September News '05
Hello Friends and Family!Here we are again at the end (well more like beginning) of yet another month! 2005 is flying by!
Us
Granada, Spain- Yes! We did actually make it away on a little holiday! Nate and I found an excellent deal for 5 days and 4 nights in Granada, Spain. Granada is on the Southern coast of Spain and was the last area in Spain to be taken over by the Spanish. So there is still a large Moorish population there. We had lost of fun touring around the Alhambra
(a large cast
le/kingdom that was built by the Moors), taking in the (original) Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, looking around all kinds of interesting Moorish markets, tasting Spanish cuisine etc. Nate was a bit disappointed that he didn’t get to see a bull fight, but he excelled in his Spanish speaking. Our hotel had a lovely swimming pool on the terrace, which overlooked the city. We took advantage this commodity, and the sun, during the siesta hours of the afternoon! We came home feeling truly refreshed, relaxed, tanned, and totally blessed by the awesome deals that we were able to get on that trip!Erika- I started back to work this past month. While I’ve been thoroughly enjoying teaching, I have to say that I’ve found it much more tiring than I remember! Perhaps it’s the big belly! I have only two and a half more weeks of teaching left and then I’ll be supervising classes one day a week and doing admin one day a week. I officially start maternity leave at the end of November (unless the baby comes before then)!
Ministry/ Nate- All of Nate’s clubs are up and running once again. Over the next term he’s trial running both of his Impact clubs on the same night. This means that on a Wednesday his day starts at 8:30 am and he doesn’t get home until 10:30 pm at the earliest! While it’s a big day, he’s hoping that freeing up one of his evenings will give him more time to spend with his new baby come December! I am currently still helping out at one of the clubs on a Wednesday, but probably not for too much longer.
Two weeks ago Nate was involved in taking all of the new year (grade) 7 young people from Magna Carta High School on away days. Basically they went off school grounds and had lots of fun getting to know each other. Every day two out of the eight classes got to go on a day trip out. Nate met lots of new faces and was able to do some “recruiting” for his younger Impact on the Green club.
exodusonfire our church youth group is going strong. Our numbers have increased yet again from 12 – 16, which is very encouraging! A couple of Sundays ago we had our first Ignite service, which is our church’s service run by the youth. We tried some new ideas that would have been rather foreign to the average church-goer, but most of our young people and all of our guests really enjoyed it!
Nate has also had the opportunity to do some preaching at church. As well as becoming an excellent preacher, Nate is someone who is really hearing the voice of God and bringing timely messages to our church!
Answered Prayer:
*We got to go on a very refreshing and much needed holiday!
*God has been giving us some awesome ideas for our youth clubs/group
Please Pray For:
*We have a couple of yearly financial costs coming up to do with our vehicle as well as increased costs around our baby. Please pray that God provides miraculously this month!
*Nate’s laptop recently broke down and he is in need of a new (or used) one as it’s vital to the work/ministry he’s involved in. Please pray that God opens up the doors for him to get a new laptop soon.
*Please pray for increased and continued vision for the young people, clubs, and services that we’re involved in.
Thank you so much for all of your love, prayers and support!
Love and Blessings,
Erika and Nate
Ministry/ Nate- All of Nate’s clubs are up and running once again. Over the next term he’s trial running both of his Impact clubs on the same night. This means that on a Wednesday his day starts at 8:30 am and he doesn’t get home until 10:30 pm at the earliest! While it’s a big day, he’s hoping that freeing up one of his evenings will give him more time to spend with his new baby come December! I am currently still helping out at one of the clubs on a Wednesday, but probably not for too much longer.
Two weeks ago Nate was involved in taking all of the new year (grade) 7 young people from Magna Carta High School on away days. Basically they went off school grounds and had lots of fun getting to know each other. Every day two out of the eight classes got to go on a day trip out. Nate met lots of new faces and was able to do some “recruiting” for his younger Impact on the Green club.
exodusonfire our church youth group is going strong. Our numbers have increased yet again from 12 – 16, which is very encouraging! A couple of Sundays ago we had our first Ignite service, which is our church’s service run by the youth. We tried some new ideas that would have been rather foreign to the average church-goer, but most of our young people and all of our guests really enjoyed it!
Nate has also had the opportunity to do some preaching at church. As well as becoming an excellent preacher, Nate is someone who is really hearing the voice of God and bringing timely messages to our church!
Answered Prayer:
*We got to go on a very refreshing and much needed holiday!
*God has been giving us some awesome ideas for our youth clubs/group
Please Pray For:
*We have a couple of yearly financial costs coming up to do with our vehicle as well as increased costs around our baby. Please pray that God provides miraculously this month!
*Nate’s laptop recently broke down and he is in need of a new (or used) one as it’s vital to the work/ministry he’s involved in. Please pray that God opens up the doors for him to get a new laptop soon.
*Please pray for increased and continued vision for the young people, clubs, and services that we’re involved in.
Thank you so much for all of your love, prayers and support!
Love and Blessings,
Erika and Nate
Pictures: Nate and Erika on a big bus tour in Granada, A typical Moorish Market, and the Alhambra, Us at a 'Churros con chocolate' cafe
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