Weekend happenings with the Coles

We have had huge progress towards our goal of raising finance for our Philippines outreach. On Friday I went and purchased all but 4 of the plane tickets we needed for outreach. Yea! That means we saw over $32K come in a week. God is great! On Friday, we were granted an extension on those final 4 plane tickets, but need to pay for them as soon as possible. So keep believing with us for God to come through for that final amount.

Saturday we got real practical and as a group had a fund raising car wash in the center of town. It was great fun, and helped raise about $700.00.



Yesterday Josh and I drove down to Whakatane to Josh's grandma's house as it was her birthday. All the family had gathered there for the day. We had a great time reconnecting with the cousins, the uncles and aunties and grandma. Fantastic. Ohope beach is lovely too!

Expecting a Miracle

As a DTS we are gearing up for outreach to the Philipines. Outreach always brings lots of excitement and challenges to us all. This week we are facing a challenge, yet I am living in complete expectation that God is going to pull this one off. After all, "all things are possible with God".

Our airline tickets for outreach must be purchased by this Friday; and as you can imagine the finacial commitment is our challenge. We currently need to see about $30,000 come in 72 hours. We invite you to walk in faith with us, believing God to finish what he has started in these students lives. Check this space to hear how it all works out.

Comming to a Home Depot near you.

A couple of weeks ago I was asked to act in an infomercial. A friend of mine invented an addition to toilets that remove the stink, (you guys know why it gets stinky:>) at the touch of a button. The product should be a huge success as American Standard Toilets have just picked up the product. All this being said, you will soon see me on late night TV, acting in an infomercial for the product. You will see me assembling the "odour remover" and adding it to a standard toilet. Pretty funny, huh?It was pretty cool experience. The film crew was part of Peter Jackson's crew (you know, Lord of the Rings) so I can now claim I know some Hollywood/New Zealand famous people!

For those of you who wish to purchase this "odour remover" you will be able to find it at Home Depot in a couple months. Wives of the world rejoice!

DTS Update

This week was definitely a breakthrough week on DTS. Monday seems like 6 months ago, all though it was only 6 days ago, and what has happened between then and now is far too much too put into words. We saw God move in incredible power this week, and the change we've observed in our students is like day and night, it's hard to believe that we are only 5 weeks into it, and have another 4 months to go. I think what I realised this week is how valuable the context and framework of a YWAM discipleship training school is, and I've realised that a lot of what God is doing in the students lives is actually taking place outside of the classroom and House of Prayer, it's around the dinner table, on the weekends, hanging out together at night etc....awesome!

On Monday and Tuesday we talked about what it means to be baptised in the Spirit and also the meaning of water baptism. We then loaded up the vans and went up to a waterfall to baptise 7 students. It was an awesome time, and we were kissed with a double rainbow later that afternoon.

From Wednesday to Friday we had Frank Naea, who used to be president of Youth with a Mission, come and speak on the Father Heart of God. We had an amazing time with him, it was so rich, refreshing, and deep. On Friday the week culminated with an incredible time of ministry, AMAZING! I don't think there was one dry eye in the room for about 3 hours, as we all drank deeply from the love of the Father.

Looking forward to this week, Hank Overeem is coming to speak. Should be good.