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Newsletter

We are
Graduating!

Thank each of you for your prayers and love

over our time here at Eastwest. Last term was
very busy; both Carah and I were studying
together and both going on trips with the
college to two different mission expos to help
mobilize for the college. This term is shaping up
to be the biggest term we have ever had. Both
of us are in a three-week block course for
language learning, followed by World Religions,
which will be one of the last papers we do.

Friends, praise God with us because when

we came here to Eastwest College we felt
the Lord guide us in not taking a student
loan, so at the end we could leave debt free.
Over our two years here our costs have been
over $32,000 now coming to the end we
only have $6000 left to pay plus Lukes
TESOL summer course. Please join us in

You are all

invited to come
to Eastwest
College on the
5th of December
for afternoon tea
as we celebrate
those students
who are
graduating this
year.
Graduation will
start at 2pm

THE LOREM IPSUMS

FALL 2016

What is next for us

When we first came to college I was like
any young man ready for D.I.Y. I went
from thinking we didnt need training
to go into overseas mission, to now not
wanting to leave because it feels like we
need still more training. But things are
coming to end for us as students at
Eastwest College, and the next stage
begins.

I remember being in Australia in 2011, and we were teaching Bible in Schools. A young
boy walks up to me and says, You dont look like a missionary. My response was, Well,
what does a missionary look like? At this point he asked me why I was not old like his
normal teacher, and where was my tie?
Young people have always been placed on our hearts for many reasons. First, I long to see
young people have the life that many are not given. Second, I believe many youth today
under estimate their giftings and how much they have to offer in the spread of the gospel.
Carah and I believe God is asking us to stay on at Eastwest College for the next 6 months
as volunteer staff, to help run and promote the college. Our heart is to see many young
people find their calling into long-term mission. At the risk of sounding outrageous, I
believe young people are the future of mission; they have so many talents to useyoung
people reaching young people. That is why we have decided to stay on and serve here at
Eastwest as full-time volunteers. This means a few changes for us; to start with, Carah will
be getting a bigger kitchen as we will be moving into a slightly bigger home. Carah is
planning to finish off some papers that she was unable to do this year because of health
reasons. I will work just about fulltime with the College in the area of promotions and
media. It also means that we are going to be back relying on full-time support. As you may
know already, Eastwest is a fully volunteer-based college, meaning staff must pay for
housing, food and any other basics of living.
Please pray as we try and widen our prayer and financial support
Our heart for overseas mission is still very alive and active, however, and we still plan to
leave for India long-term next year. But we believe this next season of our mission is right
here in New Zealand.

THE LOREM IPSUMS

FALL 2016

We went camping for our first time as

a family
We spent a lovely four days and three nights at Hot Water Beach camp
site. We went with some families from college, which have two of
Leahs closest friends. Needless to say it was a blast.
This coming January, Luke is enrolled in a four-week NZQA accredited
course for Teaching English As a Second Language. Carah finished this
course in 2013. We believe having this under both our belts could
really help in volunteer options in India in the future

Please pray for:

# Leah, because people (her family) at
college will be leaving this term
# Luke and Carah as we both finish our
Tools for Language Learning course
# Luke and this very big TESOL course over
summer
# Our connection with young people and
local churches here in New Zealand
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