Praise God!!! Matteson's 100% funded

Today, is the day we stand in amazement and know that God has called this family to join us here in Perth, Australia. God has called an army of prayer partners and an Army of people to financially partner with this amazing family to use them and change lives of Australians. They are coming to change peoples lives for eternity! There is no greater place to be, then right in the center of Gods will. And, he has definitely called them here to Australia to partner with the ministry! In less than 3 weeks they raised 40% of their budget. Our God is amazing. Please pray for a few loose ends.
1. We need their visa approved. They will be coming in on a 90 day visitors visa then swapping over to a longer one. Please pray that the government would quickly make a decision on their longer visa.
2. Pray that we find them housing.
3. Pray for their family as they are saying good by and packing up to come here.
4. Pray for them to have strength. They have had a crazy whirlwind of a week.

And, most of all thank you for your prayers!!! god has heard all of us and has moved his mighty hand. Thank you for partnering with us to change lives!!

Praises and Prayer Requests

Prayer Requests Pray for Upward Sports Camp registrations and for the Camp which starts July 7th-12th Pray for Women's Retreat July 4th-6th Pray for our family to receive Permanent Residency in Australia Pray for Mark and Dawnielle Matteson to reach full support and arrive before July 1st Pray for the Eastern Hills Missions Team as they arrive here on July1st Pray for Chris as he leads a men's retreat June 20th-22nd

Praises Praise God for confirming in our hearts, this is where he wants us! Praise God for holding our family in his hands! Praise God that 12 people came to Christ! Praise God for an awesome youth camp! Praise God for blessing our church as we work on the "thankful heart" series

Matteson Family!

Today is the day we ask all of our supporters to make a faith promise or onetime gift to Mark and Dawnielle Matteson! 

Who are Mark and Dawnielle?  They and their three children will be joining our family here in Perth, to help carry the work load.  Chris and I have had one sunday off in 5 years, and work atleast 100 hours a week!  They are coming to help us minister in this community.   We are desperate for more hands, and have been praying for God to open a door for another family to join us! And, he has called the Matteson's to come serve.


They have raised 73% of  their support  since January! And, they are hoping to leave for Perth, Australia to work at our church by July 1st!!!!   Yesterday was Mark's last day of work in the USA... Their estate sale is today and tomorrow, and they have already rented out their house.   They are convinced and so are we the God has called their family to move here to be God's hands and feet.

We are so excited about the doors God has opened for this family to come work with us for an entire year.   They and we would really like them to get here in time for Upward Sports camp (July 8-12th) as this will be a great time for them to start to meet the community.  It allows us to have more kids at the camp, and we don't want them sitting in the USA, when God has so much in store for them here. 

With all that said...  Here are your options to help this family minister in Perth, Australia.

1) join their prayer team!?  
2) Can you give a one time gift, now? 
3) Sign up in faith,  promising to give a specific amount sometime within the next 12 months!

We know, that God will get them here, in his time. But, we also, know that it takes lot's of people standing behind the missionary to allow them to be the hands and feet of God.  

We appreciate all the support all of you have given to us.. and that is why at this time in the 11th hour of them raising support, we have come to those we love and know to ask you to help this beautiful family!   Please click on the link below to pray or give!

God bless,
The George's

http://www.wesleyan.org/gp/minfo/WM29-0096

Permanent Residency!!!!

Please continue to pray for  our family to receive Permanent Residency in Australia. We applied back in November and slowly but surely they keep asking us for more stuff. But, we think we are down to their last request.   and, let's be frankly honest.. It has not been cheap. so far, it has cost our family over $10,000 sine November to meet their requests, and demands.  Everything from, paperwork and a flat out 8,000 fee and then physicals, and exams, and tests, and blood work, and eye exams, and new passports for the boys because theirs were baby pictures, and the list is non ending.  But, we think this is their last request... FBI fingerprinting! These were turned in over a month ago.. But, the FBI has FINALLY taken out their payment for the fingerprinting process. Would you please pray for us that the FBI would actually process these quickly, and then that we would get the results quickly returned to us, so that we can turn them in, here in Australia.  We feel that we are on the final leg of getting permanent Residency.  This is such an important hurdle for our family to get over and approved, so that we can stay ministering here in Perth, Australia.   Please pray that:
1) The government would favour our applications
2) that FBI fingerprint would get turned around quickly.
3) That we could receive our answer soon!!!!

A thankful heart!

   We have been going through a series recently on stewardship with our church.  And, being thankful to God.   When we least expect it, God has always got our back.  We thought we would take a week and focus on tithing and ask everyone to bring their gifts to the Lord. Then, on  Thursday we received a call from Bunnings that they had a cancel on a sausage sizzle.   Our church is a little behind. And June is the last month of the financial calendar in Australia, and there were lots of things we had wanted to do as a church and hadn't been able to do yet.  But, God he knows our heart, and he knows our desires, and he knows we want to move in our community. So, out of the complete "nowhere!" God drops this special opportunity in our lap for us to sell sausages for our local building store! Not only did we meet some families and their kids are going to join our soccer camp.  But, we were able to triple what our tithe was... on the next day.. Because we were willing to go and work and serve our community...   God, opened the door we were just willing and ready to do whatever was needed to meet his amazing opportunity.