January 2012

We thought it was time we gave an update!

Well, things here are going well. Rhiana is in her Junior year of High School now (which means she only has one year left before leaving for college or university!!!) She is almost set on studying art and design, so we are starting our search of various colleges in and around Atlanta, the US and the UK! She is doing really well and, although she still has some on-going medical issues, they are not hindering her from her enjoying life! She is hoping to pass her driving test in a couple of months and getting her own car, which will be great! Jordan is trying out for High School Soccer today and should hear the results tomorrow! He is doing great in school and has grown about 6 inches this past year - making him as tall as Trev (and taller soon!) He works out a lot and loves playing acoustic and electric guitar in the worship band on a regular basis.

JUBILEE Church is doing great! We are currently looking at purchasing a building and would appreciate your prayers. The building we are considering is just across the road from REVIVE and RESTORE and is around 15,000 square feet. We have recently enlarged our leadership team and are so grateful for the great team of guys God has given us! We are seeing gradual growth and believing God for much more!

REVIVE is still getting busier - to the point that we are considering opening another store! Watch this space..... RESTORE is also growing and right now we believe that God has called us to look into 3 different initiatives, regarding serving the homeless in our community. The first is for the church to run a 'recovery' program for those facing 'hurts, habits and hangups' (everyone qualifies!) We feel that we need to offer some support especially to some of the guys we are helping, who have problems in the area of addiction. Right now Tracy and the team are getting some more specialized training in this area and we hope to be able to offer this initiative in the near future. The second initiative (goes hand in hand with the third quite possibly) is a 'house' to home some of the people we have been serving. The house would be 'managed' and would be a shared home between 3-4 people. We are looking for a building with a workshop or basement, where we could also implement the third initiative - an employment strategy. A lot of these guys are good with their hands, so we are hoping to put them them to work, restoring second-hand / donated furniture to sell at REVIVE. Again, we would really appreciate your prayers for these initiatives. It's been an exciting year as we have seen at least 4 of our guys/gals gain employment and get out of the woods! One is working at a great restaurant, as a chef, and the other 3 have been working regularly on a demolition site. We have at least 5 or 6 of these folk coming to the Sunday meeting on a regular basis and 3 of them are in mid-week Life Groups - praise God! There are still many others who are we are working with and supporting and would appreciate your prayers for ongoing wisdom as we seek to serve them well. Please continue to pray that we see lives transformed and restored for the glory of God!!!!

We have just enjoyed a great 10 weeks, over Thanksgiving and Christmas, with Trev's parents and mine! It was wonderful and we miss them all so much, now that the house is empty again. However, we are looking forward to having Jay and Robin with us in March, when they come and visit for a couple of weeks! We are excited to see them again!

GREEN CARD UPDATE! ....... well, the tax situation is now completed and we are waiting for all our paperwork to be returned, so that we can update everything and return it, ready for filing. Please pray into this - it has been an on-going battle (and a source of frustration!) but God is in control and we are trusting Him for the result. We will keep you posted!

We love you all very much and thank you for your love and support.

God bless,

Love Trevor, Tracy, Rhiana and Jordan