Easter Funtastic...PLEASE PRAY.....

9:30-11:30 AM Saturday morning, April 4th (your Friday night), is our Easter Funtastic Outreach.  This is a free event put on by our church and being held at the local public school!

Please pray:

 1. Hundreds of unchurched people will attend 

2. The Story of Easter will be clear 

3. A Funtastic time will be had by all

 4. God will be glorified all over the place. 

 

Three local public elementary schools have passed out our fliers to almost a thousand children. This event will have jugglers, face painters, balloon animals, circus tricks, a Ventriloquist sharing the Story of Easter and a lot more. The weather is too be 82 degrees! We will also be inviting people to our Easter services.

What will God do? We will let you know!

Wilson gets Baptized...

March 29th was a very exciting time at church. We had 9 people get baptized this Sunday!  Praise the Lord.  Listening to their testimonies was so encouraging.  

One of those people who got baptized was Wilson.  He is the man we asked you to pray for about being discipled.  He recently moved to Australia from Brazil with his wife and young child. After visiting our church one Sunday, He and his wife accepted Christ as their personal Savior. 

Well, he was the last to get baptized that day. He gave his testimony about how life had been good for him...easy...no worries...and how prideful he was because of his success in work, athletics & other things.  He thanked the Lord for breaking down the wall of pride in his life and showing him his sin and his need for a Savior.  He was in tears and so were most of us listening to him... very moving.  Well, here is a photo of Wilson. The joy on his face when he comes out of the water says it all! ( that is his little boy, Daniel, behind him watching and holding his towel for him)

Lori's Dad visits Australia!

Lori's dad arrived in Sydney, Australia Feb 6th.  Just in time for their big heat wave (over 1oo degrees). He traveled around Sydney, to Hobart (Tasmania) and arrived in Perth, Feb 11th.  It was a very exciting time for the children to see their "Pop Pop" since we haven't seen him for 2 years.  We celebrated his birthday and Lori guided him around the Perth area during the days while the kids were in school.  We look forward to Pop Pop coming back to visit again soon!!!

First Day of School

Feb. 3rd was the first day of the school year for Western Australia.  The public school children all wear school uniforms. The kids were so excited for school to start and to wear their new sneakers! This was officially Mikah's first day in public school, too! She is in the Kindy program 2 full days a week. 

Australia Day- January 26th

Australia Day is very much like our 4th of July ...bbq's, family time, parades & fireworks. Here is a definition of Australia Day for those of you who like more history....

Australia Day, also known as Anniversary Day and Foundation Day^[1], is the official national day of Australia. Celebrated annually on 26 January, the day commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, the unfurling of the British flag at Sydney Cove and the proclamation of British sovereignty over the eastern seaboard of Australia.

Australia Day is an official public holiday in every state and territory of Australia, and is marked by the Order of Australia andAustralian of the Year awards, along with an address from the Prime Minister.

Records of the celebration of Australia Day date back to 1808, with Governor Lachlan Macquarie having held the first official celebration of Australia Day in 1818. In 2004, an estimated 7.5 million people attended Australia Day celebrations and functions across the country.

Australia Day is seen as controversial by some historians. Alongside proposals to change the date of Australia Day, there have been significant protests from the Indigenous Australian community. Many Indigenous Australians see Australia Day as a celebration of the destruction of Indigenous culture by British colonialism. Since 1988, "Invasion Day" protests have been held supporting this view. In light of these concerns, proposals to change the date of Australia Day to other dates have been made.