School Holidays
Over the school Holidays Chris and I were blessed with the opportunity to run some family events. The first week we visited Caversham, which is a wildlife park. We had 5 families participate and it was a wonderful time to just work on building relationships.


The second week we had a movie night! Chris and I were really excited about this because the whole evening was focused around Toy Story 1. But, the evening was focused on God's idea of friendships. The children made their own pizzas, the adults had pizza and salad, and the we played fun games that focused on friendship. Chris and I were so excited because there were 24 people who attended. These are families that attend our kids club, and not our church, yet. So, we are working on building relationships and reaching out to these families.

Over the school holidays we also had two families that had babies and one family that the dad had a torn achilles and a family whose father had emergency surgery. We took meals to all of these families and the kids made cards and we have been reaching out to these families as well..

I say all this to ask you to pray for us as we are reaching out to these families. Help us to say the right words and to connect with these families on a spiritual level.

Thank you so much for your prayers, they are chaning lives.
Melissa

Western Australia Woman's Retreat

This past weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to speak at our Western Australia Wesleyan Woman's Retreat. We had 15 ladies who came for the whole weekend. God moved in so many ways. Two ladies and myself join on the retreat from our church plant which was very exciting. The weekend was themed around "Heart Spa" by Group. however, instead of doing small group type meetings. We actually dove into the Bible and did whole sessions on the scripture. I preached 4 times over the weekend and did small group sessions as well as we did a beyond the page scrap booking journal. Which for many of the ladies this was the first time they "scrap booked" a craft. It was an incredible time and God was there and met us as we came to Him. He moved in people lives and hearts. I could go on forever about the weekend. But, Let me just share a few thoughts with you from the weekend and what God impressed upon my heart to share with the ladies.

*Rest - Come to me all you who are weary and Burdened and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28-30. Jesus wants us to Call on Him, Accept Him, and learn from Him.
*Reflection- Isaiah 55:1-6 Come to Him, Listen to Him,
*Renewed- Psalm 23: The Lord wants to offer us Rest. He is the Healer, He is the protector and comforter, and Encourager.
*Refreshment-John 13. Love like Jesus, Love by being Humble, Love by being a servant, and Love requires sacrifice.


Over the weekend there was tears of joy, tears of compassion, and tears of love! God moved in many people's lives.


Hear a few stories of how God moved:

There was a lady on the camp who's husband is a post man.
He has been working really hard, because his job was for two people and he
normally shared the job but he was unable to find anyone. So, he has been
working tremendous hours since February.

On the camp there was a lady who's husband had lost his job and was looking
for work! These two wives called their husbands immediately. And, the man who
needed a job started training yesterday, on Wednesday 7/15! God knew where these
woman needed to be. This was his way of providing rest to these
woman! She had come with this burden and this concern, and God met it!

We participated in a foot washing on Sunday before we served communion. I felt led to do this activity before we took communion. And, really felt like Christ wanted me to tell the ladies to LOVE like He did. Humble ourselves, serve the other woman and there was a moment quite a long one where no one was moving but then God spoke to these ladies and one at a time they would go to another lady and they would tell them what GOD had laid on their hearts to share, words of encouragement, and support, or forgiveness, and they would then go and sit in the chair and was the other's feet! It was an incredible moment. At times there would be one woman in the chair and 3-4 woman serving that lady, but passing the warm water over her feet and then the ladies taking turns rubbings the feet and really making that woman know... that they wanted to LOVE her just as Christ does.

There was one girl who could not get out of her seat, she just could not LET
anyone do such a task for her... And, she did get up and wash her mother's
feet. But, when God spoke to the mother to wash her daughter's feet. The
daughter could not let her! She was squirming, and you could see God working and then , God opened the floodgates, and the whole room was in tears as we saw her go through the emotions of what God was doing in her life! Unbelievable!

God knew there we're woman who had faced a challenging year, there was a lady whom had recently lost her baby after carrying it for 7 1/2 months, there was a mother who had been told her daughter had sickle cell anemia, ( PRAISE GOD SHE RECEIVED A REPORT THE DAY BEFORE CAMP IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE) And, the woman had been pray for a different result for two weeks!

God knew these woman we're coming broken, and hurt, and tired, and exhausted. But, There is nothing more moving than to hear woman WORSHIP, to see their LIVES being touched, to see them GROW in Love together, and to see them go DEEPER with Christ. This is what we experienced this past weekend! God was there and He met us and He has offered us Rest, Reflection, Renewal, and Refreshment! Know today as you read this... He offers all this for you too!!!!!

