Week Six....I mean Seven update

Week Six Seven update! We can’t believe how fast the past three weeks have gone. We spent last weekend near Rockhampton, QLD. We actually stayed in a cabin in the dry rainforest near some limestone caves which we got to explore one afternoon. We also spent a few hours at the Rockhampton Heritage Village before heading for the Capricorn Coast and seeing some beautiful coastline. We got to see almost 1100 miles of the Australian countryside in four days. Even more importantly, we were able to spend time together doing it. Being in Townsville is great, but it was even better to be away just the two of us.

The past few weeks have seen quite a bit of change in the flats! There is some tile in every flat with mainly finish work to do once the kitchen and baths are in! Caleb worked on putting in the back fence last week and is painting the exterior this week. The kitchens have come in and will be installed by the end of the week. There is heaps of work to do but we are confident we will be ready for staff to move back in the weekend of July 20.

Dawn is continuing to help in the administration side of the Blitz as well as jumping in to makee a special dessert for Outreach Report Back Dinner. It’s always great to hear from outreach teams soon after they return from the various locations. There were teams in Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Cambodia and around Australia. So many individuals impacted in lots of different ways.

We have so many pictures from our time in Rockhampton that we will share on Facebook, but here are a few from the last couple of weeks.

Caleb can always find a fence to work on

Cream Puffs

Styling inside the caves

Styling outside the caves :)

Visiting the Rockhampton Heritage Village

The Capricorn Coast

Sugarcane harvester

Four Week Update

We can hardly believe that we’ve been in Townsville for a month! Well that is until we look at the progress made on the flats! There is tile laid in three of the 12 bedrooms, final coats of paint in two of the flats, and a LOT of mudding and taping happening in the downstairs flats. We are a bit behind the timeline that was laid out for the project so if anyone is interested in coming to help out PLEASE DO!!! We’re excited to have Discipleship Training School outreach teams here for two weeks to work alongside us on the Blitz. They are on the second half of their final outreach so it’ll be encouraging to here how God has already used them on outreach.
The last two weeks have been filled with physical labor for Caleb and office work, babysitting, baking, and a bit of physical labor for Dawn. The evenings have been a mix of relaxing with each other at the flat, getting to know our flat mates a bit, and spending time building relationship with YWAM Townsville staff. We’ve enjoyed Heritage Day (history of Townsville) with Mel Davies and the Hoovers, a night of laughter with Caleb’s DTS mates, dinner and coffee with a few new friends and a night at the Strand (beach) with old friends.
There are lots of exciting things happening here at YWAM Townsville and God is calling the ministry into huge new things. It’s an interesting time to be here in the midst of those changes and see for ourselves how the ministry is growing.
Enjoy the pictures and we’d love to hear from you!!
Blessings,

Caleb & Dawn
Prayer Points:
Continued Safety on the Worksite
Wisdom to manage our time effectively
Strengthening of our spiritual relationship individually and as a couple
Guidance for YWAM Townsville in this time of growth


　

 

 Enjoying a tasting of crocodile, Kangaroo, Possum & Emu at Heritage Day

Caleb going a bit bonkers after another day of mudding the drywall

 

 We've been so blessed by a staff member who is away on outreach. She's allowed us use of her car while she's gone! We feel SO blessed!

 

 

Another blessings is the flat we're staying in. It's usually used by the guest speakers and is one of the nicest flats on campus. We've had flatmates three of the four weeks we've been here but it's been good having a chance to get to know them.

We drove up Castle Hill to see the town at night. It was fun to see the layout of the city from a birdseye view.