Back to NZ

Project is over, I myself am already missing the fellowship of Summer Beach Project, and now realise how much wonderful community we had there!

I have learnt and been challenged personally about what life Jesus calls me to live.  I am exited to know that he is with me in whatever I do, and that He is faithful!  Uni Impact did so well this beach project, and key characters like Grant, Richard, Matt and Dan helped us all so much by being personal and real and challenging us beyond our comfort.

The outreach was my favourite part.  Seeing how the lost were keen to hear the message of Christ and to think about it, or read more about it was very encouraging.  It is great to suffer our own comfort to do the work of God, and it is such a great food! (John 4v34)  Me and Gary found it a challenge to go to the skatepark to talk to the youth there, and to be a presence.  As dorky as we felt, it was a great experience for us, and the burden for lost souls has only grown more.  We shared with Jesse, Lawrence, Mark, and Clyde, and if anyone is reading this thing, please pray for these guys that they would read more and hunger to 'taste and see that the Lord is good' - Psalm 34v8


Was back home after Church the other night, thinking how am I going to apply this and really struggling, but saw a man sitting alone.  Talked to him about this and that and then He said he didn't know anyone.. Shared with Him 2 ways to live (Evangelical tract from SBP) and He was delighted to hear the hope that God offers, and was challenged to continue to search and find out more about God through his Word.  God certainly rebuked my thoughts and I am delighted that He taught me that night that there is much application in New Zealand for our learning time over in SBP.

Thanks to everyone who has been praying for us.  Your prayers have been effective, as God has been working so much so in our hearts and minds.

Yours in the family of Christ,

Chris


 

Pistol pete

Hey everyone! It is now the third Saturday of project, we are well and truly on the home stretch. Personally, so far it has been quite beneficial for me. I have enjoyed the bible study training and the great commission training, and I have found them to be very helpful for me. They have helped me to discover there is a lot in God's word that you can uncover if you spend a bit more time unpacking it. I have also been excited to do my best to carry out Jesus' mission for my life. As well as being excited, I have also been challenged by the project. I am discovering things about myself and my life that need to be different. By God's grace he may help me. Today we had (for most of us) our first outreach afternoon. This was good for me, although in our small group we did not get to the stage of actually sharing the gospel with any that we talked to, but many groups did. I spent most of the time praying for the conversations, and I am sure that God will plant and grow seeds of his love in them.

Pete

Day off on project

So here we in coolum. Third week, and it's our day off. the only thing planned event for the day is themed room dinners. Our rooms theme is hero/villains. So this afternoon has had me sorting out my forest ninja character which can't decide if it's hero or villain. Mostly everybody else went off to Noosa so the few people left behind had a really good quiet time and lots of space. Anyway the rest of the week we are are having bible study and great commission training. All of what we are learning seems to be valuable. Being here for the month is like being in a safe wee bubble so I pray that when we get back to NZ that we may be able to apply it to our everyday lives.

Rach :)

Thailand team and serving the community

Already into February and week three of SBP or Spag Bol Project (guess what we've been eating). Today almost all of us went out to serve in the community, doing yard work, cleaning and even helping to build a shed. This came rather conveniently after an inspiring talk on the value of hard work this morning...
Gary and Chris stayed behind to share with people at the skate park the awesome news of Christ. Two groups were pretty interested and were keen to know more so we can be praying for them, and that God opens up more opportunities like that.
Today we were joined by three Thai girls and an American missionary who are going to give us a talk tonight about missions in Thailand. Combine that with the biography of inspirational missionaries we're studying and the fact that our dollar might actually be worth something in a developing country and overseas missions are starting to look pretty attractive!
Please continue to pray for us as we strive to become consumed by a passion for Jesus. There's been a bit of sickness going around and I know I'm feeling pretty tired so we do need your support.
Bible study training and Great Commission training are going great but learning 11 verses of Hebrews off by heart this week will be a bit of a challenge!
SBP has been amazing so far and all of us Kiwis are so thankful that we've been given this privilege to come and learn so much.
Thanks again to everyone supporting us.
Your's growing in Christ,
Geoff V.