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We are Graduating!
You are all invited to
come to Eastwest
College on the 5th of
December for
afternoon tea as we
celebrate those
students who are
graduating this year.
Thank each of you for your prayers and love over our time here at
Eastwest. Last term was very busy; both Carah and I were studying
together and both going on trips with the college to two different
mission expos to help mobilize for the college. This term is shaping
up to be the biggest term we have ever had. Both of us are in a
three-week block course for language learning, followed by World
Religions, which will be one of the last papers we do.

Friends, praise God with us because when we came here to

Eastwest College we felt the Lord guide us in not taking a
student loan, so at the end we could leave debt free. Over our
two years here our costs have been over $32,000 now coming
to the end we only have $6000 left to pay plus Lukes TESOL
summer course. Please join us in prayer that we will gradate
debt free so the next step of faith can begin.

Graduation will start at

2pm followed by
afternoon tea and
time to hang out and
view the College.

FALL 2016

THE LOREM IPSUMS

What is next for us

When we first came to college I was
like any young man ready for D.I.Y.
I went from thinking we didnt need
training to go into overseas mission,
to now not wanting to leave because
it feels like we need still more
training. But things are coming to
end for us as students at Eastwest
College, and the next stage begins.

I remember being in Australia in 2011, and we were teaching Bible in Schools. A young
boy walks up to me and says, You dont look like a missionary. My response was,
Well, what does a missionary look like? At this point he asked me why I was not old
like his normal teacher, and where was my tie?

Young people have always been placed on our hearts for many reasons. First, I long to
see young people have the life that many are not given. Second, I believe many youth
today under estimate their giftings and how much they have to offer in the spread of
the gospel. Carah and I believe God is asking us to stay on at Eastwest College for the
next 6 months as volunteer staff, to help run and promote the college. Our heart is to see
many young people find their calling into long-term mission. At the risk of sounding
outrageous, I believe young people are the future of mission; they have so many talents
to useyoung people reaching young people. That is why we have decided to stay on
and serve here at Eastwest as full-time volunteers. This means a few changes for us; to
start with, Carah will be getting a bigger kitchen as we will be moving into a slightly
bigger home. Carah is planning to finish off some papers that she was unable to do this
year because of health reasons. I will work just about fulltime with the College in the
area of promotions and media. It also means that we are going to be back relying on
full-time support. As you may know already, Eastwest is a fully volunteer-based
college, meaning staff must pay for housing, food and any other basics of living.
Please pray as we try and widen our prayer and financial support
Our heart for overseas mission is still very alive and active, however, and we still plan
to leave for India long-term next year. But we believe this next season of our mission is
right here in New Zealand.


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THE LOREM IPSUMS

FALL 2016

We went camping for our first time

as a family
We spent a lovely four days and three nights at Hot Water Beach
camp site. We went with some families from college, which have two
of Leahs closest friends. Needless to say it was a blast.

This coming January, Luke is enrolled in a four-week NZQA
accredited course for Teaching English As a Second Language. Carah
finished this course in 2013. We believe having this under both our
belts could really help in volunteer options in India in the future

Please pray for:

# Leah, because people (her family) at
college will be leaving this term
# Luke and Carah as we both finish our
Tools for Language Learning course
# Luke and this very big TESOL course
over summer
# Our connection with young people and
local churches here in New Zealand