Call to prayer for a Landsdale family

Please pray for the family of Sam Trott. He is a little boy that has changed the Landsdale community for forever! He was a son, brother, grandson and friend to Many of the landsdale playgroup children. His smile was huge and he was 2 1/2 years old. But, he will be forever missed and he rests now in heaven. He drowned in the lake near our home and his family and our small community will never be the same again. a candle vigil was held this evening in Australia. But please life up in prayer his family. His sibling, his parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles. Pray that God would be their source of strength in a dark time where there is no understanding.  Also, please pray for our churc as they had scheduled a carols in the park this Friday. It will change in many was as it should, but pray that we would hAve sensitive hearts and be calling on God for direction  and guidance.

Ohio- Indiana

This week we have been travelling from NY to Indiana. We visited with and thanked our family, financial, and prayer partners in Elida! The Kern family has blessed us in many ways. 2 years ago, this family gave a huge donation to our ministry when our support was low.  So, it was super special to stop and thank them in person.  It is always so fun to see how God is moving and blessing those who support us and God is blessing this family beyond measure!  This family is a little extra special because they are our cousins! And, the kids loved every minute they were there! The girls painted nails and stayed up late talking into the night. 

 Then we headed onto Marion, IN.   In Marion, we have connected with Melissa's aunt and Uncle Bill and Daphne Foster.  It was really special to spend time with them.  They served 30 years in Australia with Global Partners. So, it is always special to share time with them!   We also had the wonderful privilege to share at Chapel Pike in Marion, IN which was our home church after Chris and I were married almost 14 years ago.   Makayla and Laura had an extra special time at Chapel Pike, because they had an all-nighter! So, they had the privilege to participate with this youth group and have a great time doing something they had never done before! 

  When then headed onto IWU.  Laura found IWU to be completely exciting! She has never seen a University with so much love for God and such a willingness to share it with everyone around.  The whole time we were there you could see God everywhere, and that was just amazing to her.   We ended up with lot's of IWU paraphernalia and had a great time showing the kids where we lived, worked, and of course all of the great friends we still have there on the campus. 

- Pray for Laura as she seeks God's will for her life and seeks him to discover the call He has for her.  She will be starting her senior year of High school in February.

We also had the opportunity while at IWU to meet with World Christian Fellowship and share our ministry with the students and even had the awesome opportunity to share a few minutes  with a Youth ministry class.

- Pray for the students of the Youth Ministry class. We pray that God would call one of them to step out and join our team in Perth.

We also had the privilege to catch up with some retired Global Partners Missionaries and current ones.  This is always a special time as we learn from them and grow!  One of those special meetings was with Dr. Jim Lo.  He has been a mentor of ours for years! And, even just a meal with him and regular chatting felt like old times. :)    We were also able to visit a chapel service.


Today we headed to Noblesville, IN.  We are staying at a missionary house there, for the next 10 days.  We will be completing some Global Partners training and visiting churches around here.  Pray for us as we finalize our Global Partners Budget for our next 5 year term. Pray for us as we  seek God's direction in our lives and draw closer to him this week through our leadership team at Global Partners!

- Pray for our children this week as they will take an education assessment to make sure that they are staying up to speed and are doing emotionally, physically, and mentally   well...  We believe the children will do well, but just pray for them to have a positive attitude when they meet with the assessor.

Hard to believe that all this was accomplished in less than 4 days! But, God is good and he gives us the strength to continue travelling raising support and raising prayers partners so we can get back to Australia as soon as possible!

Thanksgiving November 27th

One of the best parts of being home raising support is spending holidays with our families. Thanksgiving day we were able to spend the day with Chris's family and then thanksgiving night we went to the airport and picked up Laura! She flew from Australia to spend two months with us. Laura is a student in our church we are mentoring. She is a leader for our AWANA program. And she has such an amazing heart to follow and serve god. While she is here she will get to visit churches with our family as well as she will get to to attend FOLLOW, international conference and also the gathering as well as many other youth events while she is here. She will also get to visit IWU and Houghton and see what a Christian college or university looks like. Pray that. God would lay a passion and a desire on her heart while she is here for her future,

Friday we spent the day with Melissa's family having thanksgiving and sledding. It was such a wonderful time with so many great memories.

