Sunday, November 12, 2006
Team Australia Has Arrived
G'Day Friends, Family and Prayer Warriors,
This is Team Australia checking in for our first update to let you know that we have arrived in Sydney safely. The Lord has blessed us every step of the way here. We didn't have any hassles with customs or lost luggage. Our fourteen and a half hour flight (LAX to Sydney via Qantas Airlines) was smooth and comfortable, we were all able to get a good night's rest. No lost luggage to report, nor any hassles with customs or the TSA. We were all in agreement that this was one of the most pleasant economy class international flights we've had. Praise God for his protection and mercy!
We were a bit concerned that fitting our baggage in the van taking us to LAX (Thank you Michelle!!) or station wagons in Sydney might pose a challenge, but the Lord worked it out perfectly so that everything just fit exactly just right in the space available each step of the journey.
We were greeted at the airport with a warm welcome from Ross, the coordinator from Calvary Chapel, who arranged our lodging (which is quite comfortable beyond what we expected as well!). We were treated to snags (like sausage hotdogs), salads, chips, and watermelon.
We were taken straight to the church without so much as a shower or change of clothes for a meet and greet authentic Australian Barbe. It was wonderful to begin building relationships with our brothers and sisters down-under. We also got to meet Des Daniels, the pastor, and many other wonderful individuals from the church who we will be working with over the next five weeks. We are safe and in good hands!
God Bless everyone back home who helped us prepare to teach and with general preparations for our trip!
Current prayer requests:
This is Team Australia checking in for our first update to let you know that we have arrived in Sydney safely. The Lord has blessed us every step of the way here. We didn't have any hassles with customs or lost luggage. Our fourteen and a half hour flight (LAX to Sydney via Qantas Airlines) was smooth and comfortable, we were all able to get a good night's rest. No lost luggage to report, nor any hassles with customs or the TSA. We were all in agreement that this was one of the most pleasant economy class international flights we've had. Praise God for his protection and mercy!
We were a bit concerned that fitting our baggage in the van taking us to LAX (Thank you Michelle!!) or station wagons in Sydney might pose a challenge, but the Lord worked it out perfectly so that everything just fit exactly just right in the space available each step of the journey.We were greeted at the airport with a warm welcome from Ross, the coordinator from Calvary Chapel, who arranged our lodging (which is quite comfortable beyond what we expected as well!). We were treated to snags (like sausage hotdogs), salads, chips, and watermelon.We were taken straight to the church without so much as a shower or change of clothes for a meet and greet authentic Australian Barbe. It was wonderful to begin building relationships with our brothers and sisters down-under. We also got to meet Des Daniels, the pastor, and many other wonderful individuals from the church who we will be working with over the next five weeks. We are safe and in good hands!God Bless everyone back home who helped us prepare to teach and with general preparations for our trip!
Current prayer requests:
- Adjusting to the time-difference, that we may be ready to jump into ministry rather than fighting jet-lag.
- opportunities for speaking in multiple schools, evangelism, prayer, meeting other christians
- transportation (Sydney is a very large spread out city, and we are staying in the suburbs. We'd like to bless others by supporting their needs, but some amount of that is dependent on appropriate transportation being available)
