We have arrived in the USA!

Last night at 11:00pm we have arrived in Rochester, NY where we will call ourselves at home for the next 6 weeks before we return back to Australia.  

The kids could HARDLY sit the last hour flight from JFK to Rochester. Dawson was SO excited he was Jumping all over the place.   It was almost like it is in the movies. WE had just travelled over 36 hours. But, when we stepped off that plane our kids were speed walking to the baggage claim where we would see our family waiting for us! Then they just dropped the carryon's and as soon as they could see people they recognized, they were running!  full out running! They were hugging and getting kisses and their nieces and nephews had signs welcoming them home! It was truly a special moment that our kids will remember for forever.  It was truly special. We made it all the way to Rochester and only one piece of luggage was missing. So, Makayla got to go to walmart and by a pr. of jammies and a pair of shorts and a shirt, but arriving home felt fantastic!  Thank you for all your prayers for our flight. The children sat and only once did we have a moment of panic with Dawson. But, we were able to calm him down and give him some antihistamines and immediately his ears were fine again and they sat SO good on the way home!  

I will have to write one thing. When the plane took off in Australia, I looked over and not only was makayla sniffling, but her eyes were pouring out tears! And, I reached over and asked her if she was okay, and she said she would miss her friends. It was bad enough leaving the USA and crying the first hour of our flight that we would miss our family while we were away. But, now we cry going both ways!  God has definitely called us to minister to the people of Perth, Australia and we long to see them in a relationship with Jesus Christ! 6 weeks and we will be back in Oz doing what God has called us to do, bring the people of Perth, Australia into a relationship with Jesus Christ!

Hurry, Hurry, Hurry!!!

Yesterday and Today have been insanely crazy! Not only are we trying to do all the work that needs to be done for the next 6 weeks, we are trying to clean our house, pack up, do our regularly daily responsibilities for Monday and Tuesday and make it to the airport in time to catch our plane!   Luckily God has placed some fantastic people in our lives who realize how much help we needed to tackle this task! The teens were over and helped make all the bed clean so if people needed a place to stay they could use our house while we were away.  And, other friends helped prepare for the Kids Club awards night. Chris was running around making sure all of our Bills were paid, and I was MADLY writing and organizing 6 Kids Club lessons for while we were away.  And, writing everything in deep detail.  Luckily we were blessed to get two parent volunteers each week, two parent helpers each week and Debbie, Pastor Phil, Bethany, Laura, Rachel and Kayla are going to run Kids Club while we are away!

The church will be filled in by Pastor Phil, Pastor Shannon and our D.S. Rev. Lindsay Cameron. Church has been moved to our house while we are away for ease of setting up responsibilities etc.

Not only do we dive back into life in Perth the day we get back, but the Women's camp is 4 days later and life will go back to crazy when we land. So, pray that We can keep things organized from the US and that everything will flow smoothly for the church in Australia while we are away.

PRAY for the people listed above that God would use them and that they would grow closer and stronger to God in stepping up and taking responsibility for the church while we are away.  

In a few minutes we will be picked up by two cars and taken to the airport!  It is a strange but exciting feeling. Our children are EXCITED they didn't sleep last night because all they envision is running off the plane and hugging their grandma and grandpa and grandma and papa! They can't wait to see their cousins and hug them and do all the fun things they have dreamed of doing over the past three years! 

We are not sleeping in anticipation of wondering how the church will hold up while we are away. But, we know that God is good and that he will use these people to carry on the good work and that all will be fine in our absence. We are also are desperately trying to connect with churches and raise ourselves back up to 100% while we are home. So, pray that God will connect us with the right people and that he will possibly even help us find someone in the US who wants to come join our team here in Perth in the future!

Term 2 Kids Club Awards Night

Dear Prayer Partners,


The Last month has been amazingly crazy, busy, wonderful and hectic, but God has been doing so many amazing things. On Sunday night we awarded 38 Kids with their new badges for term 2 of the school year. This term we were focusing on the armor of God. The children will continue to study the armor of God for a few more weeks. But, it is amazing to see what they have learned through the helmet of salvation, Breastplate of Righteousness, the belt of truth, shoes of peace and the shield of faith. We also studied the Bible verse “Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.” We had an amazing turn out of parents and families. There were over 62 people in attendance. We had 5 new families attend on the evening!  this alone was a huge reason for us to rejoice! The new families even stayed for dinner afterwards and had a great evening. The kids performed the skit of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. for their parents and sang three songs. It truly was a night to rejoice in all that they have learned.

