General Update

Since our last blog, we have been rewriting the scripts we had prepared for Borroloola people to look at and help us refine them. After our working with the scripts we prepared, we realized they needed an overhaul to make them easier to use. Hence, nothing exciting on that front, just sitting in front of a computer with a dozen commentaries and different Bible versions scattered around the desk.

As well as that, we have been trying to get our shed ready for our NT visitors. Dennis & Jarrod have been working on a mezzanine  floor in the shed. This has been hard work. Dennis can only do limited amounts due to his back. If he spends on full day working on the shed, then he needs 2-3 days to recuperate from this. Normally he can just spend a couple of hours each day.  Jarrod is working night shift, so we are limited in how much work can be done. Glenys is delegated to helping with a lift, or a 'hold this, will you' and sanding and painting.

Once again, we are scouring Gumtree for second hand materials, or cheap items to use to build the mezzanine. The steel was new, and the flooring. The walls are being lined with the ceiling from our old shed. The insulation was free on Gumtree. The attic stairs came from Sydney. Dennis is able to pick those things up when he goes to the GRN office.

So while we are working hard, it is slow and often frustrating that we cannot just get the jobs done and finished. But we are doing the best we can as time and money come available.

We are off to Tea Gardens to spend time with the Anglican Church. The caravan is going to show the people how God provides, and how we have set it up to use for ministry. That will be a nice break. Dennis is taking the van down in the morning on Friday, and Glenys and the girls will come down when they finish school in the afternoon.

Dennis is off to Sydney on Wednesday. He will be helping with recording some languages. He will be recording in the studio. This is very different to recording on the field. He will also be shown how to use the new whizz bang recorders GRN has purchased to update the old machines they have now.
Sorry I don't have a photo of them.  Hopefully we will have some soon.

We would really value your prayers for our family and for the work in Borroloola. It seems that when God is working, the evil one steps up his game as well. Without giving a lot of details, we would value prayers for safety, God's hand to prevail, for believers to remain strong, and that evil may be restrained.

It is great that our God knows the need, and we can petition him and he knows best how to answer these prayers.