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  1. April 12, 2004

    A Prayer For Friends

    When I think of my prayer in the morning, and how the events of the day turned things to what they are now, I am amazed. Some would call it luck, fate, or chance. I would call them wrong. How thankful I am that God hears and answers our…

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  2. March 10, 2004

    YWAM – First Contact

    Sunday Morning It is 10am on Sunday in Buenos Aires. The city is still sleeping. Few peope walk the streets. The roads are quiet and easy to navigate. This quietness stands in sharp contrast with any other day. I am walking, looking,…

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  3. May 12, 2003

    A Brief Background

    In 1998 when I was working in Cairns Australia, God called me to go to New Zealand. About eight years before that I had seen a short video on a place called Lifeway College * over there. This was now the same place that I believed God was…

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  4. May 11, 2003

    Transiting Australia – First Stop

    First Stop – Australia… When I left New Zealand I had no idea of the trauma it would cause me. I guess it is only natural that the more you love the more it hurts to let go. I learnt to love a lot during my time there, so it follows that I…

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  5. May 10, 2003

    The Call – Late 2002

    Sometime later in 2002 a feeling started to grow inside of me that told me I was leaving soon and should get ready. But leaving to where? Get ready how? I didn’t really know. My decision at that time was to throw away and sell any junk…

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  6. May 10, 2003

    The Call – Early 2002

    After wanting to learn a language for a long time I decided to take a language course at University. Having considered German and Japanese first I finally rested on a course that included Spanish, French and German in a combined degree. I…

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  7. May 10, 2003

    The Call – 2001

    Sometime late in the year I got a feeling that God was going to move me on. Sort of a gut feeling that you know something is going to happen but there is no sense of timing or detail to it. So I didn’t know where or when and figured that…

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  8. May 8, 2003

    The Call – Other Things

    Other things that have helped me to know it is the right time to leave at this time:

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  9. May 8, 2003

    The Call – Meeting With Trev

    Now that I knew I was leaving and even had an idea of time, I needed to discuss this with Trevor Yaxley – my boss and the director of Lifeway Ministries. The commitments I had made to the ministry and to Trevor made it necessary to submit…

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  10. May 8, 2003

    The Call – 2003

    I went to Australia for Christmas and arrived back in New Zealand just in time to celebrate my birthday. To my surprise I was given a ticket to the New Zealand Parachute Music Festival for a present. This is a full weekend of Christian…

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