Icy roads! . November 23

This past weekend God protected our family in amazing ways. Recently we started to drive to a church in Western Pennsylvania just before thanksgiving and we were up in the hills just 20 miles west  of Williamsport and all of a sudden we realised that it had gotten really cold and there was a flash freeze. Cars were sliding off the road, and we found ourself in a little town in a valley between some really steep big mountains. As we kept trying to get out of the town their were lines of trucks everywhere. Because the roads were closed.  Everyone we spoke too, was pretty much a hunter and not from where we were. Luckily there was a little place we could stop. While we we're inside we were able to call the pastor of the church we were travelling to and he mentioned the roads were better the more west we could get. There was some very kind people who gave us directions as there was no cell phone reception . We followed 44 down through the valley. And then came to a point whee we sat at the bottom of a very large hill for an hour waiting for a snow plow to come through and salt. Then They opened the roads but were instructed to not go over 20 miles per hour. God protected our family because our car never slid once And we were kept very safe. But,  our three hour trip turned into a 7 hour trip.  We covet your prayers for our family as we travel!! After we arrived we had a wonderful weekend visiting and sharing with Hyde Wesleyan and Ashland Wesleyan.  We are so thankful to have them as part of the team ministering in Perth Australia through support and prayers.

Prayer Requests for the George Family

Dear Prayer Partners and supporters. Whiles we are home in the states completing partnership development there are a few specific things we would like you to be aware of and praying for:

1)  For our support.

                          - Our account has actually dropped into the negatives by $4000 because the last three months we have not met our target for financial donations and we needed to purchase plane tickets for our family to return to the USA.   I think that people have slowed down there giving because we were returning.. However, we actually need all of our faith promise partners to continue giving even while we are stateside.     

              For example: this month October... so far only 1/10th of our donations have come in.   

PRAYER NEED- Please pray that our partners would continue to give while we are stateside.  Because we need all of our donations to continue to come in so that the ministries can continue to run in Australia while we are here in the US. And, especially so we can do our partnership development in 6 months.

2) Currently we need to raise
                        - 200 prayer partners
                        - $25,000 in Faith Promise  ( New partners)  Our new budget will take effect in December.
                        -$26,000 in one time gifts

PRAYER NEED- Please pray that we would be able to connect with new churches that have not heard about our ministry in Australia.  Please pray specifically for Chris and I as we contact churches in our home districts in CNY and WNY. Pray that they would be open to hearing what God is doing in Australia and willing to partner through financial means or prayer.Pray that we would be able to fill our schedule with connecting with all of our current partners as well as book in the new churches.

3) Pray for the Staff of the Landsdale Church while we are away.
                   -Please pray for the Matteson Family-  The landsdale Community Church brought them on staff for one year to be our Family Ministry Coordinators while Chris and I were on partnership development.  Please pray for guidance, strength, wisdom, courage, and of course blessings as they are working hard every day with the families of the Landsdale Church while they keep our small groups, AWANA, and Youth Group ministries continuing in our absence.  This is a big job!!

                   - Please pray for Lindsay and Rosalea Cameron- Lindsay will be the supply pastor of the Landsdale Community Church while we are here in on partnership development. Pray for the Cameron's to also connect with our families and be able to minister to these families in a way we have not been able to!  We pray that God would bless them as they work full time, study, and pastor the Landsdale church.

4)  Please pray for the ministries of the landsdale Church
                             - AWANA (kids ministry)
                             - Youth Group
                             - Small group Bible Studies
                             -Young Adults
                             - Carols in the Park
                             -Family Outreach events

5) Please pray for Chris and I as we are stateside and continue to carry out our local church and  district responsibilities for Australia.  Pray that we would have time to achieve goals that we were not able to do while in Australia due to time constraints. Pray for us as we offer guidance and council from here and that God would guide and direct everything we say and do.

6)   Pray for us to connect with people here to help us grow spiritually so that we can take back amazing perspective and ideas and creativity when we go back to Australia.

7) Pray for us to have driving mercies and for our car to not have any mechanical dramas!

8) Pray for our Travel Schedule Pray for the churches we have been to and for their missions committees. Pray for the churches especially as they are taking faith promises and discerning where God wants them to partner and how they can make missions a part of their church ministries!  Please pray for us as we book up the rest of our schedule.

