The Land Down Under

Sorry I haven't posted already. We've been in Australia for two days now. I plan to being daily posts about what we do as soon as we get back from camp. This whole week we will be at Teen Camp and I don't believe I will have internet access. I might, but I'm not sure. If I do, you will see a whole lot more posts about daily happenings, if I do not, you won't hear from us until Friday.

As far as our trip goes, we had the best trip you could ask for. Absolutely no problems. All of our bags arrived and all of our flights were early. We did not have to rush to make any connection. I thank you for your prayers on that matter. God is good and we know He helped make our trip as stress free as possible.

When we arrived, Steven Maldoff wasn't even there to pick us up yet because "the Mildura flight never arrives early!" he said. But wouldn't you know, there is always a first time for everything, we left and arrived five minutes earlier than scheduled. Luckily, he arrived before we collected all of our bags so we weren't waiting long.

It was great to see the Maldoffs, Steven and Christy haven't changed a bit, but all three of their girls grew at least a foot (I may be exaggerating. But their oldest daughter is now taller than Amy and she's 10 years younger!)

We had Australian sausages and chips (French Fries, but so much better than fries it is hard to explain, you just have to have some) for tea, which is their more common term for dinner. I remembered how much I missed Australian food. I hate American sausages. I can't stand them. Yet, there is something about the Aussie sausages that I love. It was a great first meal.

The next morning in church we had a great time seeing old friends and meeting A LOT of new ones. As a matter of fact, most of the people we knew were out of town on holiday and won't be back until next week! It felt like going to a brand new church. Since we have been here, the church has more than doubled in size and the ministry is going exceptionally well.

This morning we leave for Teen Camp. It's about 5-6 hours away from Mildura, so we'll be on the road for the most part of the morning and afternoon. Camp is always a great time for teens to pull themselves away from the influences of the world and focus on Jesus Christ. This week, will you pray with us for teens to make decisions either for salvation or dedication to Christ?