eden's dust

Saturday, July 2, 2011

GO! Australia in Fine Fashion

Wow! it's been a whirlwind first week here in Brisbane for our team. We've tried to update our activities via Facebook, but our long days/evening schedule has hindered blogging up to this point.

Ann Street Church

We made it here with no worries, surprising our missionary (Daun) with her father (Don)! It was great to see her stunned expression at the airport as he came out the ramp! More than anything throughout this week, we've been impressed with the need and opportunity for relationships. The young people of the Ann Street Church are so open for friendships, and those connections matter to them. People with whom we've come into contact are also open to finding more about us and connecting with us on some level. These opportunities are abundant and fairly easy to negotiate- something all of us are able to do!

Community BBQ

We've been to an island off Brisbane's shore with the church, visited a zoo, cleaned and begun repainting Ann Street's Fellowship Hall, eaten kangaroo, served a Community BBQ (like our Community Supper), dined at the Pancake House in the city at midnite, attended a farewell service for Ron Tatum (visiting for a month from Southside Christian Church in Inglewood), and prayer walked in the city...just to mention a few things. Tomorrow (Sunday), Mike will preach a combined service (Ann St. regulars and their Korean church), then we'll pack up and head to Eidsvold, a small, predominantly aboriginal community 6 hours from here. Chances are there'll be no way to blog there, so we'll catch you up on our return next Thursday. Meanwhile, thank you for your prayers and love (keep 'em coming!), and enjoy a few recent snaps:

Daddy Don

Luke the artist

Josh and St. John

Alexis and the Ann St. mob

Work crew gettin' it done

In 'N' Out training pays off

Beach bunnies!

Mike keeping an eye out

We've experienced a lot in a short time, and there's more to come! Pray for opportunity and boldness as we represent our God here. We love you all
!

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why eden's dust?

We're more closely connected than we might imagine. Trace the lineage of humankind and you find that we have common connections. All of us.

Go back far enough and you discover that we come from the same neighborhood- Eden. And in that first garden we see that this connection comes from the fact that we all come from the same material, the dust of that ground- Eden's dust.

This blog focuses (most of the time!) on how God helps and challenges us to rediscover those most important connections in our own lives, both with Him and with each other- and often in significant and surprising ways.

about me

I'm a follower. I chose to walk the path of Jesus years ago and it's made all the difference in my life. I've spent most of my spiritual journey working across cultural lines, both in and outside the US.

I currently serve on a pastoral staff of a church in Anaheim, CA, working with urban homeless as well as with people and projects globally. I'm happily married with three adult sons. We're all in this thing together. We enjoy off-roading, the LA Dodgers (baseball), the USC Trojans (American football) and far too many other sports teams that show up on TV.

I practice martial arts, like hanging out with my family (especially late night philosophy/theology discussions with my boys), and having a cup of coffee in a quiet place with my wife and best friend, Liz.