JOLLT - June 2012

97% with Three Days to Go 

At the time of writing, we are only 3% short of reaching our financial target, with three full days to go! We wanted to say a huge thanks to all those one-off donations (to the “Get-them-otta-here” Fund) and Automatic Payments (to the “Keep-them-away-from-here” Fund), have made this possible. Thanks also to the prayers who’ve been working behind the scenes.  We’re confident that the sensational snail-on-steroids support campaign will have slithered across the finish line a second before midnight on the 31^st! People who’ve been planning to partner with us in someway but have not yet done so, can contact Pam on 096305778 or admin@nzkiwi.net.nz. Thanks again!

Garage Sale on Saturday June 2

Mt. Albert Baptist have very kindly arranged a garage sale, the proceeds from which will be donated to our relocation. We’d love to help if you’ve got some junk that you’d like to get rid off. There might be some bargains, and there’ll be nutritious (?!?) sausage or cups of tea of you feel like lingering.  Would love to see you!

Commissioning Services and Goodbyes

We’d also love you to come to our commissioning services on Sunday morning at Mt. Albert Baptist on June 3^rd (9 & 11 AM), and All Saints Anglican Church on June 10^th. If you can’t make it on the 3^rd or 10^th, we’d covet your prayers as we start saying goodbyes to our many friends and supporters. These are never easy, but some are harder than others. Remember that if you want to get in touch with us, our numbers are 0220297314 (CJ), 0220297298 (SJ), or 098150924 (hm). We would love to hear from you!

Departure Dates

CJ leaves on June 16^th. He will be giving presentations at Monash and LaTrobe universities in Melbourne, ANU in Canberra, and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore before delivering a paper at a conference in KL.  The conference organizers are paying the airfare which is a huge blessing. This will require a bit of preparation (see prayerority # 7) The rest of the family will leave two weeks later on June 30^th. CJ arrives in Chiang Mai (CM) on the 29^th, with everyone else getting there on July 1^st, after a night in Singapore. “Everyone else” includes C’s mum who will be returning with us.

School Enrollment Update

After a few emails and the occasional phone call, we’ve got the kids into the classes that we feel will be appropriate for them. We expect that getting N the learner-support the needs, might will require a bit of due diligence on our part. Might be wrong. Hope so. Please pray!