first, we'd like to say thank you for all your prayers and support. We've been deeply loved and blessed and are extremely grateful for your fellowship with us! Through your financial contributions we've paid off our immigration fees, medical fees, and auto repairs...Praise the Lord for His faithfulness and your generosity!
Aside from all the cancer stuff we've been very busy over the past month; Christy and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary (we enjoyed watching the musical production of South Pacific at the Sydney Opera House), Jesse turned 16 and received his Learners Drivers License, and Nina just had her birthday party last night, she turns 13 on November 7th. Malena will be returning to Oz on December 17th and plans to go to University in Sydney, starting in February.
I've been speaking at different churches and events; I spoke at Narraweena Baptist church a few weeks ago and at a men's fellowship called Joshua Challenge on Mentoring. I'll be attending a 1 night Christian youth camp this coming weekend, and the following week I'm sharing an evangelistic message to the year 10 students at Covenant Christian School. Christy was offered a permanent part time role at Covenant as a library assistant and accepted the job about a month ago, she's loving it!
We've come to another crossroads regarding ministry and work, please pray with us on the following:
I've been offered an associate pastor role at a church, which is part time. I would be responsible for the leading the Sunday Night service which caters to youth and young adults, as well as the youth group on Friday nights. It would be a 12 month contract, coinciding with my role at Covenant (2.5 days at the church, 2.5 days the school). But come December 2014 I'd be looking for another job.
I've also been offered to join the pastoral staff of another churchl. Though this would be a voluntary role, next year the senior pastor would take about 8wks of holiday and the other pastor would be gone for about 5 months, during which times I would cover their roles as an employee of the church. In addition, this pastor has a vision to plant another church in the Northern Beaches in next 1-4 years, which is on my heart as well.
I'm still involved with Christian Surfers and will be going away later this month with the guys to pray for vision/direction for the coming year. Really praying about my involvement with Christian Surfers and how God would use me in the coming months/years, there may be some leadership opportunities ahead??
Finally, we're looking at new or newer vehicles to replace our "money pit" car that continues to have problems.
We covet your prayers on the car, direction for ministry options and continued wisdom for decisions regarding treatment for Christy (she is doing very well!). Again we're so grateful for your prayers and are blessed by your fellowship!!
Many blessings,
Brad & Christy Hall