October 3-5    Eastern Hills
October 12th- Horseheads
October 16th- First Wesleyan -Easton, MD
October 19th- Lyncourt Wesleyan
October 20th- Pastors of New York, Houghton
October 21st- FLN
October 23rd-  Warren Wesleyan
October 24- Pastor Wives of WNY
October 25- Warren Wesleyan
October 26- Brookside, Wellsville, NY
November 1-3-  Pine Meadows
November 9th- McCrea Brook Wesleyan
November 9-30th. Pray for us to confirm these bookings so we can add them to our schedule!
December 1-15th Pray for us to connect with our supporting churches in Indiana and book them up immediately!
December -8th-12th  Global Partners Training
December 13th-30th Pray for us to book churches into our schedule for this Christmas time.
January 4th- Rockhill Wesleyan Church - NC


We are so blessed to have an amazing team.   We are so grateful to have you praying for us! Please know that as you pray for us, we are praying for you and your local churches and that God would give you an outpouring of his love, guidance, and strength.

God bless,
The Georges

We want to connect with you!

Over the next 6 months our family will be travelling and visiting churches and individuals to raise support. Sometimes we visit churches on a Sunday morning, afternoon or evening.  But, we also visit churches every day of the week to visit their small groups, youth groups, kids programs, Sunday schools, or special weekend or week night mission events. See, we love them all! Because it is here that we get to connect and partner with those God has called to equip us to go back to Australia.  Without all these amazing people holding us up and being our support we would not be able to minister in Perth, Australia.  We even like doing family game nights, or special outreach events. So, whatever your need, let us know and we will do our best to make ourselves available.  

If we are not booked in yet at your church please contact us by email at georgefamilyinaustralia@hotmail.com  

or 

phone at 716-498-1388.

God bless, 

Chris, Melissa, and family

October 2nd. New York State!!!!

Grandma and Papa George with Uncle Doug and the kids

We have safely arrived in the USA.. And, our kids are having so much fun realizing how different life is here from Australia. Chris and I grew up here so we don't always see all the differences. but, our car rides are anything but quiet.  The whole time we drive, we hear from the back seat...

- Did you see that?
- Wow!!! look at that HUGE truck!
- There are no fences here!
- Did you see that school bus?
- Look at all the trees with coloured (australian spelling!) leaves?

Grandma Wilday and Aunt Nicole with the kids

The list is non ending.. And, then the super market... our visit to TOPS.. was nothing short!  We entered the cereal aisle and, the kids were so overwhelmed. In Australia we have a short aisle of cereal. So, I can't wait till we go to Walmart... or Wegmans... or some other stores.   The kids are amazed by the cheap prices.... and the variety of food, and candy, and ice cream, and so many options to choose from.  Let's not forget.. the apple cider and the donuts!

Setpember 28th- Good bye's are always hard.

Today, we spent the day packing and finalizing things around our house.   It was not an easy day, but it was an exciting day.   It's always hard to think about leaving the people you have lived your daily lives with for the past 10 years.   We have seen people come to Christ, we have seen families healed, we have seen our church grow. We have seen people start to read their Bibles, and we have started to see so many good things.  Not because of us... But, because of what God is doing in Perth, Australia.  But, the reality is... We can't do what we do in Perth, Australia without the prayers and support of our sending churches! And, although, it is bitter sweet to leave.... It is amazing to think about the reality of us, getting to return to America and tell them all the AMAZING things God has done in the past 5 years. Because, we want to celebrate with all of you.. what God has been doing.  So, although, it is hard to leave.. We are also excited to return to the states and connect with each and every single one of you! Our faithful prayer and financial team!   But, before we boarded the plane we still had some serious and important business to do!

Makayla had asked a few months ago to get baptized.  And, it had been put off because it was winter and it was cold. But, one of the things she had mentioned to Chris and I was that she wanted to be baptized before we left Australia. Because, the Landsdale Wesleyan Church, was her church family. She had mentioned how amazing it would be to be baptized in the US with her real family. But, we told her it was her choice. And, in the end, she came to a very good place. And, that reality was that we now have Christians in Australia and they are "our" church.  There are  people who pour into her life, and she pours into other people's lives there (australia). And, she felt that if she were to get baptized. Australia is where it should happen. And, at her friend's house.

We gathered for an early church service at 3:00 and then headed up to where the baptism would be.   Afterwards it was a really special time. many photos were taken. and, then we headed back to the church to celebrate with dinner!  It was so special to see all the families that came to say good bye to us. And, even more special to hear some stories from people of the first time we had met, that we weren't even aware of!