Thank you for your prayers. People praying for this weekend is what held me strong. As a stay at home mum, I was worried about having the time to write the sermons and to prepare the entire camp from beginning to end. And, God saw me through! But, I believe it was because you pray for us and you support us to be here to minister to the people of Western Australia!

Thank you! May God reach out and touch your life in a way this week that will remind you to find Rest in HIM! He is all that we need.

Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. Psalm 23:6

An exciting day at Kids Club!

Yesterday we had 19 kids at Kids Club! It was an amazing afternoon. It was actually the last day for semester two here in Australia. Tomorrow we will be having the Awards Ceremony and I can't wait to see what new Kids Club families will attend church for the first time! Please pray with us that these families will be excited and hungry to hear what Jesus has in store for them. Chris will be sharing an evangelistic message. The whole term was on two verses.

Do to others as you would like them to do to you.

And,

For God so loved the world He gave His one and only begotten son,

that whoever believes in Him will not perish but, have Eternal Life. John 3:16.

The kids will be singing songs, sharing their memory verses for the term, and special things they really enjoyed. After the service we will be sharing dinner together. There will be 3-5 new families coming tomorrow night. Please pray that nothing would get in the way of them attending! I will follow up tomorrow with a post of a picture of them receiving their badges.

Thank you for your prayers! Melissa

Creating a PASSION for EVANGELISM

We have been focusing on the book just walk across the room for the past few weeks at church. This evening Chris shared on the Woman at the well and some points that we can learn from Jesus on how to tell people about Christ.

1. Bridge The Chasm- Be willing to talk to people different than you
2. Ask a question- Always will start a conversation
3. Practice patience- Don't be in a hurry. Take time to talk.
4. Avoid Rabbit trails- need I say more.
5. Give hope to the hopeless- Jesus can offer hope to those around you in need.

Afterwards though we did a hands on activity. We gave each family a packet of sticky notes and texters (markers) to write on the stickit notes. Then we went and stuck the notes to all the chairs. Chris had set up an extra 60 chairs in the hall. Then after people put the notes on the chairs we went aroudn prayed for those people. Makayla stayed right with me the whole time. She wrote her friends names on "HER" notes and Dawson stuck them to the chair. WE then went as a family and prayed for the chairs. I got to a chair that had "Braydens" name on it. And, Makayla says. I wrote Braydens name becuase I hope he chooses Jesus to live in his heart when he gets older. So, we sat and put Brayden in the chair and prayed for him! I praise God we have children who see the need for people to have Jesus. Yet, they have not forgotten their own little brother! It was one of those heart moving moments where you praise JESUS for all HE has done in our lives! And, let me tell you.... It is alot!!!!

Afterwards we sang Praises for all HE is going to do through us being his hands and feet. It was truly a heart moving moment.

Friday June 4th was an amazing afternoon at Kids Club. We have been talking about John 3:16 and Love and what Love is and friendship. And, we had finally made it to the week where we talk about God sending Jesus to be our best friend. And, we shared with the Kids how Jesus has died on the cross to forgive their sins and He wants to be their best friend. We focused on the verse from Rev. 3:20

"Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and

open the door, I will come in... nd we will be friends. " Revelation 3:20

And I was amazed by God! We had three children make re commitments. but, we had 6 children commit their lives to Christ for the first time! What an awesome time! God was moving in ways I had not expected. I thought if one child made a decision that afternoon that it would be awesome. But, God is good and He surprises me in ways I could have never drempt up. A boy who is typically out of control and in trouble every week, was very quiet and listening while I was speaking. I thought for the past 10 week that he had not learned anything at all at kids Club. But, he was one of the first children to raise his hand. He was so excited to accept Jesus. He is the FIRST christian in his family.

I hope you will pray with me for these children that God will SHINE through them and that their families will come to know Christ because of what God has done in their lives.

Sharing Christ with Friends

This week Makayla was invited to a birthday party. She was talking about what kind of a birthday present she was going to get. Then, she looked at me and asked if she could get her friend one of her favorite books. And, I said sure if we can find it. What one is it? Then she said "Gigi God's little princess treasury". She said that she wants her friend to know she is God's princess. I was so proud of her, what a wonderful idea! Makayla has a passion and desire to see her friends know Jesus! And, I am so proud to have a daughter who is proud of being a christian and willing to share it with everyone.

