Graham Scott-Brown-recalls:
In 1962 during and all night prayer meeting the Holy Spirit was poured out on St. Mark's Church, Gillingham. I was a member of that church and although I was in Nepal 5000 miles from England I had a vivid and powerful experience of God's Spirit. It didn't change my theology in any marked fashion but I moved from being a very cerebral and intellectual Christian to one with and increasing experience of the presence- and life of the Spirit of Jesus.
When Margaret and I returned from out first leave in England in 1965 we worked in Green Pastures. This was a difficult time. It seemed as if there was a great thick and heavy cloud sitting over the place and the morale amongst patients and staff was low. The expatriate staff had a weekly prayer meeting for the work and one evening with this meeting people were beginning to shuffle and cough – a sure sign that it was almost over. Then someone prayed Roll back the darkness' and it happened.
This year had a profound effect on the mission. It also had a profound effect on the church. In common with many infant churches in countries were the gospel is first preached, many of the new Christians had believed following a vision or a dream. There had been hearings but there came to be an entirely new expectancy of what God would do for them. Following the refreshing at Green Pasture, several churches in other parts of the country were also touched. It seemed to be the spread that set expansion of the church going. Cont...........see part IV
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