George Family 2014

George Family 2014
George Family 2014

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

FAMILY CAMP

This weekend is Family Camp. Chris and I have been working very hard to organize and structure camp this year.  I am happy to announce that we have 58 people attending the weekend! This is VERY exciting. And, we will also have day visitors. Our DS has flown in today and he will be bringing three messages over the weekend as well as I will be running a children's club program 5 times over the weekend.  The rest of the weekend is full of fun family activities shared meals(we cater the entire camp) families will be taking turns cooking the meals, and should be a time for us to grow as  the Western Australia churches and build relationships! I am really excited to say this year 6 of the families attending are from the Landsdale church! How exciting!!!!! Pray that God would move and work in their lives! This is a time of rejoicing. Pray specifically for these two new families that God would work in their lives and call them to a relationship with him!

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Youth Group Banquet
The youth group banquet was a complete success. We were able to raise $30 for each youth to attend camp that helped for the evening!  Youth Camp will be held in April so the teens are looking forward to that.   
We had 20 people come out for the evening Chris showed some marriage video clips, the teens served  the adults and did an awesome job! The kitchen was calm and completely under control and the food was yummy. 

Most importantly 6 people who attended this evening are not Christians and not a part of our church yet, but they had such an awesome time they can't wait to join us again.  Chris promoted Fireproof and we will be starting a married couples night out with the movie and discussions in the near future! Pray that these three couples will come out and join us. :)

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Brayden's Foot.
We finally got into the fracture clinic last Wednesday and were seen by the fracture specialist. They were happy to let me know that Brayden "buckle" broke his metatarsus and has chips.   It means really that the bone is broken in half and not all the way through and then is compressed together. So, basically the largest bone in the middle of his foot that goes to his big toe . He has to keep the same cast on for three weeks. They will not be putting another cast on.  So, they have wrapped it with a green non stretchy tape. Hopefully it will stay tight and hold up for the next three weeks.   They say the pain is normal and DEFINITELY no walking or pressure on the cast at all. Because this will still put pressure in the foot and just keep breaking the buckle that is healing.  Thank you everyone for your prayers.  

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Please continue to pray for our banquet on Friday night.   This is the biggest fundraiser our teens do. All the funds made will  go to the youth center and to help them attend youth camp in April. Pray that they would make and serve good food. Pray for Chris as he bring a fun night for married couple and young adults together that focuses on God.  we have 5 couples coming that are not Christians yet. So, we would really like God to speak to their hearts.

Also keep praying for Brayden. Tuesday night your time at 7:50 he will be having his appointment with the Orthopaedic fracture clinic. It was supposed to be in a week. but, they have willingly brought it forward because Brayden has been crying and screaming he is still in pain.  Which had gone away and he was medication free for two whole days, but seems to be complaining of pain now in different spots like his heel and his calf now. So, they are going to do new xrays tomorrow and hopefully decide whether it needs surgery or not. Either way he should get his hard plaster tomorrow which will protect his foot more. So, pray for us as we go to this appointment.

We have some exciting news about family camp. It looks like we have 7 families participating from Landsdale this year! WAHOO!!! However, we only booked 9 campsites and we still have 9 tents from the inner city church to put up. Pray that God would show me how to make them all fit and guide Chris and I with an awesome family activity calendar of events for the weekend as well as all the children's sermons, and the items that we are responsible for on the upcoming weekend March 2-5th.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Pray for Brayden

This morning Brayden was playing quietly in his bedroom with his friend until I heard a great big crash!  I went in there and he had jumped off the top bunk bed.   When he did this he landed strange on his right foot and broke his foot.  Melissa took him immediately to the children's hospital emergency room. They have put a slab on the back and casted the foot for a week and then we will go see specialist who will decide if the foot is healing okay or whether it will need surgery. VERY FEW cases ever need surgery they said. But, because of the kind of break he has. He is not allowed to put ANY weight on his foot. This is ALREADY a hard concept for him. The pain has been unbearable so they have given us codeine to give him with the Tylenol and ibuprofen. As soon as he had the codeine tonight he was asleep immediately. So, please pray he can rest and is not too traumatized.   The whole time we were in the ER he kept saying he needed a big band aid "straight away!" to the nurses.. Now, that the cast is on... He needs it off "straight away!"    Funny part to this whole story is we had to have it casted twice. Usually the children lay a certain direction on the table when casting. But, because Brayden wanted to watch cartoons they put him on the table backwards. So, when we were all finished I was on my way to the car with him and realized they had casted the WRONG foot! So, we had to go back in and have the cast cut off and a new cast put on the right foot. Funny part is he had been so good for the first cast the nurses were amazed! But, he was good because there was nothing wrong with that foot!!! :)  We really appreciate your prayers. I am sure it will be no fun having the cast on his foot when we should be swimming, and playing at the beach, and the church camp is coming up in March. So, we need to find ways to keep him comfortable and happy!

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

A TOTALLY AMAZING NIGHT!

Friday night at youth group was a totally God ordained evening.  I believe God moved in a powerful way because of the prayers of our supporters! Rachel, one of our teenagers gave her life to Christ.  She has been coming to church since September last year. But, Chris and I had noticed recently that Rachel came to church no matter what! She didn't have to be picked up, or brought, but that she now "walked" to church on her own.   So, we had been asking people to pray for her specifically and for us to find an opportune time to share Christ with her.  Friday night God just really spoke to her and moved in such a strong way on her life.  And, we gave an opportunity for people to say "yes" to being a Christian and pray the sinner prayer.   Afterwards we asked if anyone would like to announce out loud their decision and immediately Rachel announced she has just become a Christian!   We were so amazing and God has already done amazing things in her life!  Pray for Rachel as she takes Christianity explained and also as she starts to learn what it means to  live in her "new life!".

This was also a special moment for one of our teens named Bethany. Because, Bethany keeps commenting about how she is not a "good enough" Christian and how she is always messing up and she is really hard on herself at times.. But, Rachel became a Christian because of Bethany's friendship. And, it was an opportune  time for me to point out to Bethany how important she is.. And, how God used her to work in Rachel's life! Because of Bethany's friendship and her testimony of how God lives in her... Rachel has become a Christian!  

Then on Sunday night Rachel came walking to church  but also brought her younger sister Laura. And, Rachel is now giving her sister the opportunity to experience what she has. Please pray for Laura that she would see God working in all of us.. And, that she may open her eyes and soften her heart to hear the word of God speak to her.