Highlights
• Student Focu
s training for Yong• Training with Operation Mobilisation for all of us
• Opportunities to visit a number of churches
• About being a house-dad, Yong says, “the days go quickly”. About being at work, Vicki says, “the days go quickly”
• Caleb now has teeth and strong legs for standing
Some notes from Yong
Early in February I was able to do some training with Youth Dimensions, who developed the Student Focus program. My training will enable me to run sessions in schools when we move to Derby, WA to work with Kingdom Aviation (hopefully in May this year). The training was very fun because of the enthusiastic trainers who were very passionate about share the Gospel with young people. I had opportunity lead a few games. I was bit nervous but soon I was as excited and noisy as the students. I was very glad that I went and did the training. The trainers were very excited about Kingdom Aviation’s ministry with aboriginal youths.
Since mid January, I’ve had a new job as a house dad. The first few weeks were hard but once I got to know Caleb’s routine, it was easier. It is really enjoyable and fun looking after Caleb. The only occupation safety and health issue is dealing with Caleb’s toxic nappies. Normally it is a once a day but occasionally I need to deal with toxic nappies 3 times… He is really active and into everything. I enjoy reading him his baby Bible. He sits on my lap and listens to the Bible stories. It is God’s blessing to have time with him every day before I go back to full time work. Working on airplanes one day a week is really enjoyable and I’m able to focus on something else! I am very thankful for Gippsland Aeronautics who allow me to work one day a week.
In our last newsletter we mentioned that we would like to join a mission agency that can help us get organised to go and work in Derby. We have made contact with Operation Mobilisation (OM), and they have been very willing to explore an arrangement where we can join OM and they support us with member care, training, support with managing our finances and other support. We are still waiting to find out if we can join, but in the mean time we’ve been able to participate in their training program for mission work and are hopeful we can proceed with them. Our training was for six days at the end of February and included aspects of partnership development, a Life Directions workshop, Bible teaching and some great socialising and learning from the other participants. We found the week to be very informative, motivating and encouraging, though quite tiring at times.
During January and February we’ve continued to take up opportunities to visit churches and share about the work we plan to do in WA. Many have shown interest in the work of Kingdom Aviation and are interested in some form of partnership with us. We are thankful for these opportunities and hope for more visits!
A walk with Vicki
While being back at work may not be quite as much fun as being with Caleb, I have enjoyed the adult conversations and using a different part of my brain. At the moment we are short-staffed in our department and trying very hard to recruit dietitians. I can’t understand why people are not attracted to Sale – it’s a good rural location with an interesting and varied workload. Oh well, we can only keep trying!
When Yong did his training for student focus, my mum came for a few days to look after Caleb. She said that Caleb was easy to look after and I think it was actually a much quieter week for her than her normal busy life.
In January we had a great visit from a friend we met in Nepal. Manish migrated to Australia last year and is working in Melbourne.
The next big adventure for me is a trip with Caleb to visit Yong’s family in the USA. We are looking forward to spending time together and meeting many people who’ve taken an interest in our lives for a long time.
Caleb’s world
Caleb continues to bring us lots of smiles (and some frowns) each day. Nowadays when he smiles you can see two little teeth in his lower gums. There’s a lot more to come, but he’s on the way. He’s also on the way to walking! He’s gone from crawling at eight months to pulling himself up on furniture and now he’s started walking along holding onto things. Everything happens quickly and we enjoy seeing him progress. Unfortunately he considers the bins, bookshelves and kitchen cupboards more interesting than his toys. He still loves the outdoors and his favourite food at the moment is meat and potatoes. His favourite words are mumumum and omaa (Korean for mum!). We’re very happy that Caleb sleeps 11 hours most nights. He even has a freshly painted cot thanks to his daddy.
For those who pray:
• Thanks for provision of a good reliable vehicle and for the financial blessing to purchase it.
• Praise God for Yong’s training with Youth Dimensions to run Student Focus program!
• Praise God for our training with OM and our progress towards joining them. Pray that this partnership will evolve successfully.
• Pray that we can find a suitable trailer for transporting our furniture to Western Australia and for a house to rent when we get there.
• Pray for our visits to churches coming up, and for God’s leading in our partnership development.
• Pray for our packing up at Sale and other preparations for moving
1 comment:
Thanks for the encouragement you left on my blog! It's nice to read what y'all are up to - and I'll be praying especially in these last few weeks before your move to Derby - I can imagine you're fat out!
How am I? (and you don't just mean 'how's life?') - I am still very much single and very much content with the gift God's given me in singleness! :-p So you'll have to pray harder Yong!
God bless you both (and little Caleb - who's becomming a real little cutie!)! Love Lau
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