the Lord telling me to make
a detour of around 5,000 miles to return to the
I had asked many mechanics to look at the problem but none
were willing to attempt the very difficult job.
My friends at Fugliafjiord had the heater up and running in four days
and another friend filled up the diesel tanks with over a thousand litres of
fuel for the return trip.
After an exhausting drive and passage on four ships I arrived
back in
A mechanic eventually arrived and a broken wheel bearing was
found to be the trouble. It took two days to replace and I was able to get to
the last day of a three day conference at a lovely retreat centre in
Jacobstown. The conference finished and I decided to stay in the area for the
weekend.
On the Sunday afternoon I was invited to an open air service
to meet the bishop for the area and to hear him speak. When we arrived at the
venue I was surprised how many people had turned up to listen to this very
popular cleric. Then the news came that he would not be there as his wife had
broken her wrist that morning. Guess who spoke to the crowd ? ........ God has
a plan........
I left the area on Monday and continued the prayer tour along
the western border and headed for
Can you come and meet someone, the driver asked?
The Lord told me to wait for you and take you to our centre,
he added.
I was led to a retreat centre and there met the leaders of
the Frank Mang Centre.
Frank Mang was an evangelist in the last century in
I was requested to stay and preach the sermon at the Sunday
service but declined as I had made other arrangements. They changed the day of
the service to Thursday evening and we had a terrific time singing the psalms
and songs of the Lord.
As I was driving away I felt a real urge to go to
I had made arrangements to go to
As I prepared to take the motorway turn off for
It was causing real concern among the local churches and
nothing was being done about it.
Within 48 hours Anna Maria had organised prayer warriors and
the Jesus Bus was touring the city streeets of
I have since heard that bus drivers are refusing to take out
the offending buses, The advertising is being ripped off by persons unknown and
now the moslem community is objecting very strongly to the campaign.From
Helsinki it was only a short drive to to lowest part of the Eastern
(
This year I hope to cover more of the border area as I do not
have to contend with the snow just yet. The
roads here can be very difficult to drive because most of the border areas wend
there way through the largest forest in the world ( The
I am now in Kuhmo and awaiting the start of the International
Music Festival I take part in next week. If you desire you may copy this
newsletter or send it on to other Christians, I really need your prayers.
God Bless.
Your Friend in Jesus.
Brother Clifford Edwards
Highways
for Jesus
Email
c@clifford.com or thejesusbus@hotmail.co.uk
tel British 07818230279
My Friends.
June 2009
Once again it is time to pray the borders and take the long drive around
My time in
I had promised to return to Sandviken when I left for
The work was very demanding but exremely rewarding.
Before leaving
During my time there I was invited to join 28 thousand other
church people for a gathering and witness in
I am still recieving emails from people who are just reading
them and finding blessing from the contents.
I was informed that it was not possible for the bus to get
into the city of
During my time there, thousands of people passed the bus as
they went sightseeing. I was kept awake each night with the constant flashes
from the cameras taking photos of the bus. A display of tracts was put outside
and I had to keep filling it up.
I was invited to the small town of
One young man kept returning to ask questions after he had
finished college each day. He used all the usual arguments about Christianity yet
kept on coming back to see me.
One day I was asked to speak at the Pentecostal church and he
came to listen to me. At the end of the service he stopped arguing with God and
made a life changing decision for Jesus.
After praying for many people I was approached by a young man
who was on fire for Jesus and we had a good talk about his life in the church.
This culminated in me baptising him and his younger sister a couple of days
later in a local lake.
Two weeks later his older sister was baptised in the
Pentecostal church and I was able to be there. How I praise the Lord for His
goodness to us all.
During my time in
Schools once again kept asking me to speak and I must have
spoken to over two thousand young people, in class, during my time there.
A couple of incidents caused me distress in Sandviken. On
Easter Sunday I found that someone had thrown eggs at the bus during the night
and it took a lot of power washing to remove the dried yolks which can ruin the
paintwork if left.
On my last few days in the town I decided to go shopping. As
I walked to the shop a car pulled up beside me. The passenger window was open
and as the car pulled up I thought the driver needed help. Imagine my surprise
when the passenger pointed a handgun at me and fired towards my head.
Thank God that he has angels on permanent guard and they
protected me.
