Home at last!

We arrived safely in Australia on Sunday morning at 4:00 am. The flight was
not too dreadful. The children were really good and all of our luggage
arrived safely.  Departing the US was a bit hard.  There were lot's of tears.
But, the kids were excited about the idea​t of getting back to their friends
at school and Sunday morning at 5:00am Dawson was already up in his
Australian Rules Footy uniform running around ready to go play with his team!
 When we lined up to go through security Brayden had a moment of
understanding that I believe God gave him. He hadn't wanted to hug good bye
to anybody in the US.  And, when we got in line he said "HA, that Papa he
didn't bring his suitcase... What is he going to wear in Australia!"   And,
Chris and I looked Brayden in the eyes and told him they were not't coming
with us so if he wanted to hug and kiss them good by this was his last
chance.   And, Brayden understood! He ran across the airport and hugged both
his grandmas, his papa, and his uncle Doug!   It was REALLY REALLY cute.
Since Sunday we are still struggling a bit with sleep. The boys wake up
starving in the middle of the night and keep getting up at like 3'o'clock in
the morning. So, please pray that they would continue to sleep better.
  
Today we are doing a funeral for a mother of one of our church members.
   Please pray for Chris and I as we support this family today in their
   time of loss and grief. Please pray for the Kheun Kryk family.
   Please keep Melissa  and the WW's leadership team in your prayers as
   they have the Wesleyan Women's retreat this weekend. She is the
   director as well as the guest speaker this year. So, pray that
   everything would fall together for her and that God would give her the
   right words to say to everyone.  There are 21 ladies going away
   together for the weekend. Pray that they would feel rejuvenated,
   relaxed, inspired, and feel the touch of God upon their lives!
  
We have heard some news back from the South Australian District that
   they would like more numbers for the proposed house idea in Landsdale.
   So, please pray with us that we would be able to get this extra
   information to them and that it would be all in the manner that would
   be most helpful to them understanding our proposal.  The Church in
   Landsdale would like to build a house so that we can rent it from them.
   So, that they would start to get their foot in the door on some
   property in Landsdale. Also, then our rent would be going back into the
   church instead to random people we do not know.

 Please also pray for the churches we visited while we were home that
   they would join our support team and that our funds would come in this
   month.  Over the summer months our giving has been low and we have not
   met our target amount for any of the previous 3 months.  Our target
   amount as of today is 16,000 Originally is was 22,000! Rejoice with us
   for the funds that have come in so far this month and pray with us that
   God would bring in the 16,000 that we still need. August is the end of
   our fiscal year. So, we would really want to end with our financial
   account even.

 There was  nothing more special than traveling the US for the past 6 weeks and updating people
   with all that God is doing here in Australia.  We truly have been
   blessed over the past 6 weeks and know that God's blessings have fallen
   on our ministry here in Australia because of the WONDERFUL and LOVING
   support team we have back in the USA!  Our God does amazing things when
   we come to him and ask! I can't wait to see what is ahead this year
   here in Perth!

   Blessings to everyone,
   The George Family