see ya later {ISAAC}

It's not "good-bye" it's see ya later to Jeremy's best friend from home, Isaac. Monday night we had a little dinner in honor of him....

the man of the evening

Cam, Isaac & Jay

Whitney, Miss Pattie & Mindy

Eva: one of Isaac's biggest fans

presh... Boris & Diego

sharing "Isaac stories" & loving on him

Eva decided to take a juice shower!

peach cobbler 

clean up crew thanks girls!

We pray God's blessing on you as you go Isaac, for direction and trust..... and that'd you'd return to us soon!!

(I know all you Jax folks want him to stay.... but we're praying really hard, you better step up your game! ha )

our after party.....

"in the name of Jesus, defy gravity"

.... and the coin stuck to the wall... we were all freaking out!

GROMS of Mudjimba

God has been faithful in bringing the youth (groms) we are wanting to reach right to us! Everyday the kids come to the surf shop after school. After only a couple weeks of being in the shop, the groms are wanting to just be around. They are so sweet, offering to sweep at the end of the day and do anything else that needs done. We are praying that relationships are built with Jeremy, Jay & Jono (the guys working in the shop). This is such a HUGE step in the process of the shop becoming a ministry! 

Here's the "gang" riding around on bikes & skateboards!

 

These same youth will be the ones hearing the Gospel through the public school's religious education program we can teach!!

{LIFE}

It's been rainy here since last Sunday, and it sounds like you all in the states are getting similar whether with the hurricane on it's way. We know rain is good, but we're ready for it to be over so we can get laundry done & the the surf shop to hopefully get a little busier.  Here's glimpses of life ...

Lancaster County style Strawberries & shortcake... perfect on a rainy day

Drive thru Subway! Genius! 

Bible Study Thursday night at our house with the Christian Surfers crew!!!

the job {HUNT}

The hunt for a job for Ashlee is quite slow, since they are feeling the repercussions of the global economic crisis here. There have been several great leads on awesome jobs but nothing has been secured. We hope to hear from one job specifically in the next couple weeks, please PRAY for the Lord's will to be done!  We'll fill you in with more details on the position once we hear more from the company.

Thanks for your prayers!

SCHOOLS

Last Friday Ashlee went to Coolum Primary School in hopes to check out the Religious Education class for Grade 4.... Sad to find out it was sports day and class was cancelled :(

BUT there's great news! We are meeting with a guy who coordinates the Religious Education (RE) classes at the Pacific Paradise Primary school on Thursday! Pacific Paradise is the primary school in the area of the surf shop. This is a huge answer to prayer since we want to connect with those kids as many ways as we can! There is no chaplain at the school so we are interested to see how the Principal handles mentoring, RE class and other programs!! It sounds like he is looking for us to help ASAP! We're excited since most schools aren't looking for people until next school year, January!

Praise God for this awesome connection! Pray for favor with the kids & the staff at the school.

SURF SHOP

SURF SHOP....

The Boardstore is doing well! Sales are slow because it's winter here and this week has been especially cold & rainy! Exciting news is we have the new sign out front...

The local kids are starting to connect with Jeremy & Jay. Please continue to pray for relationships to be built. They have also started a solid relationship with one of the main guys in the Mudjimba Board Riders Club that meets across the street from the shop. Each local beach has their own Board Riders Club and then they compete against each other. All ages are involved, the Mudjimba Board Riders has over 150 members. The surf competition we had a food stand at a few weeks ago, was a competition where all the Board Riders compete against one another. Some Sunday's only 2 teams compete, and then there are big Comps where it's several Board Rider's Clubs that compete.... make sense? Hopefully! :)

Our hope is that through this connection we can serve BBQ's at their comps and be a positive presence in a very competitive atmosphere! 

More updates on other areas of life to come each day this week....

{PROJECTS}

One project at home is finally finished.... 

These were some FREE but nasty chairs on the side of the road we found.....

After a little TLC...

Much better!