Our friend Joanna made a fantastic video to show everyone what we saw happen during the South and North tour of the Medical Ship! We thought we might post this so you could have a look at what happened… There’s a pretty good shot of Nick manning the sound desk and myself performing. It was [...]
Recently ABC, Australias national news network, did a segment on us and the medical ship. Check it out: Medical Ship on ABC News
I’m a pretty competitive person. Most people will tell you that. I like winning. I like playing games that I can win. I like being on teams that win. I like playing games where I can win fast. I don’t like games that require time and thoughtful decision making. Forget strategy – just give me [...]
“What?” That’s probably what you’re wondering. Well, if you are free to do what you want, free to go where you want and free to work where you want, you are better than 27 million people in this world. You are not for sale. This past week, something really significant happened for us a ministry. [...]
I’m sitting here, trying desperately to think of words that would sum up the last two and a half months on the road. There are a thousand things I could say, but that may bore you. So I’m going to try and describe what has happened. Two months ago, my friend Jessica and I are [...]
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Just wanted to share this with all of you! While we were in Adelaide, South Australia, we were visited by a TV station! This isn’t the first time that YWAM (Youth With A Mission) has been in the news, but I thought it was pretty cool because they put Nick’s video that he made, all [...]
Waves of Change in Adelaide By Sara Verwymeren A mother sits at home, catching every few words from the local news that blips in the background as she mills about on her computer. Suddenly, a phrase catches her attention and she turns to the television. The news has highlighted a medical ship, docked in Port [...]
As most of you know, we’re on tour with a medical ship called the Pacific Link (www.ywamships.com), going down the east coast of Australia to talk about the opportunities to help Papua New Guinea, a country just off the north coast. We’re currently in Ulladulla, a small town south of Sydney. It’s a beautiful sleepy [...]
We hurried ourselves down to Nobby’s point in Newcastle last Tuesday morning to see what 200 of us were there for – the arrival of the Pacific Link. All of this preparation and excitement was meant for this moment! A few of us in our blue YWAM (Youth With A Mission) shirts made our way [...]
I remember the first time I saw generosity in my husband. We were eating pizza with some friends, all of whom had pitched in for the meal though Nick had spent the majority of the money. A few moments later, some other friends walked up to our table, sat down, engaged us in conversation and [...]
Sara and I will be heading out on February 12 to Newcastle to be a part of the Australia and PNG ship tour. The medical ship, Pacific Link’ will also be there to start off the tour. Sara and I will travel (on land) with the ship to bring awareness about the medical work the [...]
That’s right – we’re going to be on the road again in less than a month. This time, we’re heading south, beyond Sydney to the ports of Southern Australia and Tasmania. And with us, we’re bringing a big ship. This is just not any ship. It’s outfitted with an operating theater and enough room to [...]
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Most of you are probably encountering the all to familiar post-Christmas letdown – when the business of the holidays has lulled, parties are over and family has returned home. For a daughter of a chef and the lover of all fine foods, the loss of Christmas feasts marks my lowest point. For days now, Nick [...]
Christmas is a season for celebration. Along with it comes reflection and as most often the case, missing. It’s hard not to miss people and places that you want to celebrate with. Each year, Nick and I ache a little bit to be back in North America, enjoying the cold weather and the gathering of [...]
One of my co-workers, Joanna, was very excited about the fact that she posted five blog posts today to summarize everything she did this year (you can see the sharp spike at the end of the graph). Justin and I decided we should graph her blogging habits and this is what we came up with: [...]
“Consider it pure joy my brothers, when you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” James really knew how to sock it to you. This scripture was read out loud [...]
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While in mid-town Manhattan, a young man on a bicycle-taxi riding dangerously close to our Suburban, called out to us, ‘Yo!’
Well we’ve officially finished the USA tour we’ve been on with ‘Five Star Streets’ and ‘Saving Sparrow’. We’ve roughly chalked up around 10,000 miles (or 16,000KM) of driving. Here’s a roough map of where we’ve gone: USA Tour Map
Here’s our latest and probably final update for the USA tour 2009:
Here’s a special performance done by Sara on the mouth piano. Sorry about the bad video quality.
Our friend, Bill, in New York has a sign company called ”Peconic Sign Company’ and sent us through some decals for our trailer. We were really impressed how they turned out. We’ve already had people check out our website due to the trailer alone. Check out the photos below:
When we last left off, we were just finishing our stint in Southern California. I now write from Calgary, Alberta where the weather and scenery has changed yet again. We left LA on a sunny mid morning, making our way (slowly, ever so slowly) to San Francisco, where we would meet our old friends David [...]
