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
enjoying quiet time at home,time at any local park we can
find that is walking distance and doing lots of inside activities
(it is hard having long summer holidays in winter!).
Being home has reminded us of how much we LOVE this country! What an amazing place we call
home, we are so grateful to be here for a short season, it has been so amazing catching up with
family and friends! We have loved seeing people and have been seriously blessed by people's
generosity towards us, thank you.
There is no doubt in our mind that God is calling us to return to BSSM for a second year. We strongly
believe that he has so much more for us at the school that will set us up for our future - whatever
that may hold. There is no way however that returning is going to happen without a huge miracle, we
are at a place where we have no funds and no physical way possible that we can make the money
we need in this time we are home, however we serve a really big God!
Would you pray with us for financial favor, for creative solutions for support and ways to make money.
Pray that we hear God's voice clearer than ever to know where he is guiding and leading. We have a
very important deadline next Tuesday would you pray that we meet this?
We have appreciated when we catch up with people hearing that they have been praying for us while
we have been gone, it has encouraged us greatly to know that we have the support of our family and
friends back home.
We would love to hear from you so drop is an email at dehaasfamilyadventures@gmail.com and say
'Hi, give us a prophetic word or let us know how we can pray for you!

Much love and blessings Elle, Chris, Charlee and Declan 💕

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