The result was that I stayed in the town a few extra days and
saw another soul come into the kingdom.
Driving towards the
Since coming over the border I have been astounded at the
cost of living in
I will be travelling the whole border of
I hope to call on Santa Clause at the
Please continue praying for the work and logging on to the
web site. The work really depends upon YOU.
If you desire to copy this letter or send it on to your
friends, Please feel free to do so. I need as many prayer partners as possible
to help me on this mammoth tour of
I hope to reach the border with
May God Bless You.
Your Friend in Jesus
Brother Clifford Edwards
Highways
for Jesus
Email
clifford@brotherclifford.com
May
2009
My Dear
Friends.
It is so wonderful
to be out on the road and serving the Lord Jesus in the way I believe he asks
of me.
I left Scandinavia during
the last week of 2008 because of the intense cold I was experiencing in the bus
in
The cold is not a problem
at the moment as I am finding the sunshine here in Sweden is causing a
greenhouse effect in the bus with afternoon temperatures around 30 degrees in
my living area.
The trip to
At last I arrived in
Sandviken and was amazed at the welcome the local church has given to me. I was
able to bring many English tracts with me and managed to find a supplier who
was able to send me a couple of booklets in Swedish and also Finnish.A couple
of thousand are now ready for the right opportunity to give them away.
A dear friend from the
methodist church has translated my life story into Swedish and a company in
I am delighted to inform
you that at last I am seeing people in
The true highlight of the
tour was when I baptised two young people in a local lake and because it was
done quietly with no large gathering of people it made it extra special.
I believe I now know how
Philip felt when he baptised the Eunach.
Please pray for Catherine
and Daniel as they seek to find the will of God in their lives.
I have been invited to speak
at an outdoor gathering of christians in the capital
city. Each year the churches gather in
followed by a meeting of
testimony and song. How I pray that the Lord will give me the right words to
speak as I am sure the Lord has begun a very positive work in
The spring flowers are in
bloom here and I will be following the season of Spring
as I head north at the beginning of June. My work in Sandviken is drawing to a
close and I preach my last sermon on the last Sunday in May at the
Bjogcentrakirkan and then begin the trip to the top of Lapland in
I really look forward to the drive through the
The work in the schools
has been terrific and hundreds of young people have heard about my life and
committment to Jesus. The headmaster at the Montessiori school
really made me welcome and it was good to take another two days speaking to
every class in the school. He was really brave and invited me to speak at a
specially arranged parents evening which went extremely well.
I forgot to mention that
my generator has been removed because it went Kaput. I am now praying in the
finance to buy a new one before the winter. If anyone can help the work
financially I would be really grateful. Donations can be sent to the charity
that looks after donations in
I am informed from them
about all donations recieved.
Please keep on praying I
need your prayers more than anything else.
God
Bless You
I
Remain
Your Friend in Jesus
Brother
Clifford Edwards
(
Highways for Jesus
Spring 2009
Email clifford@brotherclifford.com
Web highwaysforjesus.com
My Friends.
Once
again I must thank each one of you for your love and prayers. Often I find
myself in situations when I need encouragement to go on and I actually feel the
power of your prayer within my heart.
I have been so blessed in the last few years by knowing how many
people are supporting the work in the most important way possible.BY PRAYER.
2008 was an incredible year for me as I travelled to places I have
only imagined I could ever visit.
As a boy I heard about the great explorers who travelled to the
frozen north and remember the excitement deep within myself as I heard about
Scott other great men.
I never realised that one day I would find myself driving through
the terrain that dreams are made of. The
Following the border between
As I travelled through the vast wilderness of pine trees I occassionally came to areas that still showed evidence of
the war between
As I took time to pray at each site I came to I realised that the
war between Good and Evil is still being fought by each one of us. The guns at
the sites had been restored and painted with loving hands and the Information
Boards told of the exploits of the battle weary men as they fought courageously
for freedom from the oppressor.
The world-wide war is still going on and each one of us should be
having our armour restored on a daily basis. The only way to do that is to take
ourselves to the Throne of Grace and allow our Heavenly Father to restore us
and tenderly heal our wounds. The battle for souls is the only reason to live
and even though many of our people are not able to join the evangelists
travelling to remote areas of the world preaching the gospel it does not mean
they cannot take part in spreading the word.