After dinner. We headed back to our house, for a final "bag" weighing session just to make double sure each bag was under 50 pounds. And, then we received hugs, shared tears, and headed off to the airport.

When we arrived at the airport it was a final check-in and off to customs. After we cleared customs we all just kind of slumped in a chair until our plane loaded.

Makayla and I were still unwell.  We even had a few minutes to stop into the dr's office and grab an antibiotic on our way out! But, despite how tired, and emotionally exhausted we were, we knew that in less than 36 hours we would hug our parents which we hadn't seen in a long time and, our children would embrace their grandparents and their cousins!  This is a time that you look forward to, the whole time you are flying.  After all literally sitting on a plane for 24 hours is a LONG ride.  But, the hugs of family feel so AMAZING on the other side!

September 22nd-28th PACKING UP AND MOVING INTO STORAGE

This week we spent the entire week, packing up and moving our stuff and our belongings into the church office in our home for storage.  God has been opening doors and putting everyone where they needed to be at the exact moment.   We have all been unwell, Makayla needed two days off of school and Brayden also had two days off of school, but packing up continued on.   When I say that God had everyone right where he wanted them, that is an understatement.  

God has provided a beautiful mum with three children to rent our parsonage while we are away. And, also, God has provided an amazing College student to rent the granny flat attached to our house. Together we believe the bills for the parsonage will be covered while we are away. Chris and I did not know either of these people, but God put our friends in the right places at the right time to hear about them, and therefore we were able to give these people a great place to live.

While Chris is away God has provided a wonderful Pastor Lindsay Cameron to fill the pulpit at our church for the next 6 months. Please remember to pray for Pastor Lindsay as he connects the people of our community to the word of God on a weekly basis.

Also, please continue to pray for Mark and Dawnielle. They will be staying on in Australia while we are away to be the Family Ministry Coordinators. They will carry on our AWANA, and Youth, and Bible Studies.

When it comes time to pack up it is always hard sorting through stuff, and thinking what needs to be accessible and what doesn't to the church!  We were able to move a few shelving units of Church material to the church or to the Mattesons.  And, then we did seem to get all of our personal belongings into the office, and we did seem to get everything tidied and cleaned.   I had an amazing friend Amanda who came over and helped me on the Sunday to finish up the final touches and she also went back, and did my carpets and mopped the hardwood floors, so they would be clean too. Like, I said God just walked us through a great departure.  

September 17th-21st District Conference & Southern District Kids Camp

  On Wednesday we flew  five hours to participate in our district conference.   We flew in late, and as we got off the plane, we quickly remembered we were flying budget, as we walked off the plane onto the tar mac and then into a small metal shed to collect our luggage! We then took a taxi to kingsley where we will stay the next two nights.  Thursday we spent the day showing Mark Matteson around the city and visiting the Victoria Markets.     We took the train and trams into the heart of the city. The Victoria Markets take up an entire block and if an item was every sold or thought of being sold in Australia, you can probably buy it there at the Victoria Markets.   Every three meters there is a new vender and rain or sunshine, these people are out selling their items.   We did a bit of shopping, since we are going home to the US we thought we would buy some Christmas presents! So, that was fun.  
On friday morning we woke up early and loaded up the trailer with sound equipment, to help the conference staff. We then took the train into the city and helped everybody ramp up for the start of District Conference.   District Conference is such an amazing time because you get to see all that God is doing across the churches in our District.  The Southern District covers a huge area.  All of Western Australia South Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania.  This is a huge area. But, God has blessed us with pastors and lay people and churches who are spreading the word of God.   WE heard beautiful music by the "Upper Room" and "Sunraysia" Church.  It truly was a special weekend.  Some of the service was in Tongan and some in English. New pastors were ordained  and then business of course was handled!   Because of our tour in the US this year to raise support for 6 months, Chris has stepped down from the board, but others have stepped up to the call and we have an amazing group of leaders who are going to lead the district forward.  

Melissa ran a kids camp the entire time the conference was going.  It can be quite ovewhelming. It was 20 hours of curriculum planning in three days. But, she always has a blast ministering and pouring into the kids.  She carried her theme from our kids camp over and expanded on it. So, they journeyed on adventures in Candy land and learned how to live a sweet life in Jesus!





