Hey everyone,
Quite a bit
has happened in the last couple months.
The big thing was our trip to the States. We hadn’t celebrated Christmas in California
since 1997! It was great to see family
and enjoy Christy’s family tradition of making tamale’s…well, she made them. I ate em!!
We spent a few days in snowy Big Bear, did a bit of shopping, surfing,
eating, went to the Missions Conference at the Calvary Conference Center in
Murrieta. The whole trip was refreshing
and encouraging!
Though Christy
and the kids didn’t go with me I stopped in Maui for a few days, shared with
the church in Central Maui on Sunday and Wednesday night. I’m so proud of our Maui Ohana, the church is
doing great and God is definitely working in and through the body. It was a tremendous blessing to see
everyone!! Got some great waves too!
We’ve only
been back a short time and we’ve returned to a bunch of changes: The kids have started a new school year
(Jesse in year 10 and Nina in year 7.
Malena we’ve left in California to attend the Calvary Bible College in
Murrieta, she starts 4 February and will be living on campus). Jesse and Nina have signed up for the new
soccer season and have jumped right in to the new year.
I’ve started
my new role at Covenant Christian School (my kids’ school)…which is still being
defined. Last week I taught devotions
for the staff & faculty of the school in preparation for the new year. It went really well. This week I found out
that I’ll be taking high school students to the beach on Thursdays for surf
lessons…pretty cool! I’ll be doing some
graphic design for various marketing projects and I’m meeting with head
teachers to discuss teaching biblical studies to years 7-12. I’ll be doing evangelistic training for a
couple teams going to an Aboriginal Community in Yarrabah (far north), and going
with a group of students to the Outback.
We’re also discussing outreach ideas to parents and students of the
school. Aside from Covenant I’ll still
be serving as the college chaplain at ICMS (former employer). They’ve asked me to teach bible studies on
the campus and consider starting a service for the students…praying about this! I’ll be on the campus two days a week. Christy is still working in the maintenance
department at Covenant two days a week.
Jumped back
in to Christian Surfers and my new role as Northern Beaches Coordinator. Met with the Manly Beach crew on Monday,
really excited about what’s happening in Manly and looking forward to serving
the crew. Will be meeting with the other
missions soon to make myself available to them.
We have a regional leaders meeting on 16 February, will be good to touch
base with everyone. We’re praying about
offering the Inductive Bible Study course to the NB missions and looking for
ways to link the missions together for fellowship.
We just heard
today that we’ve got to move out of our house by mid-April…our landlord wants
his son to move in. We’re bummed because
we were just getting used to this place and we’re tired of moving (this will be
our 6th move in 2.5 years). In
light of all these things I feel our adversary, the devil, has ramped it up a
bit with confusion and discouragement.
But we know God is on the throne and He’s equipped us to stand against
the wiles of the devil.
We really
appreciate your prayers and value your partnership immensely. So stoked we’re not on this journey alone.
May God bless
you richly as you seek His face.
Love,
The Halls