I am just one of the people God has chosen to go to the uttermost
parts of the world, I
need each one of you to help me spread the Word.
Please continue to pray that the Lord will give me wisdom as I
once again set off for the northernmost parts of
I write this on board ship heading for the
I have appointments to keep in the town of
When I return to
The story in Finnish was translated by a lovely lady who lives on
the
My friend Larry is a priest in the church in Sandviken and a very
busy man. He still took the time to translate the story into Swedish and
arranged dozens of meetings during December for me. I will be back with him in
April when once again I expect to be very busy.
I hoped to have the translated stories printed in
If you feel the Lord speaking to you to help me print the story
into other languages or would like to support the mission please drop me an
email and I would be delighted to hear from you.
Why not follow my exploits for Jesus on www.highwaysforjesus.com
God Bless You
Your Friend in Jesus Christ
Brother Clifford Edwards
(
Highways for Jesus
Email Clifford@brotherclifford.com
My Friends.
Christmas
2008
Once again Christmas and
the New Year are upon us.
How I pray that each one of you
will have a truly Blessed Time as you serve our Lord and Saviour in the way He
desires. May your New Year resolution be that your lives will bring Glory to
Our Heavenly Father.
During the last few months of
service I have seen and heard so much that can only change my life and bring me
closer to our Heavenly Father.
The young people I have spoken
to in the many schools I have visited really bring home to me the power of the
spoken word.
So often we ignore or critisize
the younger generation when we should be loving and
listening to them.
At the end of each school
lesson I allow time to answer questions the students ask me. I have been
astounded and very challenged by many of the things the students have asked of
me. I feel it is time to give our youth opportunities in the church and to take
a really active part in the day to day life of the church.
As I take each lesson in the
schools, I use the students to translate for me. Of course we have minor
problems to begin with, but by the time the lesson is over I don’t have a class
in front of me, but a team who are working together and helping each other
master a foriegn language.
It is truly amazing to watch
the teachers who attend each class, as they realise that the students who do
not excell in english are suddenly transformed as they listen to my story and
take an active part in the telling of it..
I will be sending out a longer
newsletter in the new year and bringing you all up to
date with the mission field the Lord has given to me.
As I drove the border of
God
Bless You All.
Your Friend in Jesus
Brother
Clifford Edwards
email Clifford@brotherclifford.com
Tel Sverge
0736720417
My Friends.
The weather here in
Sweden is as you would expect, (COLD AND WHITE). I am parked in the centre of
the town, at the side of the main church and surrounded by graves. It is the
custom in Scandinavia to celebrate the festival of Advent as a very important
part of the year for secular and church communities. Most of the graves have a
candle placed upon them on Advent Sunday and the sight of them at night is
spectacular. The snow which covers the ground at this time reflects the light
and turns the whole church area into a winter wonderland. When I was invited by
the priest to come here I did not know what to expect and have been amazed and
delighted with my reception from most of the people here. The children are a
little shy at the first contact with me but soon lose their timidity and
chatter away amongst themselves. Up to now I have been invited to speak at two
schools but more are now hearing about me so more work will be coming in. The Bessemergymnasiet
( Bessemmer) school for the senior high school students. The age range was 16
to 19 and I spent three days there taking English and Religion classes. It was
great to have the young people translating for me as I spoke and I was really
impressed with the quality of their interpretation. At the end of each lesson
it was question time and the questions really did challenge me as I answered
them. Each pupil would ask their question in Swedish and then I would choose
someone else to translate for me, I watched them grow in confidence as each
question was asked.
It
is surprising how God works in this world and how amazing His time scale is. I
was busking on the streets of Manchester in the early 1990’s when I was
approached by a doctor who offered me help with my alcohol problem. It was many
more months before I looked him up for help at his surgery. He put me into
hospital to dry out and over a matter of around five years he took great
trouble with his most difficult patient. He helped me during my illness of
cirrhosis and then diagnosed the cancer in my throat in 2001. He even invited
me to his home for dinner one evening so that I could tell my story to his
children.
During his time dealing with me he attended the Pentecostal church in
Manchester and took me there on numerous occasions ( both drunk and sober )
Eventually he changed churches and returned to the Church of England. Early
this year he went on a retreat and met many Anglicans from different countries
and cultures. He mentioned one of them to me as he joined me on the boat to
Norway in May and told me that the priest Larry worked in Sweden.
