New Life

Floriade Festival in Canberra
Each year in September, the nation’s capital puts on one of the most beautiful flower shows we’ve ever seen. Thousands upon thousands of gorgeous tulips are displayed in very beautiful and creative ways. The event is called Floriade. It is a mustsee if you’re visiting us this time of year. It is such a demonstration of God’s amazing handiwork. And, it is a wonderful reminder of the hope that lies within us. For many Australians, a true relationship with Jesus Christ is like the tulip bulbs before they are planted with no life in them. But, if they are planted at the right time, they will eventually produce flowers which are nothing short of being very beautiful and glorious. Our mission field is much the same. We see so many people out in our community without that blessed hope. They try to fill their lives with many things and keep a very active schedule but they don’t have that true peace in their hearts that comes from a relationship with Jesus Christ. Please pray with us as the days grow warmer here and tthe signs of spring appear all around us that we can share the new life in Jesus Christ. This Sunday we will be celebrating Father’s Day here. We hope to have some new people with us as we celebrate our fathers. Then the following Sunday, the 12th of September we will be celebrating our church’s four-year anniversary. It’s hard to believe that we have been here four years. We are so very thankful for the faithful core of people that have been with us since the very beginning. Sadly, we have lost several of our faithful people due to job, school and family commitments in other parts of the country. The anniversary theme will be “Many Hands, One Heart.” We will be celebrating how God has brought our people from many different cultures into our church to serve Him with one heart. Pray that this will also be a great outreach to our community as we plan to invite our friends and neighbors to this event. Also, pray for Valerie as she will be teaching nine Scripture classes in the public school this month to over 250 young children and their teachers. Thank you!

Lights, Camera, Action
We are working hard on producing a DVD for you to show your church. We got a little behind after Valerie’s foot surgery and a case of the flu this past month. We hope to finish filming and production soon. Then we will send the DVD off to be reproduced and mailed out to you. We hope that you will enjoy seeing the great and mighty things the Lord has done in the past few years and our future plans for the work here. You may want to use it in an upcoming missions conference or for a missions emphasis night.