Sorry I have been a bit slack posting lately it just seems that we have had so much on. We have just recently returned from two weeks furlough which was a good chance to catch up with family and friends. During this time our eldest daughter Amy-Lee turned 12 !!!! this is really scary, but she is growing into a wonderful young woman and I couldnt be prouder of her. She got two parties; the first a sleepover with her friends in Warrnambool and then a family one in Melbourne.
Then we were back to work and catching up on everything, we got to share in our first Cluster Group with six other officers which was a great time. We looked at some teaching from John Ortberg on the story of Esther(very beneficial... I will probably post about this later).
Then this week our daughter Zara went into hospital to have her Tonsils and Adnoids removed. She is feeling a bit sick and sorry for herself at the moment but the surgery went well, the surgeon is very happy and she will definitely be better off now that they are out.
During all of these events we have been reminded again just how wonderful God is, the last event I wanted to share with you was a decision night held at Singing Company last Monday night. This is a group of around 30 to 35 children that meet to sing songs every Monday night and they take part in the meeting a few times a year. The majority of this group come from Non Christian households and this is their only link to church. ( While I was writing this I did my sums in my head and I think there is only 8 that belong to corps families !). As I said last week we held a "decision Night" where we delved a bit deeper into what it meant to be a Christian and what it actually was to ask Jesus to come into your life. I deliberately tried to keep this night as unemotional as I could ( if you want to know why speak to me some time) and after talking things through and handing out a book to each child we offered the chance to come forward and pray with a leader to ask Jesus into their life. Amazingly we had well over ten youngsters come forward and a number more talk and discuss their thoughts on this and ask relevant questions that could lead to further decisions. God is so good and He rewards us when we step out in faith. The challenge now is to help these children to continue on the path they have started and nurture them in the Christian faith.
I would ask if you are a Christian that you would pray for these youngsters, and if you are not maybe you would consider what it actually means to ask Jesus to come into your life. I can gaurantee one thing life will never be the same again.
God Bless you each.
4 comments:
We love you guys!You really are doing God's work with so much passion - bless ya. It's so good to hear about your ministry with the Singing Co. We pray that God will continue to speak to them each. We'll be praying for a speedy recovery for Zara. (Jer 33:6)
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This sounds like a fabulous ministry do you conduct the singing company?
No I dont conduct the Singing Company we have a wonderfully talented and commited leader who is an Angel from God in Ronda Philpot. Sue is involved every week with the group I just help when I can and when they ask.
God Bless
Darren Lamotte
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