This is the latest ‘Let Justice Sing’ tour update. We’ll be putting out regular updates so check back soon for more!
We are sitting on a plane, the lights are dimmed and all I can think about are the restaurants I will be eating at in a few short hours. Restaurants, Dr. Pepper, Starbucks, free wireless – truly, what is better than North America? That was only a week and a half ago and I have [...]
As you may have read in some of our previous posts our centre is gearing up to bring in a ship next year that will provide medical aid to the people of Papua New Guinea. One of our tasks in our media department was to come up with a video that would give people an [...]
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If we didn’t see you while we were in America this past June, have no fear – we’re coming back! As most of you know, we have been involved in music and missions for sometime now with YWAM (Youth With A Mission). We have been staffing schools, going on tours and writing music with the [...]
Here’s a short video that gives an idea of what we did in Thailand with the School of Music in Missions.
While we were in Thailand with the School of Music in Missions from YWAM (Youth With A Mission) we had the opportunity to celebrate Songkron which is the Thai New Year festival. They celebrate by throwing water on anyone and everyone who passes by. This goes on for about three days. We had to be [...]
The other day we did a school program and a few of the kids after the show and asked me for my autograph. It’s great to see the sound guy getting some recognition. The program went well sparking interest about missions in some of the kids there. Here’s some photos of the day taken by [...]
Even on outreach we take a day off once a week. A few weeks ago we spent that day at the Murphy’s farm. Jenny and Sam Murphy are staff at Reef to Outback and we’ve known them for quite a while, so it was nice to see where they grew up. They generously shared with [...]
This past week has been amazing for our team. We spent the past week in Byron Bay. We did everything from playing down at the beach with free BBQ to sharing the love of Jesus at ‘Mardi Grass’ the local festival to celebrate drugs. Here’s a short video I made: Photos courtesy Bradii
Hey everyone, if you want to see some more outreach photos check out Suzi Brown’s website. She’s one of the students on the school and takes some great photos.
Hello all from the Land of Smiles! We thought that we’d write a little update to let you know about what’s been happening in Thailand on the beginning of our outreach. We have been in Thailand for 2 weeks now and have returned from Pattaya to Bangkok. For the first week, we were here in [...]
That’s right. We’re headed to Thailand again on Sunday! This is the second time that we have gone on outreach to this nation with several musicians that are part of the School of Music. Thailand is a beautiful country with smiling faces and big hearts. The people are generous and welcome all who come to [...]
Last Friday we had the opportunity to worship with 11 YWAM (Youth With A Mission) locations from around the world. The event, called ‘One Voice’ is meant to ‘”bring greater unity in the YWAM family.” Each location had an opportunity to lead out in a song. Sara led one of the songs with Aidan Jones. [...]
Check out our latest iNews. Joanna Orpia put this one together and I helped a bit with filming and audio.
The Discipleship Training School graduated last week and my task was to make mini quiches. This was my first attempt and they turned out alright. Currently I work in the kitchen Tuesday and Thursday afternoons to help out with the dinner. This week I’ll be making ‘Satay Chicken with Rice and Vegetables’ on Tuesday and [...]
There’s been a few betacam tapes lying around here and we needed to get the footage off of them and into the computer. Luckily we have friends in the broadcast industry who had a Betacam deck we could borrow. The BVW-75P is an ancient piece of machinery but a real marvel of electrical and mechanical [...]
A few mornings ago, Nick and I watched over the internet as the first African American president marched down the streets of Washington D.C. with his wife. Chills ran up and down my arms as I thought, I am watching history take place. That night, I sat down with some of my friends and listened [...]
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Stable on the Strand is Townsville’s yearly event held down at the local beach. This year was a huge hit with estimates of close to 40,000 coming to the event. Each year a play is put on that represents the true Christmas story. This year ‘The Promise’ took it one step further. Not only did [...]
Here’s a few videos put together by our friend Joanna to give you and idea of what happened on the Voice in the Dark Tour that Sara was a part of.
These are the videos that Stephen, Joanna and myself worked on for the Voice in the Dark Tour that Sara went on. The tour was mainly geared toward school kids showing them that there are injustices happening in the world and that they could do something about it. These videos were shown during the concert. [...]
As I’m sure you’ve already noticed we’ve changed a bit of the design of our site. We’ve mainly changed colours and tried to keep much of the structure the same. The focus here is on content. The text is a little bigger and hopefully a bit easier to read. Drop us a comment below and [...]
