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Hi friends and family, we hope you are all doing well in this very interesting, unexpected season. Here’s a little update on our family and Youth With A Mission, Perth.
What you’ll read in this update:
- YWAM Perth’s response to COVID-19
- Our day-to-day
- Prayer Requests
YWAM Perth’s response to COVID-19
It’s been a crazy few weeks! But we must say it’s been a blessing to be a part of a community with strong leadership that closely listens to the Lord and Australia’s governing authorities. Australia’s Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has been taking many precautions and difficult decisions. He believes in God and prays for the nation, so we are blessed indeed!
We have postponed our training programs until further notice. This means the School of Worship (the school Abi leads), is postponed as well. It was due to run starting this week, but that changed a few weeks ago when the whole world did! We’re embracing the different season and keeping busy with our ministries.
As an entire base, we have now gone online. Worship for the Nations continues to function in online meetings and prayer groups, and Joel has been helping organise corporate online worship times, along with other odd jobs to help keep things running. Everyone is involved in plenty of prayer for the pandemic, not only in our city but in the nations around the world. It’s definitely still a busy season for us, but we’re beginning to get into a rhythm.
You can read YWAM Perth’s statement and keep up to date by looking at the website: http://www.ywamperth.org.au/covid-19-information
Our Day-To-Day
We have a very different routine these days!
We’re encouraged to go outside for walks/exercise, keeping within social distancing measures. This is good for our health in many ways, and it’s been nice to do some family bonding as we go on walks together. Levi is sad now and again when we have to say no to going on the playground, but he quickly perks up again when he sees a group of ducks… haha!
As mentioned before, ministries continue to function online, so there is plenty of communication and prayer going on within our ministries, as well as once a week as a whole base we have a live stream where we are led through a time of prayer for the pandemic.
We’re also trying to do some songwriting in any free moments we might have. Levi likes to grab his little ukulele or drum sticks and play along!
The Australian Government continues to communicate that this could go on for as long as six months (staying in homes except for exercise and in some cases, work).
Prayer Requests
- Continued health for us, and YWAM Perth (obviously everyone needs prayer, this is just “home” for us!)
- Our family’s development and growth as we adjust to a new routine, and while Levi is unable to interact with other children for a long time
- Wisdom for Australia’s leaders, and other leaders around the world
In case you haven’t seen it, here’s a link to the song Joel and I released with YWAM Perth Worship towards the end of last year! Even though we can’t physically reach out to people in this season, we know God does not hold back in His love and reaching out. We’ll continue to pray and reach out in ways that we can.
Thanks so much for reading, we miss you and are blessed by your prayers and support.
Abi and Joel
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