27th of September Praises and Prayer Requests

Prayer Requests Pray for Melissa as she mentors another GP missionary in NZ. Pray for WA Kids Camp coming up. Pray for the Carols in the Park on Friday December 13th Pray for our children as they are really exhausted and Brayden has been unwell witha cough. Pray for Chris as he starts to oversee the WA zone of churches and give leadership to the pastors Pray for our New DS Phil Hotchkin Pray for the parsonage to be finished without any more breakins.

Praises Missionary Spiritual retreat was amazing for our family in so many ways! God has refuelled us! District Conference was uplifting and there was a huge sense of unity this year. Kids Camp was a success and they were really excited to learn about God and grow! A DS was successfully found for our district September 6th we had a very good response from dads to the movie courageous. 39 kids gave their life to Christ at soccer cheer camp! The parsonage building is continuing to move forward. We are now at lock up and are starting to have internal work done such as cabinets, painting, plumbing, etc.

Parsonage -Robbed!

Today, Monday the 23th. We woke with only three hours of sleep, super excited to go have a final meeting without builders! This meeting was  for where all the tiles were going to go in the bathrooms, as all the sinks, tubs, etc. had been installed.  When we arrived though, a forensic team was at our new home.  And, we had been broken into! It is very sad and frustrating and it will delay our house being finished!  They even tried to steal the tub! That ha already been cemented to the floor!   Not only did the break into our house but 7 others on the street!  So, please pray that our builders would be able to quickly get our house back up to shape! They think we will have the keys within he next 5 weeks!  So, that is very exciting.  Please pray for Chris and I as we sort out carpet, and the painter, or if we paint ourselves, and the landscaper and all those things now that have to be finalized for the house.   There are so many details to be taking care of and we are getting closer and closer to a really busy time in our lives with the church.   but, God gave me a passage out of Matthew chapter 6. And, reminded me we need not worry!

Finally Home!

We arrived home this morning on the 23rd at 3:00 am.    We did finally depart Melbourne, but the wind and rain was unbelievable.  We were on a plane that seated about 200 people. But, it was by far the craziest landing we have ever had!  The Plane came in for a landing and was tuning side to side, and then it just dropped onto the runway.  I would say we had a very good pilot.   When the plane came to a stop it was literally moving side to side from the wind.  They unloaded one row at a time to walk down the stairs because it was so windy, you were blown against the railings as you were stepping off the plane and the wind just took your breathe away.  We are so glad to be home in Perth.

We had such an amazing time while we were away with Global Partners.  God blessed us in so many ways through the messages that were brought and through the worship.  We are truly blessed to be a part of the Global Partners Tribe! but, our area director and pastors and director and all those people spend so much time just pouring into us and refilling our spiritual and mental, and physical tanks!  We truly were blessed and very message felt like it was written just for us... God just used the GP directors to minister to us.

We were wit the Freemans, Floyds, Connor's, Jacksons, Amber Livermore, and Curtis Willaims.  What an amazing group. .Non of us missionaries had ever met each other before and we all work in the South Pacific!

While we were trying to leave Cairns (where our spiritual retreat was...) to get to district conference , we had dramas with our flight, it was cancelled due to a sick stewardess.  And, then Chris and the kids ended up missing conference all together.  I ended up hopping on another flight to get to Melbourne and was able to run the kids program.  But, I arrived 8 hours late.  I was still there for day 2 and 3 though.  God new where we all needed to be.   And, Chris got to spend a bit more time with the kids... 

So, very glad to be home... Such a relief to be sleeping in our own beds. :)

Flights

Kids and Chris finally made it to Melbourne last yesterday afternoon. Now, we are trying to fly home to Perth and have had many delays and now strings winds. Pray that we will fly straight to Perth without being deferred.

Kids Camp/ Conference

The Kids theme for Kids Camp in Melbourne was Promise Island. We had a great time, learning that God is with us, he hears, He gives us what we need, and He loves, and He cares about us.  It was a great time with a great group of kids.    Here is a picture of some of them. :) I have a lot of work ahead of me this year and so does Chris! I am now the children's coordinator for the district and I have a big job of trying to see every church have a children's ministry/ family ministries. And, Chris is now the zone coordinator. We hope to mentor people, and train people up for these jobs within the next year.

 

Pray for Chris and the children to get to Melbourne.

This week we were in cairns for spiritual renewing retreat with global partners. It was amazing for us to be refuelled spiritually. When we went to get on the plane though to go to district conference it was cancelled. And the next flight wasn't until Saturday at 10 am. Please pray that chis will be alright flying with the children all on his own. I was able to catch a flight this evening so that I was able to run the children's program.  God has been watching over us! Thank you for your prayers.

Praises and prayer requests

• Pray for our children as we take them with us the next 10 days and we will be juggling work and kids. Help them to have a great time and feel like they have had a vacation.
• Pray for Chris and our district as he leads the committee to find a new DS .
• Pray for Melissa as she directs kids camp in melbourne
• Pray for us to have safe travels the next 10 days we are away working in cairns and Melbourne.
• Pray for our children as we take them with us the next 10 days and we will be juggling work and kids. Help them to have a great time and feel like they have had a vacation.
• Pray for Chris and our district as he leads the committee to find a new DS .
• Pray for Melissa as she directs kids camp in melbourne
• Pray for us to have safe travels the next 10 days we are away working in cairns and Melbourne.

Praises

• Dawson got first place for the long throw, second place in the long jump, and Makayla got 4 th in the long throw at the school sports carnival.
• September 6th we had a very good response from dads to the movie courageous.
• 39 kids gave their life to Christ at soccer cheer camp!
• The parsonage building is continuing to move forward. We are now at lock up and are starting to have internal work done such as cabinets, painting, plumbing, etc.

South Pacific missionary conference

Yesterday we flew to Melbourne with our three children and then tomorrow morning early we will fly north 3 hours into cairns where we will be meeting up with global partners staff for a week of training. In the 9 years we have been on the field, this has never happened before! We are looking forward to some spiritual feeding as well as a catch up on global partner procedures.    Pray for us that god would speak to our hearts and renew our strength.  On the way home from missionary training we are stopping in Melbourne for district conference and Melissa is running a kids camp. Pray that it would all go well.  We are looking for a new DS and  pray for Melissa as she ministers to the children.

Church Parsonage- windows!!!

The church parsonage is advancing  in it's progress. We will hopefully by the end of the week be at official "lock-up!" This means no more entry into the house for us. but, it also means that they can now start interior work like cupboards, tiling, and electrical work.   The front has been rendered, which means you can't see the bricks anymore, and it is truly starting to look like a home.   We hope to be moving in by mid November or early December.