Buble Gum- Stick with Jesus
Fairy Floss (Cotton Candy)- Build your life on the Rock
Mint- Only Jesus can offer forgiveness.
Hard Candy-  Hard times will come, and we need to wait upon the Lord and seek him.
Sour Patches-  Use Kind loving, caring Words, not sour ones
Chocolate- We're all different and God made us different with different ingredients but we're all still sweet to him and each of us matter the same





The kid completed crafts and had all kind of fun.  The children also shared a song in the Sunday Service.
Before we left, the kids were already counting down how many days till we would see them again, and have another District Kids Camp Meeting.

AWANA Adventure CAMP September 13th-15th

AWANA Adventure Camp was an amazing time! We had so much fun, getting to know all the kids from our AWANA program out in the bush. We canoed, bush walked, swam, rode a flying fox (zipline), and we had so much fun outdoors. We spent time around a campfire, and learnt about how we need to "Stick with Jesus", wait for God in the hard times, and we talked about living a sweet life instead of a sour life.  We had such an amazing time!

Our group except Melissa (taking the photo!).  We had so much fun bleaching the shirts the kids had on. We took $2 shirts and laid an A on top and then sprayed with water and 1 teaspoon of bleach to made these super cool shirts. The kids LOVED them.  And, the bushwalking up massive hills, and giant rocks, was just so beautiful and amazing.  God has really made some beautiful country for us to explore in Australia

Home Ministries

Our family is coming home on September 28th! Our kids are super excited. The last time we did home ministries was in 2009.  So, our children don't really know what we will be getting ourselves into. But, we are so excited to travel our supporting churches and update them with what God has been doing here in Perth, Australia.   He has been changing people's lives, families lives,  and God is on the move here in Perth, Australia. So, we cannot wait to get our funds raised and then return to Perth, to continue ministering here.

The Matteson family (which arrived in July)  will be carrying on our work here in Perth, for the next 6 months.  We will still continue to Skype in and continue our district roles, while we are in the States.  Then, we will return to Perth, Australia in April 2015 once we have reached full support.   We are looking for about 20-25 new churches, as well as we hope to renew all of our current support.   We are so thankful to the 100 + people and churches who have stood by our side and continue to pray and support our family every day.

  Please do continue to send your support in while we are stateside, as we will still need to pay our bills in Australia, and also, now in the states while we travel.

Please email us at georgefamilyinaustralia@Hotmail.com to book a time for us to come visit your church.  We are available weekends, weekdays, and anytime you want us. At the moment, we are currently only booked on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th, of October. So, the rest of our schedule is completely open. Please book as soon as you can so, that you can have your preferred date!

Looking forward to catching up with you all,
Chris, Melissa and family

AGM'S and Zone business

Our district a year ago, split into zones, and Chris has been the  Zone coordinator for Western Australia for the last year.  Included in his job has been meeting with pastors, organizing camps, and over seeing the Wesleyan women, youth, kids, and men's ministries for the zone. Also, part of the job is to conduct the AGM's for the 3 other churches in WA.     We visited Peace Lake on Sunday the 24th of August,  Which was a very special time. Chris preached, and then we had their AGM. The service was conducted in English and also in Tongan.  

Then, last weekend  the 31st, we drove 5 hours to Albany, and then drove 2 hours to Katanning, and then 4 hours home and preached in both churches.

This past  week we conducted John Wesley's AGM and then drove home on father's day and had church at Landsdale.

I guess, where I was going with all of this is... It has been a great time for us to get our children into the routine, of doing lot's of driving on a Sunday.   Because, on September 29th, we will be arriving in the USA, to start fundraising to go back to Australia. We have just finished a five year term, in Australia and will be returning in April 2015 to Australia for another 4 years

The Georges

UPWARD

Upward Sports camp has been going amazing today..  Today was super busy as we settled 130 kids into their group. But,  God has used us to touch 130+ kids lives. God has been with every coach, and station leader, and we have had a really smooth start to camp. God has been holding our hands, giving us strength, and especially the courage we need to be bold about who Jesus is! Here are some pictures of what has been going on.   I want to share a special story though. Because, today we had a lady come in, and she said she drives through Landsdale every day but, today she for some reason she drove past the driveway to her house. And, the first place to turn around was in the car park. Now, when she saw all the children playing soccer and the girl cheerleading, she felt that deep inside she NEEDED to let her children attend. And, their family is Muslim. But, I believe that God had a plan for this family.   I hope that everyone on our UPWARD ministry team will make themselves open and ready to clearly share about how they have met Christ with the kids in their group this week.

