In Thai, this means accidents are frequent here.
I have no idea what they intended.
Thank you for sending us out into the world on your behalf.
So today, before I finish writing my sermon for Sunday where I will preach at New Life Church. I am writing to update you on what's happening in our lives. (Everyone enjoyed the sermon.)
Caribbean
For several years now, we have been reaching out into the Caribbean. Not long before the hurricanes Irma and Maria blasted the Caribbean in 2017, we were able to establish a great relationship with YWAM Puerto Rico and St. Croix. Sean would like to make several more trips this year to these impacted areas.
St. Croix Trip
From April 9-20, Sean will be joining Shepherd Gate Church in St. Croix for a mission trip. The cost is around $500. We will go to serve the YWAM base as we minister in the community.
Sean playing with kids in St. Croix.
Puerto Rico Trip
Puerto Rico trip with Faith Evangelical Presbyterian Church. The cost is around $900. They will be assisting Presbyterian churches to restore communities after the devastation from the hurricanes.
Discipleship Training School (DTS)
YWAM Tampa Bay will finally restart our Discipleship Training School now that we have enough housing. It will begin this upcoming September and will conclude when we come back from outreach on Jan 30th. There will be two focused tracks for the students: performing arts and frontier adventures. Sean hopes to lead the adventure team to Thailand and will probably need about $2,000-3,000 for that trip. During the school, Sean and his family will be leaders as well as teach in the school. As usual, Sean will be teaching on Spiritual Warfare.
Discipleship Theater Course (DTC) for Teenagers
We are also committed to releasing young people into the arts. We are excited that Live Oak Theater finally has a large new facility in Brooksville. After two weeks of acting camp with Live Oak (Sean teaches on Sound/Audio), we want to train these young people in their spiritual gifts with a Discipleship Theater Course. From July 9- 13 we will offer a minimized DTS curriculum to our teenagers. Then we plan to take them on outreach locally to the homeless and youth detention centers from July 16-20.
New Live Oak Theatre Facility
House Guests
A family of 13 have come to live with us until they can find somewhere to live as they were recently evicted. They have twin infants and the they’ve been through such a difficult time recently that most of them are ill. Please pray that they will soon get well and find a home of their own. Also, please pray that we will be able to encourage them in their spiritual walk.
Rodriguez Family
Since December, we have had several other house guests, including, Eric and his 4-year-old son Bradley. They needed somewhere to stay while they got their feet on the ground. Eric has been working hard and has been asking a lot of Bible questions as he is at the beginning of his journey in Christ. Sean’s dad Art led him to the Lord a week ago.
David and Victoria Sanborn
We are excited to welcome a new family member, Victoria Sanborn, who just married David in January.
Here is my Best Man Speech
We have new Cousins-In-Law!!
and here is the Flash Mob Song from "Fiddler on the Roof."
Getting David Ready
Australia
We had a fantastic time in Australia visiting our friends and relatives. It' been 8 years since Anne visited her family and when her dad died, we decided now was the right time. We spent time with Gordon's wife Christa Kershaw who showed us around all of her and Gordon’s favorite places as well as the beach where she scattered Gordon’s ashes.
When we got to Adelaide, Sean worked hard to repair and upgrade Anne’s mom’s house. The kids had a fantastic time meeting new friends and seeing lots of wildlife.
It had been many years since Anne had been home and we found it difficult to leave.
Christa took us to all of Gordon's favorite places.
Kangaroo Hill
Kangaroo Hill
Lots of fun with Anne's sisters
Coffs Harbour
Christmas 2017
For Christmas we asked the kids- do you want trinkets or one big cool present. They chose the later, so Sean was able to install a zipline in our yard.
Church Planter
Please Pray for Taa, who is a church planter and DTS leader in Phitsanuloke Thailand. He is doing a great job and needs a lot of prayer.
Please Pray for Taa's Ministry
Family Update
Kids are doing well with homeschooling and their weekly co-op program.
It looks like Samantha will need braces. We contacted an orthodontist who gave us a preliminary quote of around $5,000. We may need to create a crowd-fund for this project.
Coffs Harbour
If you’ve read down this far, great job and thank you so much for taking the time to read all our news. Please feel free to reach out to us via email or a phone call and if you’re local we’d love to have you over for a meal.
Support
We are so grateful for the people God has put in our lives! Please stay in touch and let us know your prayer needs as well!
In Gratitude,
Sean, Anne, Samantha and Timothy
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