Term two of school has started here in Australia. And, along with it we have been having excellent attendance at kids club. We have been having between 12-14 kids. And, we are focusing on friendship. Please pray for the next two weeks, because we are going to have the kids focus on bringing a friend. But, als pray for Chris and I as we have been pretty overwhelmed during kids club. We have had kids from ages 3-10. And, for some reason the older kids seem to misbehave more than the younger kids. So, please help us soak kids Club in prayer. We also have had three new kids from the Easter Egg Hunt and a few more say they are going to start coming. This is fantastic news.

The church is starting this sunday a series on evangelism. We are going to focus as a church on reaching the families that attend Kids Club, but do not attend church yet. This is a huge step. Sometimes it almost feels like our church has two different churches. Becuase on fridays at kids club we have only one family that actually comes to our church, which is incredible! We are reaching families, we just need to pull them in. And, our youth group is really strong with families that attend our church.

Recently we had a new girl named Michelle come to youth group. She is quite quiet and reserved. But, as I have gotten to know her, she is an incredibly strong person. I would like you to all start praying fr Michelle .Michelle is a cancer survivor. She had brain cancer and her parents just asked me to start teaching her piano lessons as well. I ask you to pray fr her because her family is not Christian. But, I believe that God has a plan fr this family and for Michelle's life. So, please help us in praying for God to open a path for us to share Jesus with her family!

PRAISE GOD!
Chris and I have been praying for God to call others to join us here in Perth. We have plenty of work to share responsibilities with a team. And, God has answered that prayer. There is a couple from Bethany Bible College that will be joining us as soon as their support is raised for 6 months! They are partnered with Global partners just like we are but they will e coming for a short stay. The goal is for the Thornton family to arrive in September. They are actually having a baby any day now! She is full term! And, then once the baby has his shots and they have raised support and prayer partners they will be on their way. They will be doing an internship here. So, Darrek will receive college credit for his time here! But, we are so excited to have them join us! Pray that God would work through this couple that they would raise their support quickly... If any of you would like to support this family for 6 months or give a one time donation please email chris and I at georgefamilyinaustrlia@hotmail.com. We coul not be more excited! Praise God for his answers to our prayers! Chris and I have been praying for 5 years for someone to join us here in Perth. This couple will be the 1st!!! How exciting!!!

Holiday Kids Club

This week went off without any complications. We had 20 different kids come through our doors as well as 7 teen helpers and 5 adults and two babies! The kids learned to Plunge into Obedience, Worship, Courage, Faith, and Service. The kids did some awesome crafts and were really taking in and understanding what it was that we were teaching. Everyday the kids had a take home project they needed to complete to get a sticker on their "Theme Park Pass". They did what mum and dad asked the first time. They told there parents why they love Jesus and want to worship him. They went home and did something they were too scared to do,but Jesus gave them the courage. They took home to their families and invite to come to church on Sunday night, and the last day they made thank you notes and had the job of going home and serving their family. This week just flew by and it truly was a wonderful time of worship with the kids. The most interesting thing is we had 9 families come through our doors that DO NOT attend our church! These are families that we are reaching out too. Please pray that these families will come on Sunday night and that God will speak to their hearts.
Below are some pics of the week.

Girls doing a grade 1 rapid in a canoe and terrified! :)

Adventure Youth Camp
Chris and I took the teens on a 34 hour camp down south to a state forest park. Perth was hit with a really bad storm two weeks ago, and since we had the rain the water levels have been up.And, they were up high enough for us to canoe down the Murray river. We used Dunnies (out houses), slept in tents, and the teens that went had a blast. In the end we only had three come with us! But, what an opportunity for Chris and I to share our lives and build bonds with these teens. We had been studying at youth group fears! And, this camping trip was a perfect way for us to end term 1. The park also raised the fire ban so we were able to have a campfire. All of these kids had never gone camping this far out in the bush before.Here in Oz you cannot get stuff to have smores. So, Chris and I made our own Australian version and shared them with the teens. We had a quokka and also a kangaroo, visit our campsite. we HAD NO SNAKES!, which was my biggest fear. And, we had a wonderful time. I was exhausted. I feel really "OLD!" when I only get three hours of sleep!
About canoeing. We had many things we had to face while going down the river. All canoes here are made out of bendable HEAY plastic. Good thing. Because the water was Black and you could not see any rocks in the water! We did not do any grade two or three rapids. But, we did do a grade one! And, I will post the video if I can get it to upload becuase it is hilarious! Then, we had to put our canoes under a log while we climbed over it, and one spot we all had to get out and balance on a log while we put the canoe over a log that was just sticking out of the water. IT was an adventure for sure and the whole time I had brayden strapped to the front of me in a baby bjorn. So, it was quite the journey. Thank you for your prayers. Two of the teens that did go on this trip are new to the YG and it was AWESOME for Chris and I to build relationships with them. Those two teens are planning on helping us at VBS next week. So, God is moving in hearts and doing things Chris and I never expected!

