October's News!

Well, this month has flown! Rhiana has been off school all month, which has meant that Tracy has not worked at REVIVE for a while now. She has really sensed God envisioning her with a strategy to work with the poor in the community and is looking forward to seeing where that leads over the next few weeks and months (we will keep you posted!) This will probably mean her stepping down from managing the store with Trev and Virginia - although she intends to still stay involved in helping with the 'design' side of things. Trev is enjoying working at the store - October proves, yet again, to be an extremely busy time. We are now averaging 90-100 consignors each day and our sales have averaged over $2,500 per day for a while now! We are blown away by the popularity of the store and are excited to see where God leads us, as things continue to grow.

The church is beginning to see growth and this week we start our new mid-week Community Groups. We are hoping to have 2 new couples joining our group and will be looking at ways we can serve each other and serve our community over the coming year. One idea is to serve free breakfasts at REVIVE on a Saturday morning - we hope to start this in November and see how it goes. It should be a good time to sit and get to know people in the community (something which is getting harder to do in the store, during the day, as the store gets busier!)

Rhiana's health continues to improve - PRAISE GOD! Her headaches have become less (dropping from between 10-20 per day to around 2!) We still do not have the results from the surgeon, ruling out the possibility of a build up of fluid on her brain but are quietly confident that God has really brought healing in this area and we are hoping she can get back to school next week - just in time for her birthday!

Jordan is doing well. His soccer season has proved to be an eventful one this year, since he is now playing in the under 14's and is finding it more competitive! They have won 2 matches and lost 3 to date! Jordan is one of the regular goal scorers and we love turning out each Saturday to watch him play (The Brits are still the noisiest on the sidelines!) He is looking forward to moving up to Middle School in August (after the summer break) and is ready for more of a challenge! As he moves up schools, so does Rhiana. She starts High School in August which will be exciting for her. She is really enjoying a new found love for fashion design and has made her first piece of clothing! While Julian Adams (a prophetic guy from South Africa) was here the other week, he prophesied over Rhiana that she would use her creative gifting professionally in the future and that fashion design would be a BIG thing for her - she was VERY excited as she had just started thinking about this a few weeks previously!

We are looking forward to Thanksgiving ..... it is such a great time to get together with lots of friends and eat too much!!!! This year, we are hoping to host a big feast at our place since we have been spoilt rotten the past two years, with invitations out. Before we know it, it will then be Christmas and we may be due a visit back to the UK in the New Year! How time flies!

Back in the UK, Tracy's parents are moving house any day now and her sister and family also have their house on the market and will be moving into the 'CoachHouse' on Prince Edward's Estate, as Andrew has already started his new job as Head Groundsman for the Royals!

Thank you again for your continued prayer and support - we love you all!

Quick Update on Rhiana!

Rhiana has been getting an increasing number of painful headaches and pressure in her neck and ears over the last couple of weeks and her Neurosurgeon has requested a CAT scan. She will be having this done tomorrow (Thursday 2nd October) and then we will meet to discuss things with her surgeon. Please pray that there are no further complications and that she will be able to get back to some 'normality' soon! Thank you!