Day {5}

It's FRIDAY! Final day of painting & starting to clean up the shop! Jeremy & Isaac built the surf board rack/sand pit!

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chalk board wall where Mr. Fish in his hanging fishbowl will go!

yea for progress!

the decals in the changing rooms

building the board pit!

DAY {3&4}

Progress during Day 3 & 4

the new green wall

loving what their job!

Lots of progress.... almost finished renovations!

DAY {2}

Day 2 all the merchandise was taken out of the shop & put in storage while we renovate. Priming the dressing rooms has begun.

The mostly empty store... painting starts tomorrow!!!

Meet Claire....

She takes care of the other surf shops-management, design, ordering etc. This week she is leading us on what to do, as Jeremy & I have no knowledge of running a surf shop. God has blesseed her with amazing creativity and the wonderful gift of organization(We get along well!)! She's AWESOME

Day {1}

Work at the surf shop has begun. Monday we did stock inventory to see what was left from the previous owner.

Here are some pictures from DAY 1 in the life of the Boardstore SURF!

We wrote down every item in the store!!!

Lulu with the former surf shop sign

They spent hours taking stock of just this rack of rashies!

progress by the end of day 1!

24:HOUR:RE:CAP

It's been a huge & very ENCOURAGING day for us.... Here's a recap of what's been going on for us...

In front of the current "Old Woman Island Surf Shop" soon to be "Boardstore Surf"

SURF SHOP////Friday AM we met with Boris, the YWAMer who has started the business as missions on our base. He & his partner Rob started distributing skate boards years ago and then opened a skate shop (there now are 3!). They're about to open an indoor skate park & all sorts of other cool stuff. They do it all to reach skaters & the skate industry! They have purchased this surf shop & on August 1st will take ownership of it. Starting Monday we'll be doing inventor on the existing merchandise & renovating the entire store! We hope to re-open next weekend!! 

During our time with Boris, the dream of using a surf shop as ministry became real! It got both of us really excited for this new endeavor. Jeremy will spend 3+ days in the shop and other time in schools & the community. Ashlee will be in 1+ days including some administrative work. 

Please pray for "Boardstore Surf" as we become a light in a very small close knit community!! We are fully aware that there are blessings & "curses" to being in a small town. Our prayer is that we would keep healthy boundaries as a Christian business. Being Christians that work at the surf shop, rather than "that Christian surf shop" which could totally turn people off!

Does this look exciting?!?! Jeremy & Rob spent more than 10 hours trying to set up a new server at the YWAM base!

                                      

While Jeremy was working on the server for the YWAM base.... I(Ashlee) was....making a jewelry cork board during craft time with friends. I consider it therapeutic. Girl friend time & creativity.... that's therapy! 

Early Saturday morning garage sale finds... These pieces will be going "under the brush" tomorrow for a little face lift! 

Saturday morning we were invited to join the Queensland (the state we live in) Christian Surfers regional leaders meeting. 

It was great to hear the current vision for Christian Surfers(CS) since the ministry that we will be doing out of the surf shop will be under CS.

Planting some herbs.... Aussies pronounce the H in herbs...something I don't think I'll ever get used to!

Saturday evening Jono Bailey, the Queensland Regional Coordinator for Christian Surfers, and his family came over to our house to talk about future opportunities & needs within CS. More on that once we pray and make some decisions.....

As you can see, there is a lot going on right now. It's exciting!! We didn't know exactly how our schedule would fill up with ministry but it sure is!! Please continue to pray for us! Espeically for discernment! There are several opportunities & we are discerning what God wants for us in this season specifically!

Thanks for reading!! xoxo

our FIRST week

It's hard to believe we've been here almost a week already. At the same time, it's hard to believe we've only been here a week. It's starting to feel like home! The past week has been a whirlwind. I(Ashlee) have not been sleeping the greatest until last night, and then during the day we are running around trying to put life together. Opening bank accounts, filling our house with furniture, getting drivers license, catching up with friends, meetings about ministry... etc.  We are at the point now where we feel we can live day to day with what we have and gradually add the remaining items we need. 

waking up at the crack of dawn for the first week! (lots of bags and no furniture at this point!)

a very cold first morning in our new home

all you Menno's should be happy to see this cookbook made the journey!!

The is our porch(with Georgia sunbathing) and portion of the house. We live upstairs & our friends Jay & Tara Heller live in the downstairs. It's way nicer than we ever imagined!

Meet the Ford Laser! She's not the most beautiful car but very practical!

We are so grateful for all the Lord has already provided for us! Thanks for your prayers during this time of transition!

Moving In

We are still in with out internet and will be for the next week so sorry for poor communication! We promise it will be better in the future.

We were able to move into our new house (not a home just yet, I think a home would have some furniture!) on Thursday night. Trying to properly unpack is a bit challenging with out dressers etc, but we are doing well!! We have outfitted our house with all the basic supplies... plates, cups, cleaning supplies, hangers etc. Now we are just on the furniture hunt! and car hunt! and microwave & refrigerator hunt! Needless to say God is teaching us patience! 

On Monday we will take over the surf shop, which means lot of painting and cleaning up! Please pray for the shop & that the Lord would use it to be a light in the community of Mujimba Beach!

We hope to post pictures & more soon.... Thanks for all your prayers xoxo