God Saved Rachel's life!

On Friday afternoon  it was storming so hard you could barely see and it was really windy. During Kids Club I was teaching the kindy and pre pimary Bible Class when a parent helper came in and calmly asked me to come with her for some important business.   When I got to the kitchen, Rachel our teen helper was sitting in a chair and she had just been hit by a car getting off the public transport bus out in front of the community hall where we hold church.   Because, it was raining so hard Rachel got off the bus, looked and didn't see a car and ran across the street, only to be hit.  
But, God saved her life.  She ended up having a concussion, severe grazing and only had to stay in hospital for a few hours. She has an injured knee and will need crutches for a few weeks,  but her injuries were minimal and the Dr. kept saying he couldn't actually see an impact point where the car specifically did way more damage.   And, I believe God protected her!   I still am frustrated because the driver only rolled down the window a bit, asked her if she was alright and then drove around her and left her laying in the road.   But, the God we serve is bigger than any circumstance. And a boy from our church who doesn't normally get off at that bus stop just happened to get off at the wrong stop and therefore was able to help her into the church.
 The interesting thing is our Bible Story was about letting God "protect" our hearts and when he does he will do AMAZING things with our lives.  And, as soon as the kids heard about Rachel they asked if we could thank God for protecting her and then they prayed for God to watch over her and the Dr.'s who were going to take care of her.  But, to see this group of  35 young children put their faith to work immiediately was very impressive and a confirmation in our hearts of how much God has done in their hearts and their lives.

PS. I believe your prayers have had a huge impact on this circumstance as well because  Rachel is the teenager who accepted Christ a few months back and we asked you all to pray for!

Support Boost!Our family will be in the US for a very short 6 weeks completing  home ministry duties! Our aim is to boost our support and get our funding back up to 100%.   We are very excited as we will be speaking at both of our home district camps.  So, look for us at Chambers for CNY on the evening of the 4th and we will be sharing in a seminar on the morning of July 5th.  We will also be sharing a few seminars at the WNY camp in Houghton, NY.   While we are home we are trying to schedule churches that don't support us yet on Sunday AM and Sunday evenings.  However, we WOULD LOVE to get a chance to share what God has been doing here in Australia with all of you who already pray and support us! :) Below are a few options we have thought of but are really open to all kinds of creative ideas!

1) Have a back yard barbecue on a week night evening!   Because our time is so short we are going to have to utilize every chance we get! And, we really do want to catch up with you all. Some of our supporting churches are very close to other Wesleyan churches.  We would love to do a "Zone" back yard fellowship or something similar. So, if you would be willing to host one could you email us at georgefamilyinaustralia@hotmail.com and we will be more than happy to help work out an awesome fun family night!

2) Picnic in a park or local meeting place where a few churches could come together on a Saturday.

3) Have a back yard fellowship or picnic and invite churches that don't yet support us. So, they can see what you are a part of and join in the work God is doing here in Australia.

4) Come meet with your missions committee.

Pray for us as we secure people in our church to keep Kids Club, Youth Group, Bible Studies, church and so forth being carried through while we are away. 

Secondly pray for our children as they will be away from school for 4 weeks (2 weeks are school holidays) and will need to stay up to date with their studies. As well, as we have been here for 3 years so I think it will be a bit of a culture shock to them when they arrive back in the US.

Like, we said we truly can't wait to see all of you and thank you in person for all your prayers and support!   God has so much in store here in Perth, Australia! And, we can't wait to get our support caught up, say hello to all of you, and then get straight back here to Australia to keep working with the people he has called us to reach!    Here is our flight schedule so you can pray for us!

June 26th  @ 11:00pm   Perth - Dubai
                                       Dubai- JFK, NY
                                       JFK, NY - Rochester, NY

August 10th  @ 6am!  Rochester, NY - JFK
                                    JFK - Dubai
                                    Dubai- back home to Perth, AUSTRALIA!