07/06/2025
🩵 We were patrolling on the Barbican when one of our team spotted a young lady in a doorway. We went to check if she was ok and found she was “ever so slightly worse for wear” and had been separated from her group. She was anxious and confused and, to make matters worse, had left her phone with her friends so had no means of contacting them. We supported her to drink some water and offered to ring her friend or boyfriend, but (as often happens), she couldn’t remember their phone numbers.
Plan B was called for so, after finding out the names of said friend and boyfriend, messages were sent via Facebook Messenger to the relevant folk to let them know she was safe and to arrange somewhere for them to meet up. Although the messages showed as delivered, we had no reply, so we decided to walk with her to the taxi rank with the idea that she could perhaps get a taxi home.
Unfortunately, she decided she really didn’t want to go home just yet and was about to wander off on her own saying in no uncertain terms she’d be ok and really didn’t want any more help from us! Obviously, we did appreciate that, being an adult, she was perfectly entitled to continue on her own but we were still concerned about her as she was in a very vulnerable state being heavily “under the influence” and completely alone, so we phoned back to base again for prayer from our wonderful prayer pastors.
Lo and behold, the young lady’s boyfriend appeared! He was obviously very concerned about her and somewhat irate that she’d ended up in the company of a group of strangers but once the girl had reassured him that we were helping her and we had explained to him who and what Plymouth City Pastors are, they went off happily to enjoy the rest of their night out.
Just as we thought we had run out of options, God; Heavenly Father had intervened through his Holy Spirit and the couple were safely reunited back together. Another good result and example of God’s never ending goodness and answered prayer 😊
Tomorrow is Pentecost when Christians all around the world celebrate when the Holy Spirit came to live with us following Jesus' resurrection, appearing to his followers for 40 days, and ascension to Heaven. The Bible says that he left the Holy Spirit to guide, empower and transform lives. We believe the Holy Spirit guides us every step to be with the people who need us the most on the streets of Plymouth 🙏🏼🕊️
(Photo credit of a different person to the story)💕
