Greetings, once again from the land Down Under. I know it has been a couple of weeks since I have posted, but there really hasn't been anything post-worthy happening. Let's see, I moved to a new host home, and I'm going to move again on Tuesday and go camping in the bush for two weeks. During those two weeks, I am also going to try to climb two of the glasshouse mountains around there, Tibrogagan and Beerwah. I am about to preach again on Sunday night, and then again on next Sunday morning. That'll be interesting. Please pray that God would give me sufficient time to prepare for next Sunday, because this upcoming week is going to be very full.

God has been very good to me here. The ground for spreading the gospel here is very hard, but God has opened a few doors into people's lives. There are a few of the youth that are beginning to warm up to me and open up. I am trying to get a few of them to start getting into the Word more often, mainly because they don't do it at all. It is slow and painstaking work with them, but I do feel like some things are starting to happen.

I do have some REALLY, REALLY good news. I spoke with Elton, the youth pastor, about the need for discipleship in these kids' lives. I mean, they have no one pouring any kind of biblical truth or knowledge into them. They just don't know what the Bible has to say, period! Anyway, I spoke with Elton about this, and he said I could start a discipleship program with some of the boys when I get back from holidays in two weeks. The trick is though, he said that they want to be able to pick it back up when I leave ( which will only be 3 weeks after I start it), so he wants me to make out a discipleship program for the youth! That's really cool, and really scary at the same time. I'll have about a week with nothing to do, so I'll have time to get it ready. My only problem though, is that I'm not really sure how to do it. Please pray that God would show me what these kids need, and how to give it to them. I am confident that He will. Also pray that God would give these kids a passion for who He is. Australia is a passionless country. If there were only a few who really cared, great things would happen. Please pray for this as I do.

Lastly,  I would like to ask for prayer for myself. It has only been a month I know, but I am beginning to grow weary. We work 6 days a week, somtimes 10 hours a day, and it is beginning to tell on me. Next week is going to be a week of rather intense labor, and then I will have a week off. Please pray that God would sustain me until my week off. Also, I sometimes feel that I am not really making an impact here. I am doing everything that I can, but I just discouraged because of the lack of change I see in these peoples' lives. God is good, and I know He has a reason for me to be here, but I have been getting discouraged lately. I am beginning to miss my family and friends, and the comfort of being around someone I can talk to. I humbly ask for you prayers in these things, so that I may be strengthened to do His work.

Thanks for everything. And keep posting, and/or sending me e-mails. I love to hear from everyone. Good on ya' mate.

For His Glory,

Andrew