Mantelo comes to preach

When Pastor Stevo from London is not with us, it's a hard act to follow... to put it mildly!  But this week one of our Roma women invited Pastor Mantelo to come and preach.  He leads leads a Roma church in Walthamstow.  As well as sharing the word of God, he invited two of his own congregation to give testimonies.  The were from non-Romani speaking Roma who speak Romanian.  Mantelo invited me to sit up front with him, so he could translate into Romani for me.  Powerful, life changing stories of men coming out of alcohol abuse and the rest and into a living faith. In spite of the church having no heating that night, we were warmed by the singing and wonderful accordion playing of the visiting worship leader.