I’m trying desperately to think of something to write that’s funny or insightful about what Nick and I are up to lately. I have to be honest, I don’t have much. But as I sit here, I can only think of what I’ve been thinking all week. I am so blessed. Lucky, blessed, fortunate – [...]
Here’s some photos of the voice in the dark tour that Sara is currently on. Last week they were in Mt.Isa and this week it’s Cairns. These are some of the photos from two weeks ago in Charters Towers (all photos courtesy of Stephen Bryde).
Last Wednesday was Island Night here at Reef to Outback. Island Breeze is looking at starting up a ministry here and wanted to give church leaders and public a taste of what they had to offer. Island Breeze uses cultural dance and music to present the gospel. Check out these photos taken by Stephen Bryde [...]
First of all, we are so grateful for all of you – the people that read our website! We love your comments and emails, so keep ‘em coming! I write this post, though, to appeal to you as our friends and supporters. We are all aware that stocks are depleting, fuel is increasing and plane [...]
Summer is creeping up on us here in Townsville like a sandstorm in the Ghobi desert. Winter is long gone and I sigh as I look at my longsleeve shirts in my closet, though I can’t complain about wearing shorts and t-shirts all year long. That’s what some people refer to as paradise. But because [...]
I love my husband. My husband loves camping. Therefore, I love camping. Ok, it’s not that bad. I actually really enjoy being in the middle of the rainforests of North Queensland. This weekend, we headed up to Broadwater (where Nick proposed) with three other couples. We had an amazing time. The boys, feeling unnaturally free [...]
That’s a title that you may not expect to see on a missionary’s blog. But we are. And if you are reading this, you may own a computer, so you may also be rich. Sometimes, I sit in bed and bemoan the fact that the paint is peeling on our walls. Or that the screens [...]
If I’m going to be totally honest, I have to tell you that 10 kids changed my perception of teenagers. Ok, we work with them all time, but these teens were different. The spark inside of them was so genuine and pure, it was impossible to miss. A school group from Melbourne, southern Australia, came [...]
Two weeks back all the Reef to Outback staff had the opportunity to go camping for 3 days. We closed up shop here in Townsville and all headed out to Bluewater which is about 30 minutes north. It was a really refreshing time for all of our staff. There wasn’t much planned except to hang [...]
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Bam sits on a stool, surrounded by the twelve of us and smiles brightly. She stops only to talk and jumps from her seat frequently to keep us hydrated. More Coke? She asks. Her job is to make sure we are comfortable. Satisfied. Well taken care of. For the moment, we are her customers. We [...]
Check out the new Reef to Outback iNews made by Josiah Ritner who is on our communications team.
Ken Mulligan, our director here at Reef to Outback, was recently awarded ‘Citizen of the Year’ award. The city recognized him and his work over the past 15 years in Townsville. It was really amazing to see the mayor of Townsville, Tony Mooney, publicly recognize us as an organization. I’m not sure if he is [...]
Stable on the Strand just finished about three weeks ago. I put together a short video to give you an idea of how it looked this year. Stable on the Strand is a week long event during Christmas that’s held at our local beach. Almost every church in Townsville gets involved to tell the public [...]
I lay in bed as I write this while Nick, my husband, performs what is becoming a weekly ritual called “find the smell.” A few weeks back, we smelled something atrocious coming from what we thought was our old, dingy couches. After days of looking, we found the remains of a poor gecko, caught between [...]
My friend Stephen came over the other day to roast some coffee. He started buying green coffee beans over the internet and has been roasting them in two popcorn machines. Check out the video I made (sorry about the poor audio quality. I didn’t realize how loud the popcorn machines were):
Here’s some pics of our garden. We’ve already pulled out two tomatoes! The herbs are going strong too and I’ve been using them in some of our pastas.
We are now the proud owners of a 1994 Mazda 121 Bubble – with orange detailed stripes (and very cold A.C.)! It’s a four-door manual MACHINE and we are so excited to have it! We finalized everything this morning and have already taken it out for a joy ride to stretch her legs. The main [...]
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We made it back to Townsville OK and we’re quickly settling in to our new place. We already have a garden planted and full tomatoes from the provious people living here. We start work on Monday. Sara will be going back into the music ministry and I’ll be working in communications. One of my first [...]
Just wanted to let everyone know that our visas were granted last week. This means that we’ll finally be able to return to Australia! I’ll be leaving October 12th and Sara the 14th. Thanks for all your prayers and support, we’ve been waiting for this a long time. Sara will be returning to the music [...]
Sara and I visited ‘Lower Fort Garry’ last week in Winnipeg. It’s an old fur trading post used in the 1800′s. They’ve kept many of the historic buildings intact. Check out more photos on my flickr page.
