DBA & Chris away

This weekend, Chris travelled to Melbourne for his first District Board meeting.  It was a two day meeting held at the Kingsley College Facility.  The meetings were very positive and encouraging even though they handled some difficult topics.  Chris was also able to see Dr. Mike Walters once more before he headed back to NY.  It is great to be a part of a district here in Australia that is looking forward to where God is leading them in the coming years.  Chris enjoyed getting to see some of those over east that we normally only see at District Conference once a year.  Thank you so much for your prayers as Chris travelled across the country for these meetings.   While Chris was away I still lead our weekly kids club meeting as well as youth group.   On Saturday Melissa led a children's training session in the City Church.  Pastor Phil led a part on "risk Management" which was necessary for our insurance liscence, but then I was given the opportunity to share with the team of kids workers we have  the steps to leading a child to Christ, and we talked about safety precautions, signing kids in and out, behaviour issues, and lot's of other topics. It was a great afternoon.   Laura one of our teen helpers couldn't believe how much she was responsible for. And, if there was one REALLY good thing that came out of the afternoon she really that God has blessed her with the opporutnity to share Him with the kids and that she DID have the gifts and abilities to do it.   God is really calling up the next generation of kids, teens and young adults to follow him and lead other to Him!  We are just vessels God is using here in Australia to help draw people to Him!   What an honour!

Fun in the Sun

This afternoon we had church in the Park.  It was a wonderful afternoon of family games and activities. But, the whole afternoon was brought together when we gathered together and Chris challenged us as individuals and as the church to Trust in God through the story of Joseph.   There were 4 adults there who had never heard the message before and from speaking to them afterwards it was evident that God is working on their hearts. Pray that their hearts would continue to be softened and that God's word would penetrate their hearts and they would want to accept Jesus Christ as their saviour.   What a wonderful church service!

Mother/Daughter Princess Party

The Mother/Daughter Princess sleepover was a huge success.  We all came together and shared dinner and a craft and watched the Veggie Tales Movie Princess and the Popstar and played games and sat around chatting about the importance of being who God created us to be. It was a lovely  evening that was ended by us all sleeping in our sleeping bags and waking up at 5:30 in the morning to girls running "crazy!".   The Mums were definitely tired, but it was well worth it.  It was a great evening for us to show our girls how much fun they can have being exactly who God created them to be.

The Dad's went bowling and had a fantastic time as well.   As a side note I would like to post that the winners of the Dad and Son's bowling night was Brayden..... a three year old.... :)

Current Praises

Praises

• Praise God that Dawson does not have a dental anaesthetic allergy. Pray that we would find out what he IS allergic too, though
• Praise God district Conference was fantastic. God was there and he was working on our hearts and our lives.
• Praise God the Bunnings sausage sizzle was a huge success! Therefore we are now caught up on our church bills through December! This is huge. We have ALWAYS been behind. So, join us in thanking God!!!
• Praise God we have been able to get together with 8 families so far on the school holidays to share a meal and our lives. Pray that God would bless us with conversations that will open the door to talk about coming to church.
• Praise God the parsonage has been approved by the DBA in principal. Now to get the final show together of plans and ideas and prices and costs

Current Prayer Requests

Prayer Requests

• Pray for the church as we have started the study "The story" Pray that it would penetrate people heart and lives and become a reality to them. Pray that they would be interested in learning and studying and finding out who God and Jesus Christ are.
• Pray for our mum/daughter sleepover and boys bowling night this friday night, October 12th at 6:00pm.
• Pray for our family fun day on October 21st.
• Pray for God to give Chris wisdom and guidance as he was elected onto the DBA for the district. Pray that God would use Him to help forward the ministry of the Southern Australia District
• Pray that Chris and I will build bridges to the parents of the kids club kids.
• Pray that our faith promise would increase IMMEDIATELY. This is serious as last month there wasn't even enough in the account for us to get fully paid. This is a serious problem. We need our support to increase immediately.
• Pray that the one time gifts we receive would increase incredibly. Our account is very low. We need to bring in 21,000 immediately.
• Pray for the church and district board as they are making final decision on putting a parsonage in landsdale.

Dawson's PMH Visit

Today Dawson was a trooper! He had his 3 scrapes, 4 pricks, and 5 needles. And amazingly no reaction.. Therefore, he is NOT allergic to the two most commonly used anaesthetics in the dentist offices here in Australia. So, the good news is, now we can go back to the dentist and get the rest of his work done. :) Bad news is... we don't know what caused the reaction...   But, we were so thankful for your prayes. God was watching over him and especially for him to be so calm and patient.  He had to have each item done 30 minutes apart.  So, he literally sat from 7:00-1:30 and was such a good boy!   I am very proud of him.  

Pray for Dawosn

It was  a year ago Dawson had to be put to sleep and have 5 teeth removed because he had an allergic reaction to a filling in the dentist office at our local school. His reaction was so bad that he had to be taken to an emergency room. And because they could not fix the teeth. The hospital felt it was best to remove them.  And, when he went in we were told, 1 tooth at the hospital and when he came out... They had taken 5....  In January we met with an allergy specialist who felt Dawson had, had a severe allergiv reaction. So, finally they have come up with an appointment slot for him to have his local anaesthetic challenge at the children's hospital in Perth. Please keep him in your prayers Sunday night your time at 8:00pm.

Sausage Sizzle a Success!!!!

The Sausage Sizzle we had on Sunday was a sucess! We were able to sell just over 800 sausages as well as quite  a few drinks. The church had their best fundraiser yet and raised just over $1900.00... Thank you to everyone who prayed for us! We were a little concerned because it was on a public holiday weekend therefore we struggled to get workers. But, we had a steady stream all day of customers and it went really well!  Thank you for all your prayers. This fundraiser will assist the church with paying our Hall Hire fees as well as our Insurance and the district united stewardship fund.  Thank you so much for your prayers.