During his motor bike holiday in Scandinavia
he travelled many kilometres until he experienced mechanical problems in the
large town of Gavle, (Larry the priest lives there) Due to Doctor Robert’s constant
reminders I eventually met Larry and went for a meal with him as I travelled
through Sweden to Finland. It was many miles out of my way but I felt it was an
appointment to keep. I promised to call into his parish when I had completed my
tour of the Finland and Russian border. The original plan was for a brief visit
as I returned to Northern Ireland for the winter.
As
I wrote in the last newsletter to you all, Finland and Lappland was a
tremendous success and I intend to return there next year. Already I am
receiving emails begging me to speak in churches throughout Lappland and I hope
to spend three months there next summer.
When
I met up with Larry in Gavle he told me that he had a few meetings lined up for
me to speak at. I never expected the reception I have been given by the people
in this town of 25,000 people. The bus
has experienced problems due to the intense cold but it has still been used
mightily. A day of outreach during
Advent Sunday afternoon brought many visitors to meet me including a man from
Arabia who decided to follow “ Jesus”. I am awaiting a bible in Arabic for him.
The
schools I have visited have brought many students into the bus and the junior
school brought wet snow and around a hundred and fifty children to have a go
behind the steering wheel. The people of Finland and Lappland remember the
Finnish war this weekend and the main speaker has requested that I take her
place and give the address. I visited nearly all the battle sites just a few
weeks ago on the Border of Russia and Finland. (Perfect Timing)
Many
meetings with alcoholics have been attended and next week I spend a day at a
treatment centre and then speak to residents and visitors at the evening
meeting that is being arranged for me.
As
I wrote earlier!!!!!!!! God has his own
time schedule.
If
Doctor Rob had not stopped to speak to a drunk tramp all those years ago.
I
wonder if I would have been doing this work today or if I would have died in
1996 as was expected.
Speak
to someone about Jesus today and allow our “Heavenly Father” to change the
world.
Your Friend in “Jesus”
Brother Clifford Edwards
(Sandvekan Sweden)
Highways
for Jesus
email
Clifford@brotherclifford.com
My Friends.
Soumi November 2008
The tour this year
has been demanding and yet so worthwhile. So many great things have happened
since I last wrote an email to you.
The Lord has been a true
rock for me as I have travelled the border of
God
Bless
Your
Friend in Jesus
Brother
Clifford Edwards
Highways for Jesus
Web Page. www.highwaysforjesus.co
Email Clifford@brotherclifford.com
Finland October 2008
My Friends in Jesus.
So much seems to be
happening as I at last drive the roads of Scandinavia and head beyond the
Arctic Circle.Since my last newsletter only a few short weeks ago I have left
the Faroe Islands and taken ship for mainland Scandinavia. Norrona left me
behind at Hantsholm in Denmark and after a short drive I embarked at
Frederikshaven for Gothenberg in Sweden. I would recommend a holiday in Denmark
or Sweden if you enjoy driving. Even though there are no mountains here, there
is no shortage of trees. The forest I have been driving through is known as
“The lung of the World” it is also known as the Tigre or Tiger and is the
largest forest on earth. The forest stretches through Norman, Sweden, Finland,
Lapland and Russia to name just a few of the countries it covers. To stop each
day surrounded by trees and to be able to seek God in total silence is an
incredible experience.
The trip through Sweden was really memorable for me when I met a priest from
Gavle. Larry was made known to me by my doctor in England. Doctor Rob had been
to a Christian retreat and had met a few interesting people whilst he was
there. One of the people he told me about was Larry. When we met on the
outskirts of Gavle we really hit it off together and I knew it was a divine
appointment. Since leaving him he has been in touch with me again and I return
to meet up with him again in December for a week of outreach around his parish.
This will end with a united service of all the churches in the
town.
