On Tuesday we fly out of Brisbane, and arrive in Manila for 2 days of team training. We will meet up with Pastor Rey Calusay, we will learn more of the Filipino culture, we will plan and and we will pray together.
The 2011 Aussie SOS team needs YOUR prayer support - please pray for us regularly. In the army, I once acted as a forward observer for an artillery shoot. I called in the grid reference of the enemy position on the opposite hill ... and waited. There was an eerie silence followed by the 'whistling' sound of overhead shells flying towards their mark, and then ... the opposite hill was ablaze with explosions, smoke and shrapnel. It would have been suicide to advance on the hill without that fire-power, but with artillery support victory was assured.
Right now we are advancing into enemy territory. These are not just words, this is fact - the enemy is against the planting of churches. We NEED your prayer support, and we will have the victory.
On Friday we fly to North Luzon, a 1 hour plane trip from Manila, and join the Filipino church planting team at Santiago City, Isabela.