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Today team’s landed in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Geneva, Switzerland. A further 12 teams are part way through their adventures. Our final two teams depart tomorrow! We heard from our first UK Escape and Pray team in Manchester, who were sent from the Netherlands – they visited Kings Church Manchester this morning. We’ve been hearing of the resoundingly warm welcome of churches receiving teams...

Today teams landed in: Bruges, Belgium Caen, France Cologne, Germany Copenhagen, Denmark Frankfurt, Germany Ghent, Brussels Hannover, Germany Krakow, Poland Malaga, Spain Nice, France Nuremberg, Germany Rotterdam, Netherlands Venice, Italy Wow, what a day! 134 students in 36 European cities! By the end of Escape & Pray, 333 students in 100 teams will have covered 75 cities in 25 countries, in prayer! After being hosted by local students, our team in Paris spent time praying for locals...

Today team's landed in: Aarhus, Denmark Brussels, Belgium Dortmund, Germany Dusseldorf, Germany Eindhoven, Netherlands Gothenburg, Sweden Hamburg, Germany Luxembourg, Luxembourg Manchester, UK  Milan, Italy Munich, Germany Nantes, France Paris, France Rome, Italy  Sofia, Bulgaria Stuttgart, Germany Vienna, Austria Warsaw, Poland Zurich, Switzerland For many the #EscapeAndPray stories begin before they leave the airport. This morning two teams crossed paths at Gatwick due to flight delays which gave them the opportunity to pray together before their adventures.   Trusting that God has a...

Today Team's landed in: Budapest, Hungary Gdansk, Poland Leiden, Netherlands Vilnius, Lithuania Another day on #EscapeAndPray has led to more relationships being built over hospitality. It’s amazing to see church being experienced as family that transcends nations and cultures. Teams have described their time as “one of the best experiences of my entire life” and “amazing, powerful yet challenging adventure.” Last night we shared a meal...

Today team's landed in: Bordeaux, France  Geneva, Switzerland Malaga, Spain Valencia, Spain Valletta, Malta  #PilgrimNotTourist continues to echo throughout our team's adventures:  In Geneva the team were provided with free tickets to travel from the airport into the city centre. After much praying for & blessing others they were still in need of accommodation at 11pm local time, when a local church leader answered their prayers. In Split, the...

People of peace are everywhere the teams go across Europe. On Day 6 teams landed in… Alicante, Spain Barcelona, Spain Bratislava, Slovenia Dublin, Ireland Limoges, France Prague, Czech Republic …anticipating good things from God. The #EscapeAndPray teams continued in their mission to pray all over Europe. The prayers are seeds offered in anticipation of growing into a harvest of students being drawn into the Father's love.  Off to #escapeandpray...

When I was young I read 'I dared to call him Father' - it was a short book, I read it in one sitting and it had a transformative effect.   Over the years I've bought many copies to give to friends and I buy one whenever I see it in a charity shop.  Reading Bilquis Sheikh's story began in me a desire...