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I’ve put up some photos of our wedding on our flickr site. Check them out here.
Here’s another update from the road. I put this together at 3am while we were driving from Denver to LA. Enjoy!
What’s th first thing most people do once they’re married? Go on tour with a band, right? Sara and I were married just over a week ago and that’s exactly where we are, in North Carolina. We’re on tour with Sara’s band from Australia, Five Star Streets. Don’t worry we are having a honeymoon but [...]
So we’ve had a few questions about the wedding especially from people coming from Canada. So I thought I’d write a short FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) to clear things up. Here we go: What’s the best way to get out to Shelter Island from Manhattan? The easiest way is to take the bus. Visit the [...]
This weekend Sara and I went to New Jersey and met our friend Cliff there. Cliff and I have been friends since we did our DTS together in 2004. I was great to see him as it had been almost two years since last seeing him. We stayed at his families house for a few [...]
Sara here. So, I have this thing where I don’t think that Nick can ever surprise me because I am always searching for clues. Every little thing he says, I analyze into a trick that’s being played. Well, he told me he was going camping last weekend with his friends Peter and Sebastian. I fully [...]
This is probably one of the best video podcasts I’ve seen in a while. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. They get experts in these fields to come in and talk. They have everyone from Richard Dawkins (one of the worlds most outspoken athiest) to Rick Warren (pastor of a church of 20,000 and author [...]
RTO (Reef to Outback) is going back to its roots. That means that more of our outreaches will focus on people in isolated communities in northern Australia. To get up there we needed something that could handle the terrain. There aren’t many roads so that’s why we recently purchased ‘The Oka’ (pronounced aa-ka). The April [...]
Sara and I don’t get paid for what we do. We work in a missions organization which requires us to raise our own support. Why, you might ask, have I started off this article so abruptly. Well it’s because I need to write this article to ask for your help financially. There’s really no other [...]
Before Sara and I came home in December we made a little tour of the YWAM (Youth With A Mission) Base here in Townsville. We hope this will give you a little better idea of where we work. Enjoy!
Welcome to the new site. As many of you know Sara and I will be getting married so I figured I’d make a site that better represents the both of us. Over the next few weeks the site will go through some small changes and some new content will be added. Let me know your [...]
Our communications department have been working on this video for a while and now it’s finally done. Check it out:
For those of you who I haven’t contacted yet, last week Sara and I got engaged. How you might ask? Well read on. It started tuesday of last week. Sara received a note from me simply asking her on a date that evening. It didn’t say where, but she figured it out quickly. We headed [...]
It twas my birthday on Friday and a surprise it was! I was pretty much the only one uninformed about what Fridays events held. Everyone here on base was well aware of what Sara had planned for me. The day started with breakfast at Sara’s house then off to work we went. She created a [...]
The last few weeks I’ve had one fairly major job up here in communications, redesigning the Reef to Outback web page. I’ve been designing the site while Sam from the IT department has been coding it. We’re hoping this new site will be a little easier to navigate. It’s cool to see also how God [...]
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Days off are important. Everyone needs at least one full day off a week. If you don’t have at least one day off a week you’re working too hard. Sara and I usually hang out on Sundays and we always seem to make some kind of mini adventure for ourselves. Yesterday we went down to [...]
Over the past six weeks we’ve seen thousands of people give their lives to the Lord. Impact World tour is finally here and tonight will be the last night with ‘Island Breeze.’ I’ve been filming every night and it’s been absolutely incredible to see people literally running forward to the front when the speaker asks [...]
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This is a PDF version of the RTO (Reef to Outback) Newsletter we just sent out. I’m also going to send this in the mail but if you want to read it now you can download it. You’ll need Adobe Acrobat to read this. Download RTO Newsletter
We are finally seeing Impact World Tour (IWT) coming through North Queensland. It’s been two year in the making but it’s finally here. The teams started to arrive last week and headed off to Mt. Isa on Sunday. The tour will be happening there in the next few days. It will come here to Townsville [...]
YWAM (Youth With A Mission) is made up completely of volunteers. Everyone from its founder, Loren Cunningham, to myself are required to raise their own support. Over the past few months I’ve really been challenged in the whole area of finances. I knew in my head that God could provide for my needs but I [...]
A few months back I sent out a newsletter in the mail. If you didn’t recieve that newsletter it means I don’t have your address. I’ve now figured out a convenient way for you to add yourself to my mailing list. Just fill in your details below, click submit and that’s it. You’ll also recieve [...]
