Greetings from Far North Queensland, Australia! The Lord is good and His mercy endures forever! God is moving here in Queensland and we are so thrilled to be serving Him! A great deal of our time and energy every week is doing outreaches. Every Sunday afternoon, we have a children's outreach to a community that is predominately Indigenous, with Cook Islanders and Papua New Guinea nationals as well.    We started in the Mooroobool community with 9 children. Now, three months later, we have as many as 40! Of these, 31 have received Jesus as their Savior! They have come to know how much we love them, and how much God loves them. Now, they are daring to believe that they can have all that God desires for them in life. Every week we teach what the Bible says about them, and how they can fulfill God's plan for their lives. They are growing in the Lord and we are seeing much fruit in their lives!                                               

 Because of the success of the children's outreach in Mooroobool, we were asked to do a Sunday night service in the community as well.   We have had two services there and are off to a great start!   This is a community that is rife with fighting amongst the different nationalities. However, we know God desires to bring peace to this community, as well as bring Life to it! Please be praying for us regarding these Sunday evening services. We pray they will bring Light that dispels darkness, racial tensions, and past hurts.

Another awesome thing God has done, is to open the door for us to do Indigenous "house church" meetings on Thurs. nights in Mareeba. This is a town about an hour from Cairns. It requires driving over the range to the tablelands to have the services. We have between 15 and 20 adults every week who are hungry for God. They have only been taught sin and condemnation. We spent the first two weeks teaching about the love of Jesus and leading them back to Him.    Now, we have been teaching on the infilling of the Holy Spirit. We had a "Paul at Ephesus" moment; where he asked the disciples of John the Baptist if they had been filled with the Holy Spirit, and they replied that they had not so much as heard that there was one! That is how it is here. These people are like sponges, ready to take in all that God has for them! Glory! In the natural, Mareeba is known as a gateway to the far reaching, Inidgenous communities. We believe it is a door that God is using to fulfill the vision we have to reach the outlaying Indigenous communities.

 Thank you to all of you who support us! We are VERY thankful for your faithful giving! Please read below for a testimony of a very special young lady. Together, we are changing lives of individuals, families, and communities. Soon, the state, the nation, the world! God bless you! May your storehouses be filled with plenty and your presses break forth with new wine!

Serving the Most High,

Stephen and Rachel