Best Easter ever!!

Today was a very special day! Not just because we were celebrating Easter, but because God called people to him. We had our regular evening service and Chris and I had been praying all week along with many of you that his would move in People's lives.. But, tonight we had 10 people accept Jesus Christ as their personal saviour. It was such a heart Moving moment. Such a God moving moment. We had 10 people give their lives to Christ and many more commit to draw closer to him and to really stand for Christ in their life. Chris preached on being made new in Christ and God just used him in an amazing way. The children were out with me in Sunday school getting the same message and all of them were confidently wearing their crowns they made, that protested out loud that Jesus made them new!!! What a great day! Pray for these individual's that we would be able to give them the tools to grow in Christ and to understand what an awesome decision they have made!   Thank you for your prayers!!!

Also we still have not heard anything on our PR so please keep that in your prayers...

In 5 hours we leave for youth camp. The theme is 4 real! Pray that god would move In the teens lives we  are taking and that Chris  and I would say the right things that they need to hear and that we also would be great listeners. We have a 3 1/2 hour drive in the car so looking forward to hearing them all chatter on the way there! Please pray every day for us on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday!!!

Palm Sunday

Today was an awesome community outreach day as we had over 80 children come to our community Easter egg hunt. It was an extra special day as we had craft booths and lots of stations where kids could think about what the true meaning of Easter was. We also had a message time where Melissa shared with all the families the "best gift they were ever given" at the end of her sermon the children could come up and accept a gift of they wanted to believe in Jesus. It was quite moving to see the kids who were touched by today. Afterwards we had a movie night and we finally succeeded at getting people to stay for "church" we had at least 60 people stay and watch the veggie tales movie an Easter carol. It was truly a special day!! We also had the most volunteers we have ever had at a church event. There were 31... It was really a god moving day as we stood there and could see a glimpse of what God had in store for his church here in Western Australia.

Praising God!

This week we have so much to be thankful for.

On Saturday a group of Wesleyan women came together and I had prepared stamping card kits for the ladies to complete as well as we had a bible study and shared life together in fellowship . It was a lot of fun!

Secondly we had our first AWANA awards night for 2014 on Sunday. The kids are learning lots of scripture and are really learning how to apply it to their lives.  It was a great time for them to show off all they have learnt . I spent an entire two days sewing lanyards so the kids would have something to put their new badges on .

On Monday we had our immigration appointment. We left at 9:30 and arrived home at 2:45. We spent all day in a cramped office having medicals, X-rays, eye exams, our weight taken, blood pressure, physicals, and blood exams. We have now officially turned everything in for our permanent residency and would definitely appreciate your prayers for us to get approved. There is nothing more we can do, it is now a waiting game for the immigration office to make up their minds.

On Tuesday Luke came home from the hospital and is now resting in his own bed! This is amazing considering the original plan was that Luke would be in for a few weeks. Please continue to pray for him to regain his strength and energy and for him to continue to heal quickly. The doctor has actually said he believes he has gotten all of the tumour which is huge!

On Wednesday we partnered with the school and helped them put on an amazing ANZAC service. The school even let Chris do a pastoral prayer at the service.

Today our AWANA group committed our first RAK! Better known as a random act of kindness. All term the kids have been preparing thank you eggs. They have stuffed plastic eggs with words of thanks, kindness, and of course yummy chocolates to say thank you to the teachers of our local primary school. Then we dressed up as an Easter bunny and delivered them secretly! It was a lot of fun, but most importantly hopefully will soften their hearts to hear the word of god.

This is just a normal week of busy here in Australia, but we only accomplish as much as we do because we have an amazing team that prays for us!!! Thank you for your prayers and especially for your financial support. Continue to pray for us this weekend as we have our Easter egg hunt on Sunday at 4:00pm. Pray that the community would hear God speak to them and that families would come and enjoy time together as they participate in activities, and especially as they sit and here our message of the greatest gift ever given to them on Easter is free, as well as we will be showing the veggie tales an Easter carol from 6:00pm onwards. Can't wait to see what god is going to do this weekend.

Luke's surgery went well!

Luke is out of surgery and moving his right and left side! So, at this point everyone is very pleased! Praise God!!

Prayer requests

Today at noon our Aussie brother Luke will be having brain surgery to remove a tumor. Please pray with us for a safe surgery and for removal of the whole thing. The tumor is non cancerous. But, this is his second surgery in four years as it keeps continuing to grow.