G’day Praying Partners:
I realise that I missed an October update! We enjoyed celebrating our
35th anniversary in the city. Then, we were able to take a few days
off and visit Queensland – it’s our first time being there. We had several
people tell us it would remind us of Florida, and it did a little bit. It was
nice just to enjoy the warm weather. Our goal is to visit all the
states/territories in Australia – a much easier task to accomplish here than in
the U.S. With Queensland we have 5 ticked off.
This past weekend we enjoyed family camp. We had
such a wonderful time of fellowship together. There is nothing better than a
weekend away to get to know someone. We were gone from Friday night to Sunday
afternoon. The weather was perfect and God provided some wonderful
opportunities for us to encourage one another.
We are looking forward to Christmas. ALL of our kids will be in
Australia with us – and our grandkids! It will be the first time in our almost
12 years in Australia that we will all be together in Australia for Christmas.
Our son, daughter-in-law and grandson have never been here. Our granddaughter
was here with Jackie’s mum 5 years ago. Tori is coming for her school holidays.
We are SO excited!! Please be in prayer for safety as they travel and a
wonderful time together.
In other emails we’ve asked you to pray for Milos – he’s the young
adult who received Christ on Easter. Rob has been discipling him for a couple
of months. Last week he was cleaning his motorbike and got his hand caught in
it, amputating 2 of his fingers and breaking/cutting the others. The doctors
have reattached the fingers, which is good. There are other surgeries ahead
plus physio – we would ask you to keep him in your prayers. His family is not
believers; we are praying that God would use this to show Christ to them. Pray
for Milos, it’s a lot for a young believer to deal with.
We will be celebrating Thanksgiving with some friends on the 28th.
I always love this time of year that reminds us to focus on all that God has
done for us. I was reading in Psalm 100 and verse 4 seems perfect for the
celebration: Enter into his gates with
thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless
his name. We hope that you will take the time to count your many blessings,
name them one by one, and remember what God has done for you!
Shining the Light Down Under,
Rob and Jackie
