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Engage Highlight! Our youth group Engage finished off a series in 2 Timothy on the importance of guarding the gospel as we receive it, but also needing to be ones who pass it on like a baton!  After finishing, we’ve moved onto a new training series called ‘Building Blocks’ consisting of topics that build onContinue reading “Victor’s August 2021 Update”

Helen and I celebrated our 3-year wedding anniversary this month. We took a week off together to go on walks, eat fancy cheese, plan activities for each another, and to reflect on God’s goodness in our marriage. This was my first proper break since starting MTS, and surprisingly, it was actually good for me to mentallyContinue reading “Nathan’s August 2021 Update”

Once again – thank you, dear partner, for your continued partnership! Thank you for reaching out to Helen and myself, and letting us know you are praying for us. Highlights As you probably know all too well, the month of July meant a lot of re-learning how to do church online. Having growth groups onContinue reading “Nathan’s July 2021 Update”

Reframe and Pivot  I’ve personally found this lockdown much harder than last year but in God’s kindness, the month of July has brought about opportunities for me to to reframe and pivot.  In particular, I’ve had to reframe my mind about not seeing the lockdown as a problem but reframing it as an opportunity. I’ve had toContinue reading “Susan’s July 2021 Update”

A Time of Rest During the month of July, I took a couple weeks of leave to rest up after a big six months of MTS. Whilst it did feel slightly disappointing that I couldn’t go out much due to lockdown, God was still kind throughout this time! Please thank God for the time inContinue reading “Victor’s July 2021 Update”

Susan doing a review of Zechariah at Kids Church in Term 2 Reflections June has been an extremely encouraging and fruitful month in Kids Ministry. I rejoice greatly seeing how God’s word is transforming our little kids here at Kids Church. In Term 2, the kids church leaders have been wrestling through God’s word inContinue reading “Susan’s June 2021 Update”

Reflections As I reflect, I realise that there is so much to give God thanks for. From little comforts to great kindness from others, God has provided for our every need like a loving father. Looking back, it’s been truly an amazing six months. I am so thankful to you – brother or sister, forContinue reading “Nathan’s June 2021 Update”

Highlight- Friday Hangs  One key highlight over Friday Hangs in June was the depth of gospel conversations with the local youth. This came about quite interestingly where one of our local high schools had an Athletics Carnival and so our team expected a drop in numbers. Whilst it felt quite discouraging to have 6 studentsContinue reading “Victor’s June 2021 Update”

ReflectionsThis month God has been convicting me of both the power and necessity of prayer in my life. In addition to the miraculous ways he has been answering our prayers, God has shown me the primacy of prayer that needs to have a greater priority in my day-to-day walk with him. Studying the book ofContinue reading “Nathan’s May 2021 Update”

HighlightDuring walkup for Friday Hangs, I met a small group of youth near our cathedral and to be honest I was quite intimidated that they could easily bash me up (lol). One of the youth named Nick came along and stayed for the Bible story telling time and it was awesome to get to knowContinue reading “Victor’s May 2021 Update”