Sunday, July 13, Calvary Baptist Church (Bayswater, VIC)/Graceway Baptist Church (Footscray, VIC) It is great to have Josh on our team as he’s added fun and flavor to our entire team being a blessing and an encouragment to all. Josh gives us our Update today… Sunday was an amazing day to serve the lord. We […]
Saturday, we spent the day with David Price and his family, working with the children at their weekly afternoon Bible club. After some fun and games, Pastor Price shared a Bible lesson about David being chosen from his many brothers, emphasizing the fact that man looks on the outside, but God looks on the heart. […]
Saturday, July 12, Graceway Baptist Church (Footscray, VIC)/Melbourne Kelina brings us our Saturday update! This morning the guys (Andrew, Alex, Josh, and Dr. Cirone) went to a Men’s Prayer Brekkie/Bible Study meeting at 7:30 am at Calvary Baptist Church. Andrew brought the devotional message about Jonah about being sensitive to the Lord’s calling. Alex said […]
Thursday-Friday, July 10-11, Condell Park Bible Church/Bible Baptist Church (Condell Park/Prestons) Andrew and Bella tag team this update previewing the last two days of our Holiday Kid’s Club and Youth Rally! Andrew: G’day Mates! It’s Andrew here! Thursday was the third day of holiday kid’s club! We played more games, sang lots of songs, and […]
VBS has been going well thus far, filled with laughter and learning combined. The team has been able to share some basic Bible lessons in English with some translation afterwards, and the children seemed to grasp the important parts of each lesson. Lillian Birx said, “Teaching English to the kids was always exciting, but the […]
Tuesday-Wednesday, July 8-9, Condell Park Bible Church/Bible Baptist Church (Condell Park/Prestons) Jaina and Mattie tag team this update as the first two days of our Holiday Kid’s Club and Youth Rally are in the books! Tuesday (Jaina): We woke up bright and early and headed over to Condell Park Baptist Church for Holiday Kids Club […]
Monday, July 7, Sydney CBD/Darling Harbour/Circular Quay/Manly Beach (Sydney) So good to have Christina back on our team again as she is a ’23 YOM Team Australia alumnus and provides today’s update summary as it was a “full-on” day… Today the missions team assisted with some last-minute setup for Condell Park’s Holiday Kids Club which […]
Monday was our first day of VBS in Barcelona at Església Bíblica Vall d’Hebron; and though the learning curve was steep, our team did a great job of adapting to the newness of it all. The most difficult aspect has probably been getting all of the children to try using more English even though it […]
Sunday, July 6, Living Waters Baptist Church/Bible Baptist Church/Condell Park Bible Church (Sydney) So glad to have Kerri on our team and congratulations to her as she officially passed her NCLEX exam before leaving for our travels. It is great to have a team “nurse.” Kerri, take it away! Today was a busy, busy day […]
Saturday, July 5, The Brazzell Family (Quakers Hill, Queensland) Alex has been a blessing to the team and as a team veteran (YOM Team Philippines ’24/YOM Team Australia ’25) has helped provide leadership and insight. We appreciate Alex’s update on our first day in Sydney! Because yesterday (Friday) was quite the long (and hungry) day […]
