HAPPY BIRTHDAY

MADDIE

 

 

 

 

It was Maddie's 14th Birthday yesterday.

So, Happy Birthday Maddie!

 

 

 

Answered Prayer

 

 

 

As most of you know, we started a youth

group here in Katherine about 9 months ago.

 

Well, the numbers have been growing steadily

since we lowered the age to 5 years old.

 

 

Every week has seen the blessing

 of increased numbers and we have

 been excited to see the growth.

 

 

But as you know, in our Christian walk,

blessings and burdens go hand in hand.

Fruit and foes, grapes and giants,

opened doors and closed doors.

 

I Corinthians 16:9

" For a  great door and effectual

is opened unto me,

and there are many adversaries"

 

So, a few weeks back we were told by the council

that we would not be able to use our current

premises anymore and would have to find

another place to meet within 2 weeks.

This came at a time when we were growing

 as a Youth Group and things seemed 

to be moving along so well.

 

But the Lord always sees the bigger picture and

we trusted Him to lead and guide us.

After looking around we found a place that

was much more suited to our needs and really

began to pray in earnest.

 

 

 

Long story short, the Lord answered miraculously

and we were able to secure a new meeting place

right in the centre of town with everything

we needed and much better facilities.

 

 

Last Friday, we held our first Youth Group there

and we had record numbers.

Most of our children are under 12 with our

girls being the only teenagers, so far.

 

 

Our old bus is making itself really useful

and even the cruiser is now busy picking up

kids as well. The kids love riding in the bus

even tho it stalls at times and bounces along

at the most inopportune moments.

 

We look forward to each week and the challenges

we will face and the souls that can be reached

here in Katherine.

 

 

John 4:35

".....Behold, I say unto you, 

Lift up your eyes, and look

on the fields; for they are

white already to harvest."

 

Please pray with us that God would

use this ministry for the furtherance of

the gospel here in Katherine.

 

And remember...........

 

 

 

 



 

Picnic Day, NT

 

 

 

What is Picnic Day you ask? Yeah, well

so did I. So, according to the internet:

 

Picnic Day is a public holiday in the

Northern Territory of Australia

which takes place every year on the

first Monday of August.

It was originally declared a public holiday

to commemorate the freeing of the

 Chinese Coolie indentured labourers

who built the Darwin to Larrimah

 North Australia Railway

 

So, there you have it!

 

Our thought process went more like this:

Picnic Day. Public Holiday. No work.

Must be to celebrate picnics?

Gotta go on one then!

And, so we did.

 

Only, the catch is, that us Holmeses tend to

like to do extreme things, so, our picnic

was to take us on a 900 km round trip

from Katherine to Timber Creek to Top Springs

and back to Katherine again.

 

Which looks something like this:)

A big loop.

 

 

The Stanleys and James came with us

so we had some other crazy people

excited about doing a long trip on a day off.

We left at 7am and arrived home at 10pm.

 

Dave had just recently done a run out there

in the truck and seen some pretty scenery,

so he decided to show us all.

 

There was also some tracks that he hadn't been on

(seeing he couldn't take a road train down them)

but wanted to explore.

 

 

All in all, it was a great day,

but if we ever ask you if you'd like to go on

a picnic with us.....BEWARE!

 

I've put together a short slide show for

you all to enjoy.