MOVING FORWARD
Monday, 12 December 2011
Surf Team At Bondi Beach
Our sister Abby Came to Visit!!
Isaiah 43:1-3
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the LORD your God.
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Ministry:
-New Rahab Ministry.
-Cyber Bullying Seminar.
-Continued discipleship for the young people who have made decisions to follow Jesus.
-Refreshing Christmas Holidays.
Finances:
-We are currently doing a 3 day Support Raising Seminar. We are hoping to continue to grow not only in receiving support but also how we use what we have been given.
-Annual Car Insurance & Registrations ($950)
-Food & Accommodation Fees.
-Some spending money for our holidays. We have been blessed with a trip to stay with Daniel’s family in New Zealand over Christmas.
-SOIYM: Because this is Daniel’s first time running this school he is needing to earn the accreditation himself. (approx. $400)
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Check out last month’s update!
Last month we ran a camp called 5 Day Escape & it was amazing! 40 teens came and we spent a week up in the Gold Coast (about 10 hours north of Newcastle). The days were spent with full on activities, sports, wake boarding, tubing, a theme park & massive shopping malls..................
A New Ministry!
Early next year I am going to be starting a new ministry at our base called ‘Rahab’. In our state & most of Australia prostitution & brothels are completely legal. There are about 100 legally operating brothels in our area & it is a big industry here. This means plenty of opportunity to share God's love with girls that desperately need it. Rahab started about 6 years ago, it has been going at a few other bases, and is expanding throughout Australia. We will be weekly visiting a few of the local brothels, bringing gifts such as flowers, candy, chocolate, jewellery etc. to the girls working in them & just blessing them. Because prostitution is legal here there is a wide open door to be able to share the gospel & speak value & identity to the girls. I know this will be a journey of prayer & relationship but I expect God will do amazing things through this ministry & we will see transformed lives! Please be praying for the lead up & everything that goes in to starting this. We will be getting a week of training before it begins by the women who started the ministry early next year & will start with just a few brothels and see how God leads us.
Finishing SOIYM!
It is hard to believe nearly 6 months have gone by since I launched our first ever School of Innovative Youth Ministry. It has been an incredible experience having this focussed time to dive more into youth culture & the issues facing this current generation. Plus to have the opportunity to straight away apply it & see fruit through Youth Street has been unreal. Since the start we have seen the number of youth attending nearly double! Plus we have begun work on a brand new seminar we will be pitching to run in high schools to address cyber bullying. (Click Here for a chilling reminder of why we do what we do.) Please pray for us as we wrap up this final week & look to how we can continue to apply what we have learned.
Youth Street
As I mentioned above having the SOIYM running this past quarter alongside Youth Street has been an exciting time. We have been so blessed with real fruit week in & week out. I don’t think a week has gone by where there wasn’t a story of a young person giving their lives to Jesus or even hearing about him for the first time! As you may know Jess is now leading our YS Surf Team & recently took the team for a day trip to Bondi beach in Sydney. On that night one of the girls who came gave her life to Jesus! Also recently I spoke at our night event called Youth Street Live. I spoke from Luke 19 about Zacchaeus & how he completely changed his life around after having Jesus into his home. As I spoke I had my Twitter up on the screen posting everything I said & then challenged them to not only change their lives around at Youth Street but also in their schools & on Facebook! This is something a lot of young people today are struggling with & I was stoked on the response.
Thanks so much for reading & we hope you have a very Merry Christmas!!!
Daniel Speaking At Youth Street Live
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Check out Daniel’s new blog!
If I were to nail down one main thing that I have been challenged & inspired in my walk with God this year it would simply be 'The Bible'. Some of you may have read a blog I wrote at the beginning of the year about reading the whole bible in 2011.........