As I was driving I heard the voice I know so well speaking into my mind, “Drive
the border separating Russia and Finland, as you drive pray that I may be
Glorified by the people on both sides of the border” This is happening as I
write the newsletter and a difficult task it is to do. Most of the border is
through the forest and only the trucks hauling logs use them. I have to drive
very carefully as it is hunting season here and the local inhabitants are
stocking up their freezers with fresh meat. I stayed for a night in a picnic
area beside one of the main roads outside the town of llomantsi and prepared
for an early bedtime. At around 11pm I heard a car revving up outside the bus
and went to investigate, fearing trouble from the drinkers or youth out to
cause trouble. It turned out to be a middle aged couple having problems with
their car . We tried charging the batteries with my booster charger but it just
would not go anywhere. The couple ended up ringing a friend to travel over 60
kilometres to come and take them home. Of course it was an invitation to join
me in the bus or freeze outside so the kettle was put on for a cuppa. They both
showed an interest in the bus so I told them a little about Jesus and why I
served Him. It was revealed that they had only been married for a short time
when I gave them a copy of the Bible in English. I was not able to mend their
car but I was able to tell them the real way to fix all things ”Including
Life” was through Jesus. I have had an email from them and the car is in the
garage being fixed.
Once again I am having bus problems and as I wrote I am praying that a mechanic will
turn up to sort out my air lines connected to the brakes. The weather has now
changed for the worse and temperatures have plummeted to below zero. If it gets
much worse I will have to abandon the rest of the border drive until next year.
It would be great if a few supporters joined me for the trip which would entail
a stay of around two weeks in Finland in April or May. (Why not pray about
it)
I had to stop writing at this point as a mechanic has called and has now fixed the
problem. I am concerned that the clutch will not last much longer because I had
to drive so far to find a mechanic. The snow is now with us in Finland and I
cannot venture any further north without replacing the tyres so I would hope to
complete the venture early next year and head for Norway when the spring arrives.
It seems very unusual to gaze out of the window and watch reindeer passing by
as they move freely around the forest and towns searching for lichen. The elk
has gone into hiding because of the hunting season in this part of the
world.
complete this news update from the small town of Potio where I have been
received with open arms. Yesterday I was invited to open the bus in the high
school playground and it was used as the classroom for the students studying
English. The bus was packed out all day and three newspapers sent reporters to
take pictures and get the story. Please feel free to use this newsletter to
share with fellow Christians of life
“On the Front Line”
God Bless
Your Friend in Jesus
Brother Clifford
Highways
for Jesus
Web page Highwaysforjesus.com
Email brothercliffordinprayer@hotmail.co.uk
Time flies and waits for no man, or so I have
been told. Parts of this year seem to have done the opposite for me as I waited
for repairs to the bus or hung around waiting for car ferries. But in the end I
still found that Jesus is,
”The
same Yesterday, Today and Forever”
Visitors have flocked into the bus from so many
countries,
I have been astounded at the end of each week
with the reception I have received as I have parked in such isolated lay-byes
in
As most of you know by now, I had a bad accident
with the bus earlier this year and for a time I thought that the days of the
mission were numbered. Well things do change and I am now still raring to go
and carry on the commission the Lord gave me in 1996. How can I ever thank the
valiant few who contributed financially to make the mission solvent again and
able to continue this vital work. It would be great if just a few more
individuals or churches made a commitment of even a small amount to take away
some of the pressure caused by soaring fuel and money exchange problems. Please
pray about it
From here I visited a church where I am
guaranteed a warm welcome, “Hofn”
We had a grand time of fellowship with the
congregation as I preached my final sermon in
I am still working just as hard in The Faroe
Islands and truly loving every minute being with such friendly and warm people.
“New Horizons Beckon”
I leave this week on a three thousand kilometre trip to the top of
I believe that hundreds of thousands of people
visit in November and December so please pray that I will be able to witness to
a small percentage of these people from
“ALL OVER THE WORLD”
A new diesel tank has just been fitted to the bus. This brings my fuel
capacity to just over 1000 litres and will save a tremendous amount of money.
Each country I visit has different rates for fuel and this means I can fill up
where fuel is not quite so expensive. Each penny a litre is worth ten pounds on
a full tank.
It would be good to have some feedback from this
newsletter if you can spare the time to visit the web site or email me. Also if
you desire, you can print it out and share it with your friends. There is no
copyright on any of my newsletters or testimony so feel free to use as the Lord
Directs.
May God
Bless You
Your Friend in Jesus
Brother
Clifford Edwards
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