I have just received a letter from Maurice Jones (co-founder of Victory Outreach UK alongside his sister Dinah). Maurice has worked faithfully within Victory Outreach since it started and has brought young men to visit us one many occasions. The letter is an open letter to all those who support Victory Outreach, it is extremely moving and challenging. Please read, it moved me to tears of gratitude for the Love of God that just pours from the words.

Dear Friends,

This is one of the saddest letters that I have ever had to write. For over 40 years it has been my privilege to do the administration for David & Dinah in the call that God gave them, back in the 1960's to help the lost and the homeless and provide Christian "family" homes for them. Then, when Victory Outreach UK was founded 26 years ago I became the treasurer too, and more recently it has been my pleasure to help Pastor Richard and his wife Jill as they have taken over as Directors and expanded further the work on the Ministry.

But now, at almost 80 and not keeping well, the time has come when I must step down from any official position. I don't like the words "retire" and "resign" but I am sorry I have to resign because I cannot go on doing what I was doing and I must pass the baton on.

However the work in the Ministry will continue, the needs in the prisons, the daily requests for help, lost souls needing Jesus. The call is greater & more urgent than it ever was. Please I want you to stand behind Pastor Richard and Jill and every member of the wonderful Victory Outreach UK staff.

Over the past years thousands have responded to the call, but there are many thousands more in need today. I want to thank you personally, these have been the happiest years of my life, difficult often, but so rewarding and I believe that the best is yet to come.

Please continue to support this Ministry. You are such an important part of the body of it all - young men and young ladies in prison cells will hear about Jesus and find true salvation because of your faithfulness. I want to say a huge thank you to You for all that You have done for Victory Outreach UK and I want to genuinely thank you for all that you have done for me personally. Please don't change anything because of my being unable to do what I did do. General Booth of the Salvation Army in the last ever speech said "While there is still a lad in a prison cell, while there is still a homeless girl on the streets I'll fight on...." let us echo these words and say "We will fight on.........." Pastor Richard's motto is "Making a difference, one life at a time".

If you wish to contact Pastor Richard, or send any gifts, or application forms, please contact the office at Abertillery. All Bankers orders and gift aid forms already done for Victory Outreach UK remain unchanged and need no alteration.

In closing may I say this is not "Goodbye" this is the opening of a different, but tremendously important and challenging new chapter. Words seem so inadequate to express my heart to you and to thank you for all that you have been to me over the years, to thank David & Dinah for answering the call of God, to thank Pastor Richard and Jill for "taking up the baton" and going ever forward. Finally, over and above all, I want to thank God for everything that HE has done for me personally, and for all that HE is doing for this - HIS Ministry - Victory Outreach UK. I could never count the many, many times when we have had to pray and HE has ALWAYS been there to hear our cry. TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY!!! What a privilege to know that HE cares and HE will never forsake us - no not ever. Thank you in Jesus' name.

I will be praying for you.

God bless you all.

Maurice.

(We thank God for Maurice. He is an amazing servant of God and has served so faithfully for so many years, a wonderful example to us all. Please do pray for Maurice that he will have many years of good health and continue to serve God in various ways, which it is his desire to be able to do).