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“I
often wonder how different church would be if there were hundreds of
gang members in the congregation – I dream of that
day.”
Tuhoe
'Bruno' Isaac in TRUE RED the life of an ex-mongrel mob gang leader
Hi
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spent my 46th birthday reading the
book that the above quote was taken from. It was given to me by the
Angel Tree National Co-ordinator as part of preparation for leading the
SUPAkidz – Angel Tree (Scripture Union – Prison
Fellowship)
camp in Wellington at the end of this month. The book is about one
man's journey into the Mongrel Mob gang and then how through various
events and incidents he realises that the gang is a dead end road. And
in his search he discovers God's love for him. The first two thirds of
the book are very graphic about the mob activities and the time he
spent in prison. As I read it I was reminded of what a privileged life
I have had and how there are children in New Zealand whose lives are in
chaos and it is no fault of theirs. Many of the children who will be
coming to the SUPAKidz – Angel Tree camp may be similarly
disadvantaged Please pray for me (and the team and campers) as I lead
the camp. I will be way out of my comfort zone but know that God has
called us to this new ministry.
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I
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Orange
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I visited six schools in three days to do Bible in Schools
assemblies. I was doing the story of Gideon as a man of faith. I
started by sharing what I had learnt while doing military service and
then announced that I had brought a gun along with me. Well, there was
a loud “Wow!!!' at every school, until I pulled out a plastic
nerve gun. The wow then turned to laughter until I got a volunteer up
to dismantle and reassemble the gun and try to beat my record. This was
to illustrate that war is something very serious. But the loudest wow
came when I told the story of how God kept telling Gideon he needed a
smaller army because God wanted the Israelites to know that He had won
the battle not themselves.
I then talked with the children about what this could mean
for us.
We
talked about the value that God places in even the most insignificant
person and how they can be used by God to do amazing things if they
learn to listen to God
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Red
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I attended a morning workshop on the Orange concept. Orange
is an initiative developed by the rethink group looking at how churches
and family may better complement what they do in children and young
people's lives. I was inspired by the one statement that was made,
“To act orange we have to think orange.”
When this is unpacked it is saying that most churches talk
about the important role of families in children's lives and families
recognise that the church has a lot to offer, but unless we actually
begin thinking orange in all aspects of church life then the move to
the two group complementing each other never happen.
The rethink group has produced a lot of
excellent resources to help church to think orange. And I was impressed
by the way they have thought about how this can be implemented in any
size church.
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Please
pray each week for the two teams I am part of:
Starship
Hospital Children’s Church
every
Thursday evening between 5:45 and 7:15 pm. I am not involved
every Thursday. Pray for Margaret Stewart as she leads the team every
week.
Glendowie
Primary Bible in Schools
team. I have a year one class (5 and 6 year olds).
Pray for the team that I teach with as we have two weeks off for the
holidays.
2
SUPAkidz Camps in July
July 22-25 SUPAkidz camp Training
July 25-29 SUPAkidz Top Secret Camp
Wellington
- Please pray for Raewyn Rowney (SU Wellington) and
Pip
Wells (Prison Fellowship Wellington) as they do final preparation
including contact with campers. Please also pray for me as I
prepare to go down and run the camp.
Auckland
- Please pray for the team leaders, Paul Dadd and
Jennifer
Koelet, as they do final preparation before camp and train leaders and
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inofmation about this event click the logo above.
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Home
Another
year has been added to my age. I didn't have a celebration other than a
pancake breakfast with the family and then an extended family morning
tea. Also I was spoilt with some biltong, droewors and other South
African yummy munchies.
Things have been busy in the house as we
have had
two weekends with six children in the house as the cousins came to
stay. And with James having broken his collar bone there have been a
few visits to the Starship hospital for check-ups.
Click the button below for pictures of what we
have been doing.
Bow 
I can tie my own shoelaces now. I first learnt by Dad showing me how to
tie the belt of my gown. I can now even tie it with my eyes closed.
Thomas
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Tooth
I have lost another tooth so I now have a gap on both sides of my top
two front teeth. I alos go to ride in an amoured personel carrier.
Click on the tooth link above to check out the video.
Chris 9
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Clavical
When I heard the words, “He has a broken clavical –
collar
bone,” I knew that rugby was over for the season. The first
week
I thought I would die but three weeks later I am now playing soccer and
touch rugby.
James 12 
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Thank
you for reading this and being a part of the team that
supports
the work I do.
Blessings and peace
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use them wisely they can be a great source of information. I use them
for following organisations and events. This is easily done by being
very selective about what you follow.
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