Upward Sports Camp Preparation Day!

Today, the entire day was spent preparing for Upward Sports Camp which starts tomorrow! For the first time ever we had over 30 people come together and prepare for our ministry outreach event. We had a session where we all learned the safety and insurance procedures, and then the rest of the day learning how to connect and communicate with the kids.  Afterwards the cheer coaches and station leaders practiced for cheer camp, and then we spent the entire rest of the day putting together sports kits that each child would receive. We were incredibly blessed to have UPWARD, Eastern Hills, and the Landsdale Church come together and work as a team. UPWARD was able to provide us with amazing uniforms and drink bottle and pom poms. Then the coaches, station leaders, and team members were put together by Landsdale Community WMC and  the Eastern Hills Team from the USA. Inside the kids bags they received a drink bottle, a uniform, a bracelet, and the soccer players received socks and a soccer ball, while the cheerleaders received pom poms, and other girly things!   But, it was so amazing to stand together with a team that God had pulled together all the way from Buffallo, NY to Perth, Australia. And, all of us were working OUTSIDE of our comfort zone. Yet God was going to use us, to work in these 132 kids lives because we were willing to step out in faith and trust God to carry us through the upcoming week.  We were so proud of the Landsdale parents and youth that stepped up to help!  I know that God has amazing things in store for this week not only in the hearts of the kids who are going to join us, but also in the hearts of those who are going to help us!  I am so excited I can barely sleep!  Although, I am still up at 2:00am prepping for camp.  But, it just seems that there are so many things we could still be working on.  So, pray for Chris and I as we continue to work on everything and keep it all running smoothly.  May we be God's hands and feet this week!
Melissa
PS below are pictures of the teams and the bags we prepared.

Women's Retreat July 4th-6th

This past weekend was completely amazing. We had the Western Australia Wesleyan Women's  Zone Retreat.  I was completely exhausted as I had to pull a few sleepless nights to get everything together for the weekend, but I also couldn't have pulled it off with out Eastern Hills Wesleyan Church from Clarence, NY. I can't give enough praise to God for supplying a missions team to come help us here in Western Australia! It was extra special because I had lot's of extra help this year, so we were able to give the Wesleyan Women's committee of Western Australia a break, and they were able to sit back and enjoy the weekend. The theme for the weekend was "freedom in Christ."  It was truly special in every way because.
1) We had the most women ever attend from the Landsdale Church
2) We were able to grow in Christ
3) we were able to meet new people and grow new relationships
4) God used every women on the team from Eastern Hills to connect with someone this weekend.

It was truly remarkable. Even I felt as if God was refreshing me and speaking to my heart.

Below are a few pics from the amazing weekend. Thanks again, to everyone who helped make it a success!

Matteson's have arrived!

The Matteson's have arrived in Perth, Australia!   We are so excited that they are going to be here in time for UPWARD sports camp! We can't wait to partner with them and we can't wait to see what God is going to do through their amazing family.
Pray for them as they

• Settle in to School
• Meet new friends
• Build relationships
• Start small group studies
• Help at UPWARD this week

We are so thankful to God for bringing this team to us.  They even had God with them down to the last moment's of arriving in Perth. As, there was a storm that came through and a lot of planes were delayed coming out of the airport they were at, but for some reason their plane was allowed to go, and they had a completely smooth trip to Australia.

The American Team has arrived!!!

Today is a day our children incredibly enjoy! Tonight we picked up the American team! They are here to support our Upwards Soccer/Cheer camp and also our Zone Women's Retreat. We are so excited to meet this team that God has called to partner with us here in Australia for the next 14 days and are super grateful to the Eastern Hills Wesleyan Church from Clarence, Ny for sending them our way!   We are extremely looking forward to what God is going to do through them.

Permanent Residency

Today is the day we have been waiting for!!! We have been granted Permanent Residency in Australia. Thank you for your prayers. It has been a long 4 years of working to achieve this goal! And  we are just amazed at how God uses us to bring people to Him in Australia! And that God had blessed us with this honour and privilege. We are blessed!

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!!