EAST TIMOR TRIP

Recently, Dave was able to take a trip

with our Pastor and Pup and Lydia Cotton

and Lauren from South Australia,

to East Timor to help out the missionaries

Chris and Margie Smith, with some building work.

In all the madness of wedding preparation

and Dave arriving home a week before the wedding,

I somehow forgot to post some photos of his trip.

I was unable to go because of the wedding,

but I'm hoping to take a trip in the near future

to help finish up some of the projects with Dave.

It was a great blessing to those who went

and also to the Smiths.

A lot of building work was able to get done

despite the container that held a lot of the building

materials, not being released before they left.

They all worked some very hard and very long days

but the blessings outnumbered the sore backs.

God is working in East Timor and there

are many souls in need of a Saviour.

They all came back refreshed and encouraged

that they could be a blessing to others

and excited at what God is doing in East Timor.

Drinking Iced Tea and eating chocolate cake

on the beach in Dili with a family from the church

There is a lot of spiritual blindness in this country

and so many souls that need to hear

the gospel.

Isaiah 6:8

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying,

Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?

Then said I, Here am I; send me.

Oh that we would all have a heart to see

others saved and a desire to reach out to

our neighbour and to the ends of the earth

for the furtherance of the gospel.

Matthew 9:37

Then saith he unto his disciples,

The harvest truly is plenteous,

but the labourers are few;

Speaking from experience,

visiting a mission field with your family

is one of the greatest blessings you will every

experience and will change your view of

missions for ever.