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Hi everyone,

Although from our blog it may appear we've been sitting on a beach in the sun somewhere doing nothing for a while, the truth is we've been so busy we haven't updated this.

If this blog is a useful tool for you to see what we're up to, we'd like to know - can you drop us an email? We'd like to know if it is helpful or if we keep up with our 'just occasional' updates here.

Here are some June prayer points for us :

1) Praise the Lord that Clarissa's procedure went well and that she is recovering well from it.  Please pray that she will not have many SVT (fast heart rate episodes) and that we will be able to deal with them well when they occur.

2) Pray for Jan as she is involved in a missions conference all day Saturday 2nd June up on the Central Coast, pray that she will have the chance to share with many people interested in missions.

3) We are mentoring some students from SMBC (Sydney Missionary and Bible College), Jan is meeting with Rachel on the 31st May and we are both meeting with Josh and YuLing on the 8th June, pray that we can wise mentors as we help these young people on their missions journeys.  We will continue to meet with them every 3-4 weeks for the rest of the year.

4) Pray for Sean as he attends the CMA (Christian Management Australia) conference in Melbourne from 4-6 June, that this will be a good chance of networking and sharing about WEC with those he meets.  He will then spend the night at our Betel (helping drug addicts) ministry centre sharing a devotion there Wednesday evening as well as seeing how their centre runs before returning to Sydney on the 7th.

5) Jan will be involved in WEC Australia board meetings from 13-15 June, please pray for wisdom as we discuss issues involving personnel, strategy and finances.

6) Sean travels to our WEC training centre in Launceston 18-22 June to share with the students there and meet specifically with students interested in joining our candidates course in 2013, pray for wisdom as he meets with these students to know what is the best path for them.

7) One of our mobilisers from Perth, Denise,  is flying in from 20-23 June to work on updating our short term program with Jan, please pray that our time together will be effective and that we make good progress on this project.

8) Pray for protection for all of us this month, protection for Sean as he travels, protection for Jan and the girls who are home and protection from sickness as the cold weather settles in.

Hi friends,

An update for you, thanks for your prayers & support. We will be producing a newsletter in the next 2 weeks so keep an eye open!

1. Praise the Lord that Clarissa has started school well and seems to be enjoying it.  She has been tired with all the transitions but seems to be settling in well.

2. Pray for Jan as she is still seeking the Lord as to how to use the extra time she has now that Clarissa is at school.

3. Sean has been studying a unit with our training team: "Reproducible Storytelling for cross cultural discipleship and evangelism", which is every Monday for a 6 weeks and culminates with a three day intensive at the end of March.  Pray that God will give him opportunities to put into practice what he is learning.

4. Jan has WEC Australia board meetings from 7-9 March, please pray for wisdom and clarity of thinking in these meetings.

5. We have a tentative date for 20th March for Clarissa to have her final test at the Children's hospital, she will be staying in overnight.  Please pray for God's protection over her during this procedure and for Sean and Jan to know God's peace as we wait at the hospital.

6. Jan with another of our mobilisers is organising a Cafe night on March 23rd with three of our missionaries sharing, pray that this will be a good night of challenging young people for missions.

7. Sean is facilitating a Testdrive from 25th March to 1st April with a group of 13 students from a local bible college, they are all interested in missions long term and are an enthusiastic group.  Please pray for wisdom for Sean as he leads, and that it will be an eye opening experience for these students and that people in Western Sydney will hear about Jesus.

Thanks so much for your prayers, SJG&C

Hi everyone,

If you didn't get a copy of our quarterly newsletter, just drop us an email and we'll get a copy for you - it's got some interesting bits and pieces in it.

Here are some prayer points for the next month or so - not sure how much you'll hear from us til the end of January as we're looking forward to a holiday.

1.  Praise the Lord for a successful Missionary for a Weekend in November, the weekend ran smoothly and the participants were challenged about their role in cross cultural mission.  One of the participants will join one of our Asian fields for 12 months next year.

2. Jan's trip to Perth went well, she was able to meet with each of our mobilisers there and reflect on their last year of ministry and look to next year and what they hope to achieve.

3.  Pray for Jan as she leads her last playgroup on December 1st, that she will finish well and have a good chance to share with the ladies.

4. Pray for Sean as he runs another Missionary for a Weekend 2nd-4th December, this is for a group from Dubbo, pray that they will really be challenged about coming out of their comfort zone and be able to talk and share with people of other cultures.

5.  Jan will be involved with the WEC board meetings from 7th-9th December, pray that we will have wisdom and clarity from the Lord to move forward in the decisions we need to make.

6. Pray for safe travel to Adelaide for Christmas 22nd-23rd December as we will be driving over.

7. Pray for a good break over January as we take time out as a family, please pray for physical and spiritual refreshing for the year to come.

Hi everyone,

Just realised that a number of things have passed as we've run through life so wanted to update you. Points in italics are from our last update, followed by an update:

"We are in the midst of working on the new WEC website - it is being designed by a graphic designer but we need to write / bring over all the content and check it -please pray for this process."

It will be live by the time you read this, or shortly after - Praise The Lord! If you visit wec.com.au and see 'imagine me...' then you'll know it's the new one.
BTW, WEC is offering a free thankyou gift to anyone in Australia who visits & makes a comment on the site, so if you'd like something for nothing (or actually...for your thoughts) then comment away.

Clarissa has her stress test on October 13th 915am (Sydney time), pray that she will be able to complete this test and that her heart will continue in sinus rhythm for the whole test.  Please pray too, that the cardiologist will look at her results soon after the test and that her final test can be scheduled this year.

Praise The Lord Clarissa completed the test even more effectively (timewise) than her previous one, we haven't heard back from the cardiologist but are still praying for a quick scheduling of the final test, and we're very positive about her health.

Pray for Clarissa who has her school orientation on the 14th Oct, 21 Oct, 28th Oct and 4th Nov, for 1 1 /2 hours each day, pray that she will settle in well and begin the transition to school.

She's loving it!

Pray for Sean as he edits and brings together the WEC magazine for the printer by 18th October .

This should be done today, check out wec.com.au/readimagine from mid next week to read it - or contact us if you'd like a copy emailed or posted to you.

On another note, it's Jan's birthday on Monday (and was Sean's a couple of weeks ago), we're praising God for another year in Him.

God Bless,
SJG&C

First up, thanks to those who've shared our excitement on the removal of Clarissa's medication, it's great to hear from you. She has gone fine without her medicine and so we're continuing to trust that all is fine.

Thanks too for those who prayed for our mobilisation conference (mentioned in our newsletter), the team related well despite only meeting 'in person' a couple of times a year - we are all committed to one purpose and that becomes clear whenever we meet. We also enjoy enjoying one another and God, and especially appreciated the opportunity we had one afternoon together to get out and see some of Sydney on a beautiful sunny day.

This Sunday we'd appreciate your prayers as Sean is speaking at our church here (Ashfield Baptist) on 2 Corinthians 4:3-7, followed by the chance for church attendees to come along to an open day at a local Mosque, where Muslims literally open their doors for anyone to come in. We'd love for it to be an opportunity for people of our church to interact on a deeper level with Muslims - pray for this.

Thanks very much, we appreciate you all!
SJG&C