Hello Everyone,

I hope that all of you have had another week filled with awareness of God’s love. And that all of you are healthy and doing well. Let me know about any new things that are happening at home.

I spent Monday in worship and lecture. The lecture focused upon Scripture and understanding God’s love for us, we focused on Eph. 3:20, Luke 6, Eph. 2, Rom. 8:7, Matt. 9:9, Matt. 14:13. In the afternoon I helped Peter and Diana build their work bench. I am learning how to build things, while serving this man. It’s great!

Tuesday was spent in prayer, lecture and in preparation for outreach and I also spent some time hiking and rejuvenating myself. Tuesday night we had a lecture, which focused on evangelism. We learned how to effectively share the Gospel. Many people try to go about mission work without sharing the Gospel because it is hard to share. I experienced the effective reality of just sharing simple Truth with people on last Saturday night and it made me really excited about God’s power. The Gospel is authoritative and evokes strong emotions. Our prayers on Tuesday were focused upon domestic violence. It was a very hard topic to cover, very sad.

Wednesday our trip to Mt. Porters was cancelled and I took the day to sleep, pray and read God’s word. Wednesday night we had a corporate worship time many people prayed for one another and our base was alive with God’s presence.

Thursday morning we had prayer and intercession for our finances as a school. I learned more about evangelism on Thursday and turned in a five minute testimony that I had prepared to give. I used the passages Rom. 3:23, Rom. 6:23, and Rom. 10:9-10 to share the Gospel as a part of my testimony. I focused upon my knowledge of the Christian faith being a part of my entire life, but that I am only recently decided to give my entire life to God and His truths. So in other words, I am undergoing the process of relationship with God that all Christians have for their entire lives. John 10:10 – life to the full. Thursday afternoon was spent working on outreach preparation as a team. I spent Thursday night making cookies to sell. (we got a recipe from Jo Seagar, she is like the Martha Stewart of NZ, except without the problems). We made 96 yo-yos, which are two cookies with filling in the middle. It was a BIG project for two guys. Over the next two days Jonathon and I sold all of them and we made a good profit, we will have some spending money for T_urkey.

Friday we finished our lectures on Evangelism. I have listed some cool verses to think about.

· Warnings

o John 8:24

o Matt. 7:13-14

o John 10:10

o Luke 20:18

o Matt. 10:39

o Luke 9:25

o Luke 12:2-3

o Matt. 5:48

o Matt 22:32-39

o Matt. 5: 21-22

o Matt. 5:27-28

· Offers

o John 10:9-10

o Matt. 11:28-30

o John 8:36

o John 11: 25-26

o Luke 9:10

· Repent and See Him

o John 1:11-13

o Rev. 3:20

o Luke 5:31-32

o Luke 13:3

· The Cross

o 1 Peter 3:18

o 2^nd Cor. 5:21

o Acts 4:12

· Specific Verses for the Post Modern Mind Set

o Jer. 29:11-13

o Gen 1:1-2:3

o Luke 19:10

o 2^nd Cor. 5:16-20

Friday afternoon we went to Christchurch and my friend, Jordan, and I took a 19 yr old guy out to dinner at a bar called Fat Eddy’s, great food. This guy seems very old for his age. He has been to prison and didn’t always have a place to sleep at night. I meant him the week before at the rail jam. After dinner we went back to the center square in Christchurch and I meant my Japanese friend and his friend, the man I have been asking you to pray for. We took these three to the movie “One Year” where they heard the Gospel message.

We have been praying for these three consistently and I am so excited to share that they all know the Truth and have been talking with us about it quite frequently now. The guy from Christchurch was really influenced by the dinner we took him to. The Japanese friends have been really happy to be invited to all of our events. It is hard to speak with them because they both are still learning English, but they are very fun to spend time with.

On Saturday I went to Mt. Hutt and meant my Japanese friends and snowboarded with them all day. We took pictures together, talked about home, and talked about my upcoming trip to Queenstown (he might meet out group there and spend some time with us) we just spent time bondingJ. I really wish that they would accept Christ.

I am typing this early because I am going to Queenstown this coming week. Queenstown is about 7 hours South from Oxford and is supposed to be a very beautiful place with great skiing. I am going there for lectures and to do outreach in the snowboard community. Please pray for our group as we will have more events this coming week and have ministry opportunities every day. We also are having many injuries and I feel like Satan is trying to hinder our influence for God's Kingdom. Please Pray.

I am learning more about the Maori Culture because we had a person do the traditional Maori war dance this week. I also have had an opportunity to learn about the Japanese culture through my friends, they both are very polite. I can tell that they respect people in a different way than westerners would, but am still putting my finger on exactly what it is. I know that they walk behind me and always try to submit to me in a way that makes me as an American uncomfortable. They are my friends and I enjoy getting to know them.

God is full of love for each and every one of you. Please accept that love.

Travis