Easter Egg Hunt

Thank you to everyone who prayed for the Easter Egg Hunt. It went off perfectly. We had many families come. We had over 115 people at it! Which is wonderful! The church members worked awfully hard to help put it all together. Here are a few pictures from the day. We were able to share the story of "The Three Trees" and tell people that it was a day to celebrate because Jesus is alive! A very exciting part of the Easter Egg Hunt was when I did the registrations. Becuase, I actually knew many of the families. Also, there were 5 families that came from the play group I am a part of. And, there were 5 families from Makayla's school. And, all of our kids club kids were there. And, then there were still yet about another 10 families we did not know yet! So, God is good. Thank you for your prayers. We took pictures of all the kids and people with the Easter Bunny. I am quickly trying to edit them all so that we can hand deliver them this week on School Holidays. Please pray for Chris and I as we deliver these pictures and thank the people for coming. While we are there we are going to share with them about Kids Club and ask them to come back and visit church!

Cross Neclace table grade 1-3 egg hunt group

Celebrating 5 Years!

Sunday night was a night for celebrations. We invited the John Wesley church to come join us as we celebrated in what God has done through the landsdale church. A 5 minute video was made with pictures sharing where God has taken us!

Our daughter Makayla and a friend Nikita opened the service with a special song called Sing Praise!

Then we had a testimony from Glynis a lady in our church. She did an awesome job! the Jist of her testimony was life is so much better, and different when you walk with the Lord. There is someone there to help you to pray to, there is someone there to share the joys and the sorrows with who loves her. She did a wonderful job!

We installed our first LAC. Local advisory committee.

We commissioned Phil and Karen Hotchkin the pastors Chris and I have been

partnering with ever since we arrived to go do another church plant south of the Perth City.

Chris preached on the Israelites and how it took them 40 years to do what they could have done in 10-11 days. And, encouraged us to follow and trust God and have a clean heart so that he can take Landsdale where he wants to take us!

Then we had dinner! What a wonderful evening!

This picture is of the 5 pastors who planted the Landsdale Community Wesleyan Methodist Church. Rev. Phil Hotchkin and his wife, Young Min Yoo, and Rev.'s Chirstopher and Melissa George

God is Moving.

Last week Chris was on youtube and he watched John James testimony from the Newsboys. He commented to me "How do I get this guy to Perth!". Then on Thursday night we received an email from another youth group in the area inviting us to come to an event called BAM, The next day! And, Chris called the church to see what they were doing. ... And, they were having John James there to speak! This is totally a God thing. We quickly called everyone on Friday morning and changed youth group to an outing and went! We had all 7 kids we took make a commitment! God was there and our teens were listening. We then had the wonderful opportunity to come back to our house and talk with them all and pray. We can't wait to talk one on one with these teens and find out where God is leading them.

Today we also had 12 kids at Kids Club. So, the first day we had three, then we had 6, and this week 12! Pray that we continue to grow and that if we need help we find volunteers who are willing to join us and help at kids club. On a side note Makayla has a very good friend that has been allowed to start coming to Kids Club. And, I praise God that Makayla feels comfortable enough to invite people. And, I praise God that this door of reaching her friend for Christ has been opened.

Baptism

Today we went down to the City and one the River front we baptized to members of our congregation! This was a very exciting day for Chris and I. This is a couple who used to attend our Young Adult Bible Study in our first term here in Australia. We then went to Singapore and married them in '07, And, they recently moved back to Australia in August '09 and lived in our house till Christmas. But, the thing is that this married couple has decided to proclaim their faith in Jesus and share it with the church. They stood in the water and shared their testimonies. And, God has done soooo much in their lives! But, it was exciting for Chris and I to get to stand with them and pariticipate in their baptism.

