I really like this...
11 November 2006
This is an excellent idea for Christmas Cards by the guys at Matthias Media... The site is (here)
tags christian, linkage, pictures, thinking
By Request
09 November 2006
more later...
tags christine, pictures, travel, update
Phil you legend...
07 November 2006
My mate Phil wrote this poem on his blog.
Pop over and give him e-props... but here is the poem for your enjoyment.
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Today, it would seem
That Mike & Christine
will for the first time meet.
Although, on the web
it has often been said
they'd talk for hours untold
So Mike packed his “swag”
said “good bye” to his Dad
& kissed his Mum on the cheek
He's gone to the States
to meet face to face
without the old Internet screen
There's no vegemite there!
Their cupboards are bare
of that spread we're willingly share
But he's gone anyway
for nothing will sway
this mike that is a machine
So, it's “thanks to the modem!”
that she's gotten to know him
and does seem to be rather keen
Will he propose?
Well, no body knows
for it all seems much like a dream.
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supportMIKE salutes Phil
USA...
02 November 2006
I'm heading off early tomorrow morning to see Christine. A big thank you to all the people who have wished me well in emails, text messages and via msn it has been humbling. Your prayers have been and will continue to be valued greatly by both of us.
For various reasons my blog will take a short vacation. Christine and I don’t currently have plans to post while I’m there.
God is truly great may this be for his glory.
supportMIKE out
tags christine, travel, update
Dan and Clare the wedding
28 October 2006
(Notice the snow on the mountain in the background)
Clare
Dan
In between the wedding the reception I went to... well you know.tags friends, pictures, shameless self promotion
Support and Report FOCUS
27 October 2006
My fantastic computer has been utilised for last few days by my mate Joe. This is the movie he has been working on. The aim is to support and report what has been happening at FOCUS this year. Joe works for FOCUS Utas and is working in the same position that I'll be in next year. It's a longish movie about 7 mins. Enjoy... you might even see some awful footage of me.
tags christian, focus, friends, linkage
Christine
26 October 2006
Some of you may have noticed that I don’t post about Christine much here. There are many reasons for this. The biggest is that already a great deal of our relationship is online and available simply by Googling our names… we need some privacy.
Having said that many people will be interested in how things are going and others may find it useful to see how our relationship is lived out.
Christine and I have a very close relationship considering the distance between us. This has really surprised me. We talk via webcam usually twice a day for about an hour or so. We talk about our days and just regular everyday stuff like “normal people” might. After each conversation we pray together.
Thursdays is “our day”. We usually spend five or more hours catching up. On this day we read the Bible together and pray. We chat about the future our hopes and struggles. We share each other’s pain and burdens. These things might seem strange (and did a bit at first) but now it feels totally normal to me now. I’ve gotten to know many of Christine’s friends via email and through their blogs. She has spoken to a good number of my friends via the webcam.
We try to listen to the talks from each other churches through the week and spend time talking about them. Quite often we read blogs together and work on comments, posts and even some emails concurrently. If you read our blogs we’ve probably stalked you out at one time or another. We often watch short YouTube movies and the like together of both Australian and American TV shows.
Christine and I really seem to click and I think we have a surprisingly good understanding of each other. Our communication skills are also good (they have to be). Being so far apart has been difficult. It’s especially hard to see someone you love who is going through pain and difficulty and not being there to hug them and dry their tears.
There are many things that might be different or change when I actually get to the US and we meet. Surprisingly I’m far less apprehensive about it than I thought I would be. It’s my hope that you are too. Please keep us in your prayers that whatever the future holds this whole roller coaster ride will work out for God’s glory.
tags christine, linkage, update
Oh America Why?
23 October 2006
(See here)
tags linkage
supportMIKE tour... continues
22 October 2006
The supportMIKE tour moves ever onwards.
This morning I visited Holy Trinity Anglican church. I was particularly impressed with their friendliness. I was also impressed with the current move toward a gospel focus being made in a number of Anglican churches in Hobart including Holy Trinity. These moves will see a number of congregations combine and possibly a couple of churches shut. Please keep our Anglican brothers in your prayers.
I’m also pushing my written letter campaign forward this week. My aim is to have most of my support letters and support visits organized before I leave for my jaunt in the US of A.
12 days to go... not that I'm counting ;)
tags christian, ministry, travel, update
This Weekend
It has been a busy and productive weekend. I wore a suit AND a tie
I spent all Saturday at my mate Sam’s wedding/reception in Launceston. Sam is an old mate from school. See if you can spot Dave (my bro) in the wedding party?
Between the wedding and the reception Benny and Bernie went on a shopping trip into Launceston. I tagged along in my suit. I felt a little over dressed for Launceston.
Never the less I was tempted to buy things...
But ended up buying....
I'll let you know what it is like.
tags friends, pictures, shameless self promotion
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