Thanks Reachout!

We have been so blessed by God's hand in our lives and ministry. The Reachout missions event in Katoomba (http://www.reachoutmissions.com.au/) was moved by our project and has provided a significant gift to support the opening of the café gallery ministry. If you were at Reachout, we want to say a huge thankyou and we are so grateful for the way God has worked through young people in Australia to help make this dream a reality. Here is a short video that talks about our plan for the ministry here in Queretaro - it is the extended version of what what shown at the Reachout conference.

Our vision for reaching out to Mexican university students in Queretaro with the message of Jesus through a café/gallery space.

If this ministry project moves you to pray, give or go, please email phil.jones@iteams.org!

Goodbye Carlos and Stefanie

On Wednesday night we said hi again then goodbye to Carlos and Stefanie. Carlos is one of the guys I have been investing in over the past two years and he has finally been granted his fiance visa to enter the US. He and Stefanie will be getting married on the 9th of October this year in Michigan. We have seen their journey and their love grow as they seek to live as disciples of Jesus Christ and honor Him with everything.

It was a privilege for us to be there with other young people to pray God's blessing and guidance for them in this new step in their journey of faith.

Please pray for these guys too that they would be able to give glory to God every day in the preparation for their wedding and in their new life together.

We're back!

We arrived back in Queretaro late Tuesday night again tired after more travel but excited to be home and see Sandy's side of the family. Sandy's parents took us out to eat tacos - our favourite Mexican food and they were delicious! We got straight back into things as Phil had an urgent ministry task to do on Wednesday and Sandy lots of support to give in getting groceries and starting to tidy up the house. We have been busy unpacking but we are very excited about the next phase of our ministry here. We visited the uni on Wednesday and saw lots of young people who need to hear about Jesus.

God bless guys, we'll be in touch soon!

Enjoying Australia

Just a quick update to say we are enjoying Australia and having a lot of fun. God is amazing and has given us the opportunity to experience new things, try new foods and see the diversity and richness of His creation. We have also been able to use the time to make good connections and share about what God is doing in Mexico. We are very excited about the next steps in ministry and our Lord is opening up the doors for exhilarating new opportunities. Please keep praying and more news soon!

We are currently on the Gold Coast staying with some of our dear friends and partners in ministry and we have been to visit AMT today. More updates when we have a good internet connection.

Sharing at Canterbury Gardens

Hi all,

We are having a great time here in Australia and seeing and doing lots of things as a family. Today we went to Canterbury Gardens Community Church and Phil was interviewed about our work in Mexico. He shared about our passion for making disciples and the new project we are planning to open a cafe and art gallery space for uni students to connect, express and learn about Jesus.

We have almost 600 photos already, so I will try and find a few highlights to blog over the next little while.

Take care!
Phil, Sandy and Romi

Meeting details

Hi all,

We've safely arrived in Melbourne and we're getting our heads and bodies around the time change. We are enjoying catching up and spending time with the family and Romi is having fun playing with her cousins.

For those of you who would like to see us and hear about what God is doing in Mexico, the organised meetings are as follows:

• Sunday 11 July - Balwyn Gospel Chapel - service 10am, community lunch after the service and presentation at 1pm. 2 Leonard St, Balwyn, 3103.
• Sunday 18 July - Canterbury Gardens Community Church - 10:30am http://www.cgcc.com.au/
• Sunday 1 August - EDGE church Doncaster - 10:30am http://www.edgechurch.net.au/
• Sunday 1 August - The SHIFT missions experience - 6:30pm at Montmorency Gospel Chapel http://www.montychapel.org/
• Tuesday 3 August - International Teams Journeys - 7:30pm St Jude's Anglican Church 235 Palmerston St, Carlton
  

Ready to go

Hi all,

It's late, we're tired and the cases are still open with things popping in and out. We are very excited to be travelling to Australia tomorrow and can't wait to be on our way! Please pray for us as we travel over the next 48 hours and arrive in Melbourne on Tuesday morning at about 8am. We will be flying from Mexico to LA and then to Melbourne. Please pray for our health as we've all been down with a cold and also that God would protect and guide us every step of the journey.

Our desire is to be a blessing to those around us and to bless others in our trip to Australia.

Take care and see you soon!

Phil and Sandy