I would like to share a bit of Graces* story with you. I am going to give her a different name. Because she comes from China. Her parents are high up in the Government and when she first went home to tell her parents she was a Christian they would not even let her bring a Bible into the house. But, it is hard for her to know that when she decided to become a Christian she turns her back on EVERYTHING and EVERYONE in her family. She has been dating a Christian for the past three years. And, her parents recently even made her sign a contract or Christmas stating she would not marry the Christian because they have spies here in Australia watching everything she does. But, she stood there in the water today and proclaimed her faith! And, she said I don't know where I will turn the only place I can turn is to God! And, that is the point of being a Christian. We must rely on God to guide us and direct us and lead us. Please, pray for her. It reminded me of what we as Americans take for granted! Becoming a Christian in America does not mean we say good bye to our family. But, in other countries and other cultures when you become a Christian you are persecuted. So, please continue to pray for Grace*!

*Name Changed for security reasons.

Church in the Park
Unfortunately we had to change our 5 year anniversary for two weeks. But, the awesome thing is that we got to have church in the park last night. WE set up two tents and had church underneath them. WE actually had quite a few people askus what we were doing. And, this may be a good opportunity for us to make more people aware of our church! But, we had a wonderful service and snag with just a guitar and we were all reminded of how nice it is to just come and worship with out all the "extra" stuff we seem to expect in church every week!

Play Group
This morning I had play group and only one mum showed up. I was a bit dissapointed. But, something cool came from it. I was sitting there talking with Daphne and found out that once she attended a play group in Zambia. She is actually from Mauritius and her husband ishere studying for college. But, I think they may have decided to stay in Australia. But, she told me that she had done a book by Rick Warren. Daphne does not attend church, and she is not a Christian. And, I was really wanting to share a devotion every week during our play group. And, she was the one I was worried about being turned off! And, next thing you know she is telling me about how she loved that play group! So, God has opened the door. Pray with me as I walk through it. Obviously since it is a play group we will do a very short "Lift up" moment from the Bible. But, pray with me as I decide what this will look like! Also, another friend of mine has decided to join, she is Catholic, but I do not know yet whethere she has accepted Christ as her saviour.

Here is a little bit of the Special that was sang on the Church Camp.

Mandurah Family Church Camp

The past four days were spent camping in 100, 102.2, 104, 102.2 degree weather. Needless to say it was like an oven! This weather in Perth is very unusual. It gets hot but not normally for a week at a time. The whole time we were gone to Gold Coast our children were enduring this weather. And, just for the record the air conditioner in our house is not working! So, it was very miserable weather to be having.

Spite the weather the camp was still a SUCCESS! We had 43 people join us between the Landsdale and John Wesley Church. There were 21 that joined us from the Landsdale church. God is good. We arrived home Thursday night from the Pastors Conference and Friday morning was a bit of a blur. We packed our bags, loaded the car. We fit everything in, but the stroller and our mattress so we took those to the other Pastors house and he put them in his trailer and away we headed down south. It was only an hour and a half drive. And, we got there and we set up our tent, and a sun shelter, and then we just relaxed until people came. As each family arrived we would help them set up their tent etc. Chris and I were incharge of planning the camp and activities, Pastor Phil did all the planning for meals and cooking. Every camper volunteered twice to help with a meal. And Pastor young was in charge of worship.

On Saturday we had a worship service. Wilson the young adult from Zimbabwe who lived with us for 15 months from 07-09 spoke. HE did a tremendous job and he has grown up SO much in the past year while we have been gone! God used him in wonderful ways. We had pool time and then we ate lunch and headed to the beach. Saturday night we went to a place called Kings Carnival and they gave us a great rate ad everyone was able to play mini golf and go on rides. On Sunday we had two church services we had extras join us just for this day that did not come on the camp. But we had two lay people in the John Wesley church share. God used Pella and Ashley in so many ways to work on people's hearts. It was truly touching and the worship was excellent. We then prayed for two families who announced they were having babies on the camp. We also were treated by a special Zimbabwean special. If you would like to see more pics check out my facebook page. But, I will post some pictures here. It was a great time of building relationships being pushed to Lean on God and make him our first love and to follow him with everything in us. I also did children's sessions. We did one where I challenged the kids to jump into obedience like the Disciples did when catching fish. The did what Jesus asked and they caught so many fish the nets were breaking. The second session I encouraged them to Jump into courage. As the disciples did when they were on the boat and Jesus quieted the seas. It was a tremendously wonderful camp. Here are three highlights I would like to share about.

