Sunday 23rd Oct

Jack's baptism, a photo by james veltmeyer on Flickr.

We had a baptism down at beautiful Bellerive beach, on Sunday.
Jack one of the young guys from youth group and church got baptised.
It was the first baptism I have seen at a beach.

We then headed back up to church for a baptism and confirmation service, where Scott got baptised and then confirmed and also Stuart and Jo were confirmed.

It was really encouraging to see some of the young blokes form church standing up and to say publically that they follow Jesus.

Would you be willing to get baptised at the local beach.
Or stand up in front of family and friends and say you follow Jesus.
Do people you know even know you are a Christian?

prayer

prayer, a photo by james veltmeyer on Flickr.

In a workshop at a conference the person leading the group said something along the lines, “If you pray kneeling next to your bed try standing up, make a different step, do something different in your prayers.”

I was reminded of this from the sermon on Sunday.

So I thought I do something’s different that I don’t usually do when I pray.

Pray out loud.
Pray with my arms up.
Pray on a mountain.

Awesome God
Reach down into Hobart and bring thousands of people into a right relationship with you.
Amen

bruny

bruny, a photo by james veltmeyer on Flickr.

Recently had a few days at Bruny.

35 min drive, a quick ferry ride and another short drive and your there.
I really like how you can easily get away for a short or long break that isn’t far away.

We did a bit around the shack to get it ready for the summer holidays.
I like how the shack is a shack.

I’m looking forward to the summer holidays with family and good friends down the road.

And summer in TAS is good.

Will's bed

Will's bed, a photo by james veltmeyer on Flickr.

Anita renovated a bed for Will. (She did sub contract some of the work out to me, but she did most of it.)

It’s a rewarding thing.
To be able to stand back and say, “I did that.”
What’s even more rewarding is that Will uses it.

Nights I’m home I put Will to bed and pray with him.
The other night he pointed to the bed, so I lay next him and started reading a bit of his book.
A page latter (that is about 5 words later), he pointed to the door.

That’s 2 yellow cards so I left.

Being a parent is never boring.
The more they learn, the more you learn.