G’day Praying Partners:
“Trust in the Lord with
all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways
acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6. Very familiar
verses, I’m sure, but ones that have become our best friends over the last week
or so. There is something so comforting about the idea of God “making our paths
straight”. Our family is struggling right now on a couple of fronts and these
verses keep coming up over and over again. I shared with Rob how God was
impressing these verses on my heart; he
just smiled and told me to wait until Sunday – God was also using them in the
message! There isn’t anything specific that I can share, but I am asking you to
pray – for wisdom and guidance and for God to be glorified through it all.
We are gearing up to
begin our ladies and men’s bible studies. Prayerfully we will be starting the
end of this month. Pray that God would bring our church family out to study His
word together. It’s been a tough year for some of our faithful members and it’s
beginning to take its toll on them. We are praying for a time of refreshment
for all of us.
Three weeks ago we had a
university student show up at church. She is from Colombia and here
studying. The next week she brought her flat mate with her. They take a
train and bus to get to us and the trip is about an hour each way! Their
English is not very good, but she has shared she comes from a church
background. Pray for them as we seek to minister to their needs – physical as
well as spiritual. Our church
family is always so friendly and welcoming – we are blessed to watch them
welcome new people into our small congregation.
This Wednesday we will
begin full on planning for our mini show in September. Thank you for the
individuals who volunteered to ship our Oriental Trading stuff to us – we
appreciate it so much! God will use it to see seeds of the gospel sown in so
many lives. We are working on an archaeological theme – possibly “Digging for
the Truth”, or something along those lines. There’s lots of work to do – our
primary goal is to see the gospel clearly presented and God glorified! Please pray with us that God would bring kids
from all walks of life – and their parents – to hear the gospel message.
We just had 2 weeks of
school holidays so we are back at school this week. Our prayer is always that we would demonstrate God’s love
in practical ways. Please pray for us as we are at the school – that we would
show God’s love to people that so desperately need it.
Our prayer for you is
that you, too, would trust in the Lord with ALL your heart, don’t try to figure
things out yourself, pursue after Him in all you do – then allow God to make
those seemingly crooked paths straight before you! The path isn’t always easy,
and there may be many bumps and bruises along the way, but we can be confident
that when we stay on it, it leads straight to His glory!
Shining the Light Down
Under,
Rob, Jackie, Stefanie and
Tori
