George Family 2014

George Family 2014
George Family 2014

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Church

Today we had church. We have been meeting in our house because the community hall is getting air conditioning. It was a special time of us looking at the story of David and the reconciliation that God offered him after he realized he has sinned.

Pray for our teens. Tonight we offered them the opportunity for us to take them ton Influencers Conference. Pray that they would be willing to come. I really think that it would be great for them to experience a big room of christians and great speakers! And, I believe that they all have hearts that are ready listen and hear God right now. Please continue to pray that they would commit to coming and that God would work in their hearts! 

 Afterwards we all sat around and shared life together. It was a very special evening. Brayden was so tired that he fell asleep 5 minutes into church! He has been exhausted recently! 

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Sausage Sizzle- AGAIN!

Today we had another sausage sizzle. It was a great opportunity for our church families and our kids club families to pull together and work side by side.  We had 14 volunteers. Chris stayed all day running the BBQ. I had to jet out for 2 hrs. for our "Australian Cousins" bday party,  but I then returned. :)   It was 38 degrees and everyone worked so hard!  When we got home 12 hours later, we could barely move.  But, we successfully sold atleast 800 sausages.  During the day the work doesn't seem so hard because we had great company and people to chat with and catch up with and to share Jesus with! A bunch of the parents have not become Christians yet, so it was neat to share the special conversations that we did have.   What I think is most evident about the Landsdale Community Wesleyan Methodist Church is that we are hard workers willing to do anything to reach the community! Pray with us that this year 2013 will be a YEAR of people coming to Christ like we haven't seen before!   God has so much in store for us and is blessing us financially with these fundraisers so that we can build a foundation for the WEsleyan Methodist Church in LAndsdale. So, that we can have a permanent place to say "THIS" is the church!   And, through our church, kids club, and youth group, we are going to reach this community!

Wednesday, January 02, 2013

ANNIVERSARY

December 30th was our anniversary.We spent the day preparing for our Sunday night church service.  We are still working through "The Story" .   It was a lovely service ! Then after church we all stuck around and chatted and had biscuits and tea. 

Don't worry.. we did do something special for our anniversary. The next day we rode the train into town and went to the Hopman Cup with is professional tennis. The seats were cheap and it was airconditioned and it was a beatiful day inside the new "Perth Arena". Outside the temperature was 40 degrees and rising! So, we were very thankful it was inside! :)

Boxing Day

In Australia we have added an Australia family as our own.  They came to perth over 15 years ago with a vision for the Wesleyan Methodist Churst to be started in the state of Western Australia.    They are the couple we came to Australia to partner with. The Hotchkin family is truly special and important to us. We couldnt' survive living so far away without them.  But, Boxing day was spent having our "family" Christmas. It was alot of fun and they are all Christians so it is just beautiful to sit and enjoy one another's company and rejoice in the fact that Jesus came for us! Jesus came to earth to save us! And, he was the greatest gift ever given to us. What a special, special, day! and, they had TURKEY!!!!!  We rarely ever eat turkey in Australia because it is too expensive. But, it was so good.. and had gravy too!!!   We swam in the pool and it was a beautiful day.

Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Christmas Day

Christmas Day is always a little interesting when you are a missionary overseas.   It is the big holidays when you miss your family most.   However, with Skype our kids were able to open their prezzies with grandma and grandpa and say hello to everyone. Each year our kids just get one present from us. Makayla desperately wanted a new baseball glove. So, she got a pink one. Dawson wanted a blue scooter and Brayden wanted a bike. They were all pretty easy things to obtain, but the excitement on their faces when they opened them was endless.  Luckily we were invited to our friends house to spend Christmas with their family.  This family is one of the newest families to our church and Melissa and Debbie have been friends for quite a while.  But, it was a beautiful time with them. The temperature was warm. Melissa made yummy ice cream cakes.  She made a violet crumble one and a strawberry mars bar one. They were yum! We headed to our friends house with our bathers  and food to share in a wonderful morning.   Afterwards we headed to another friends house to share dinner.  It was a lovely day. I have posted some pictures below. The thing we loved most about this day. Was that we were able to share with them the true meaning of Christmas. Both the families we had lunch with, the husband is not a believer yet. But, we pray every day that God will grab a hold of their lives and that they would be changed.  Their children all believe in Jesus and have asked Jesus to be their Lord and Saviour. Pray with us that 2013 would be the year God grabs a hold of their hearts.