Permanent Residency Sponsorship

Praise the Lord.  We have received word from the immigration department that the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia has received approval to sponsor us for a permanent residency visa.  This is a big step in the right direction.  We have also received a list of things that they immigration department would like in order to approve our visa application.  Pray that we will be able to get all of the things that they want in a timely manner and that they would look favourably on our application.  Having permanent residency would relieve a lot of stress when we are on partnership development as we wouldn't have to apply for any further visas to serve in Australia.  Thank you for your prayers.

Community Connections


With every day that we are privileged to serve here in Australia our prayer is that God would help us to make connections with people that will have an impact on eternity.  We try to be involved with as many things in our community and with our neighbours as we can and hope and pray that through those connections avenues are opened to share Christ with those we interact with.  I was reminded again last week of the quote that holds true for our ministry here in Australia, "people don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care".  This week, we have a great opportunity to connect our church with the community through the Landsdale Community Neighbour Day.  We will be handing out information about our church, selling scarfs to raise funds for youth camp and selling cool drinks to those in attendance.  Pray that God would open up opportunities for us to connect with people and that He would use us in a special way to show His love.  Pray not only for the planting of seeds, but pray for a harvest as we see others come to Christ. 


Sunday we will be holding a Bunnings Sausage Sizzle for a fundraiser.  We are given two of these a year and they are always a great money maker.  Pray that we would sell a lot of sausages and make enough funds to run the ministries and things that the church is wanting to do. 

Western Australia family camp

Yesterday evening we started our WA camp. Please pray for God to shine through this camp. So far we have found it difficult to get our families to actually attend the rallies. Pray that we would have the words to say. We have 11 families tenting from Landsdale which is awesome! So, pray that Chris and I would be able to sit and chill with families and not be running non stop, which so far is the way it has felt. Pray that we have meaningful "real" conversations.  Camping with 80 people so far has been fun, but pray that god would be the center of All that we do!