Ella's First Solid Food....

Saturday 9th 2008 Tomorrow Ella will be 6 months old... who can believe she's already half a year old? Time is flying and our little baby is growing so fast. However today was a big one for Ella, because she had her first lot of solid food. Check out how well she did.

Sessional Photos

Di and I had our sessional photos taken today but here are some casual photos we took while the professional photographer was at work. What a great team, we really have a wonderful session and the training staff are the best you could possibly have.

We thought we needed some photos of Di and I in our cadet uniforms, here they are.

Here is our Training Principle, Captain Stephen Court leading us on with OUR flag.

We are loving college and this weekend is our official welcome at Waverly Corps. Full steam ahead with classes also this week, both Di and I can't wait.

An Open Air Meeting: A Step of Faith

Sunday afternoon. Bright sunny day. Pete and Jo Brookshaw, Scott Ellery, myself, Cpt. Stephen Court and some other "Prayer Warriors" cadets joined us as we hit the streets in Melbourne at the Victoria Market.

Pete had the guitar, Scott had drums and I had the flag. We played some popular tunes, including "I still haven't found what I'm looking for", "I'm a believer", "Lean on me" and others. People listened and some tapped their feet. In amongst the songs we each got up and shared a quick gospel message. As people sat on the cafe chairs sipping their coffee, they uncomfortably pretended not to hear us too much. But we did have a response...

One guy from Bejing, who was not a Christian and on holidays, came up to us, and Cpt. Court gave him a bible and got his details, and he said he would read it all and email Cpt. Court later on. He was genuinly interested in the gospel message.

Here's our Training Principal showing us how it's done! What a legend and excellent teacher!

life to the fullest you need Jesus... Just believe in him today. War Crys were handed out and one guy said, 'Ahh yeah, I'll take it. We love the Sallies!' Even after going hard with the message of Jesus... Kind of weird, but I think that says a little about Australian culture. They have huge respect for TSA, and even when we've spent the last 30 minutes preaching the gospel, the reply is one of respect. We pray that people begin to connect with our message of Jesus, and for the community to realise, that they can become Salvos as well!

Bring back the Open Airs. Do them well. Be relevant. Preach the gospel. God can use it.

NB: The body of this text was used with the kind and gracious permission of the strong and courageous Cadet Pete Brookshaw, for more of his excellent work check out http://revolutionearth.blogspot.com/