1. A dear friend of mine brought her two children. She used to attend our church regularly but has not attended at all in over a year! So, we were very glad to see her come on the camp. I believe God worked on her heart pray for me as I follow up with her.

2. My best friend here who does not attend church. Had many excuses NOT to come on the camp. And, she had many things come up. But, God worked it out for her to come on the camp on Sunday afternoon and stay till Monday. She did not attend the church service. But, she talked with people and her husband was able to build some relationships. Pray for me as I follow up with her.

3. A lady in our church was touched by the African singing. It reminded her of good times and home and she had not heard our South Africans sing. And, she was truly touched. God has been providing things for Glynis that she didn't even know she really needed yet. But, I believe God touches those who follow him. And, I believe this is why Glynis is seeing God's hand in her life right now. She is a strong hold in our church. And, she is strong in her faith.

thank you for your prayers. Continue to pray for us as this month is very heavily busy with many things going on. I will post those in the prayer column. But, please remember to pray for the ministry here in Landsdale! thank you so much! May God bless you!

National Pastors Conference

After 5 1/2 hours on airplanes and 8 hours total of travel time we landed at the Gold Coast airport on the East coast. We had a short drive to Tweed Heads where we stayed in our accomodation. The accomodation was wonderful. They were self serve apartments. So, they came with clean sheets etc. And, then you had to tidy them up before you left. But, they were very nice. The first evening we started a 24 hour fast and focused on prayer for the nation. This is the first time Chris and I have gotten to see the Australian Church Pastors and Leadership as a whole. It was truly wonderful. It is a group of people who know everybody and we never saw anyone just sitting there. Everyone was talking to everyone else and it was just truly an wonderful experience. We were not left just standing there either. Many people were always introducing themselves and asking us where we were pastoring with which we loved to respond Perth!

Amidst the fasting, prayer sessions, and prayer walk. We had some wonderful speakers. The National Superintendent gave a call for us to partner with him in spreading the vision for an Undivided heart. He talked about in spiritual ways between us and God, our churches, and as a country.

A vision was given for the Australian church which now consists of 78 churches in the whole country (Which is the size of the USA) to get on board the vision of 150 churches by 2020. This means every church is to plant atleast one church in the next 10 years! This is a leap of faith. Becuase this means we need more pastors, we need more lay workers, we need more money.... But, we prayed that we would be faithful to not give silly excuses and that we would pray to God and see where it is he wants us to plant next.

We then had church planting seminars and had the Superintendent for the Solomon Islands share along with a missionary that Australia has sent out to the islands.

We called Makayla and Dawson every day in Perth and they seemed to be doing well. They had a wonderful time and when we returned asked "When do you go away again! We had alot of fun!" So, thank you for your prayers. They worked. I will admit that they did miss us! They were a bit sulky on the last day we were gone. But, they were VERY excited to pick us up at the airport for the first time ever.

One cool point I want to share with you is... not spiritual just informational. The hotel we stayed in was on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. In our hotel room we were in New South Wales. but, if we crossed the street to McDonald's we were in Queensland. Therefore there was an hour difference every time we crossed the street! How crazy would that be. So, basically if it was midnight in the hotel we could go across the street and Mcdonald's would still be open because it was only 11.

All in all the trip was wonderful and it was really a wonderful experience for us to see what we are apart of in Australia. We are just a small part in a passionate team to see the Country of Australia reached for Christ!

Thank you for all your prayers! They impacted our family over the past four days and we felt the power of your prayers! Thank you.

At youth group last night we had a follow up fun night to all the hard work the teens did for the Valentines banquet. We took them miniature golfing. Miniature golfing is hard to find here in Australia. It is not as big as in the states. But, we found a really nice course and we went and played in the dark which made it SO much more fun! But, we had a wonderful time and the teens built even better relationships. Sam came and joined us along with her younger brother TJ. We took a boys car and a girls car and unfortunately us girls did get beat by the boys. But, we are sure there might have been some card fixing happening! All in all it was a wonderful evening and we are so excited to say that on March 5th we will be kicking off the year for Youth Group and we can't wait to see what that will bring us! Keep praying for these teenagers.

-Many of them are starting this year at new schools this year

-pray for them to stand strong on their faith and belief in Jesus Christ as their personal saviour.

-Pray for them to share their faith with others!