March 13, 2011 - MTW Australia

Hey y'all--Greetings in the name of Jesus!

We are enjoying a great time of fellowship with the saints of Rock Hill, SC--the home of Westminster Presbyterian Church--and thank God for the faithful prayers and generous support that has blessed us for so many years.

We are enjoying the hospitality of the home of J and J L, plus A, A and A. Their eldest child, A, is one of the saints of churchfreo. It's a long God story we'll tell someday! Suffice to say that we are blessed to be with dear, new friends while catching up with dear old friends as well!

Below is the churchfreo update from M and E G...who are pregnant! God is good!

Please pray for churchfreo's prayer requests.(Below as well) They are encouraged that y'all pray with them! Please keep praying for churchfreo's LT. (Leadership Team) May God grow their faith and their faithfulness. Please pray for more grace for churchfreo as they seek to be an example of Christ in the Fremantle community.

The Linkston Family
Chuck & Jimmie-Lynn
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Hey everyone,

I'm struggling to find the right words to explain churchfreo's gathering tonight, so again I will be brief. It seemed to be fairly peaceful. There were still some people under the influence of various drugs but it didn't cause any drama this week. Thank God!

C had "fun" dealing with people interrupting his talk asking for us to "pray for Japan" and S wandered up to him at one point and just handed him a John 3:16 card. How helpful is that?! It is certainly a learning and growing experience for all of us each and every week! Tonight, we wrapped up our series on "The Sermon on the Mount" and we are looking forward to getting into some of Jesus' parables in the coming weeks. Please pray for us to have courage to engage people with the person and work of Jesus, particularly the homeless folks who admittedly often come just for the food.

A made an appearance tonight, and thank God with us, he was sober. As far as I know, that is 2 weeks!

Praise God for His abundant goodness!
Mitch

Prayer 13/03/2011
1)A’s friend S- that she will find direction in her life and in her personal relationship with God
2)Thanks and praise to God for a restorative conversation between L and her dad!
3)Prayer that T’s family may continue to connect through the end stages of her Nan’s illness- praise for this connecting has been happening up till now
4)M & E- for an enjoyable time on the east coast; praise to God for M’s sister E and mother G being able to be here; and M&E ARE EXPECTING A BABY IN SEPTEMBER! Prayer for good health for E and bub, and prayer for preparing for this big change
5)A- thanks to God that everything has been moved out of the Hampton house, and praise that God provided new places for everyone
6)L- thanks to God for a successful concert in Nannup!
7)Prayer for the Linkstons whose are staying with A’s parents this week, and that people in A’s church will be receptive to Chuck telling about churchfreo and that more funds will be raised to support it
8)Praise to God for the sense of community in churchfreo, who have helped out C & M after the birth of E