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We're planning for missions trips again!

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Hello, A huge part of our school year is Missions trips and in 2nd year we are also blessed to have the opportunity to go on Ministry trips as well. This year we are staying close to home but are so excited about the opportunity to be a part of a tent revival in Stockton, California. Stockton is about 2hrs south from Redding and is a community in great need of the love of Jesus!  On a mission trip or main priority is evangelism. So our trip will be focused around loving on the people of Stockton. We will do this through handing out food parcels, street evangelism and culminating in night time tent revival services. We are on a small team of 20 people and we will be the first team of 5 to head down and start the ministry. We are so excited about this opportunity and what we will learn and how we will see God move over the course of the 3 days. This opportunity will give us a chance to see how revival can hit a city when we just come to love on people,...
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It's been too long

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Hello! Wow, how did we get to the end of October already? We have been so flat out since our last blog it has been tough to get time to write to you all. our home from the street. Great news, we found a home to live in! It was such a blessing from God and we can really see his hand on the whole process. We so appreciate those who financially assisted us to get into a home it really means the world to us! This home is such a blessing for the family and it is in an incredible location so close to all the buildings we have to get to for school!  God lined up a student to share our home with. It has been such a blessing and he is adding so much value to our home and family. The kids absolutely love Drew and we love having him around. He is also a 2nd year student at BSSM. He is from South Carolina and so we are navigating explaining the Australian way to him but he seems to be getting it!  The friday after we moved in we were off to Chico YWAM base on our retreat...
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A quick update

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Hello! We just wanted to quickly drop by and give an update on what's been happening since our last post. We have started our 2nd year of BSSM! It's been an incredible week, already learning and absorbing so much! We are absolutely convinced that God has us here for this time and this year, it's so exciting! Praise God Chris's tuition is fully paid off!! Thank you so much if you sowed into that, we bless you in return. We moved out of our original home that we had moved into. We are staying with some beautiful friends while we continue to search for a new place. It has proved very difficult in our circumstances to rent and sign a lease. It's complicated but let's just say the US is different to Australia and when you are not allowed to work while you are here it can be hard to prove how you will pay your rent. We have had some incredible offers from people however there always seems to be a hurdle we can't get over. So please continue to pray for...
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Hello from Redding, California!!!

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Hello and blessings to you all. We pray that you are well and surviving the last of the cold winter! We are here in Redding safe and sound. It has been a tough 10 days though and we can by no means see the end in sight. Let me explain a little.  Firstly if you have contacted us on an individual level and not recieved a response we apologise, as you will see it has been very difficult to be in contact with anyone. We knew it was going to be a tougher transition than last year but we never thought it would be like this! After arriving at 1am in the morning I (Elle) came down with a tummy bug the rest of the family had just gotten over in time to fly the day before. It wiped me out for a few days, a few very important days. We had a mountain of things to do which was impossible for just Chris and so we got behind! Everything just seemed so huge. We eventually got the keys to our new place, found a fridge and some beds for the kids and so we moved in. A couple of days late...
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An update on our 5 mile walk......

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5 days to go! In 5 days time we will complete our 5 mile walk through Mount Barker. We are are looking forward to this time, it's not a difficult walk but a very important one in our view. God has an incredible plan for Mt Barker and as it is shaping up to be the secomd biggest city in South Australia it really is ripe for the harvest!  We have had a few people ask where and when we'll be walking. We will be leaving the Wetlands carpark on Bald Hills road Mt Barker at 10:30am on Saturday the 11th August (this Saturday!) and walking the Linear trail to Kay Rd and back to the Wetlands carpark. If you would like to walk and pray with us we would love to have you along use the email link and let us know!  If you have a prayer request or something on your heart for God to do in the Mt Barker area please drop us an  email here . It's not too late to donate you can follow this link to support our BSSM 2nd year tuition!  Go fund me - 5 mile walk for ministry sc...
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Here we go.....again!

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We are so excited to announce that mid next month we are heading back to Redding California to be part of Second year of Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry! The first year was a beautiful roller coaster of adventure. It stretched us, molded us, challenged us and changed us. Most importantly,it lead us deeper into the heart of Jesus. We learned that He is truly good, loves us abundantly and never leaves or forsakes us.  The first year of the program was a lot about personal transformation (learning to lead ourselves) but this second year will be more about learning how to take what we gained and creating a culture or atmosphere that brings this to our sphere of influence (learning to lead others). Second year is set up very differently to first year. There are a lot more electives we can choose from. This means we can personalise our program to match areas that we feel we need to grow in/develop, to springboard into future life and ministry. Charlee and Declan are...
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Home......for now!

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Note the gum trees in the background - proving we are actually here! We're back in Australia!!! Wow, what a whirlwind the last couple months have been. Packing up our unit in Redding and then picking up the kids from school on their last day, travelling to the airport and flying home! We arrived in Melbourne on Declan's 8th birthday and after I told the crew it was his birthday they went all out and made a big fuss of him! He was invited into the cockpit and the Captain showed him around the hundreds of dials and buttons! They also announced his birthday on the decent into Melbourne and gave him a card signed by the whole crew, a birthday for him to remember forever! We have been blessed to stay with some absolutely gorgeous ladies from our Church who have opened their homes to us for however long we need! We are so grateful for their kindness! Chris has been working casually at the RAH nursing to support us while were home, Elle and the kids have been e...
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