You may have remebered when I posted a ‘Reel’ a few months back. It’s basically a montage of all the work I’ve done for the past while. I’ve made a new one that is much the same as the old one but includes a few more clips of things I’ve been working on in After [...]
The past few weeks we’ve been focusing on video in the School of Digital Communications (SDC (School of Digital Communications)). We’ve had Jordan Dodson from New Zealand as our guest speaker for the last two weeks. He’s been covering everything from compressing video to the film industry. Last week the students were working in pairs [...]
Last night the School of Music in Mission (SOMM (School of Music in Missions)) graduated. They have been working hard since January to use their musical talents to glorify God and further the gospel. As many of you may know there is someone I love who was on the SOMM and graduated last night. Sara [...]
I found this article in our local newspaper the other day and it gave me a good laugh. I think most of you who are not from a warm weather climate will appreciate it. Click HERE to view the article.
You met Justin Claypool last week. Now you can see the other seven students who are currently doing the School of Digital Communications here at Reef to Outback. For those of you who don’t know I’m currently staffing the school with Josiah Ritner. Things have been going quite well and we are now moving into [...]
To give you a better idea of what the students on the 2006 SDC (School of Digital Communications) are learning I’ve put together a short video. We’ve covered three programs so far, all to do with print media. This video features Justin Claypool speaking on cross cultural week. See the Video (you must have Qucktime [...]
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Here’s a small sample of what the 2006 SDC (School of Digital Communications) students have been making on the school. We are now in our fourth week. This week they’ll be designing print ads for IWT in Singapore, East Timor, Fiji, and Australia. Click here to see the projects.
That’s right! For this whole week I was known as ‘Rabbi’ or ‘Teacher’ to the students of the School of Digital Communications. I’m currently staffing the SDC (School of Digital Communications) which also involves teaching for several programs. This week I taught the students Adobe Illustrator. It is basically an art program for drawing in [...]
Tomorrow marks the official start of the School of Digital Communications. I did this school last year and have been working in the communications department since. This year I’ll be staffing the school with Josiah Ritner. We are quite busy trying to get everything together but we’re both confident that this will be a great [...]
As many of you may have already heard cyclone Larry hit the coast of Australia on Monday (March 20). It was a category 5 with winds gusting to 290KM/h. The good news is that Townsville was spared and was only hit by the bottom edge of the cyclone. The bad news is that that town [...]
After 36 hours and several hours worth of delays I made my way back to Townsville, Australia last week. I was greeted by some small changes and some work to do. The real fun came on Saturday night though. As many of you know we held a cafe every Friday where people from the surrounding [...]
Well I suppose everyone talks a little funny depending on their accent, but I can really notice it now that I’m home. If you ask many Canadians about their accent you’ll generally get the reply, what accent? I guess it’s just one of the small things I notice now since being away for the last [...]
Many of you know that I work in the communications department at Reef to Outback, but are still unsure of what I actually do. I put together a short ‘reel’ of my work. This is just the video work that I’ve been doing. It’s quick so keep those eyes sharp! For all the geeks out [...]
“I got Starbucks!” This is usually the routine response when a staff member recives a package from home and contains the addictive, yet delicious drink we know as coffee. Starbucks seems to be a real staff favourite around here. Since we got our espresso machine several months back for the Friday Night Cafe, the quality [...]
“Mom look at this note from my school!” My mom examined the note, then shot a questioning glare at me. “Nice try, but you have school tomorrow no matter what that note says.” It was the end of summer holidays and I figured I could get away with typing up a note on the computer [...]
If you’ve been around computer nerds long enough you’ll understand that there is an age old debate that gets passed between the two that will never find a resolution. To some the debate is merely one of preference, to others it’s an argument about a way of life. It has caused division between designers and [...]
After one and a half months of waiting my new iMac finally arrived. I can’t say I was all to impressed with Mac and their painfully slow shipping. Having my new computer is definately a huge blessing. As many of you know I was using a three year old iBook before. It got the job [...]
What can be done in 395 days? This may seem like a long time to some, but 395 days ago I was saying goodbye to my parents at the Winnipeg airport. It’s sad that I haven’t seen anyone from home since, though hopefully this will change early in the new year. I’m planning to come [...]
As many of you know I’ve been waiting for the right timing to buy a new computer. I am curently using the laptop that RTO (Reef to Outback) has given to me, but it is quite outdated. I was really praying about what would be best for me to buy, a desktop or laptop. A [...]
“What are you doing this weekend?” “I’m going to church on Sunday.” “Which Church?” “Church on Sunday!” Yeah this may sound like the beginnings of an Abbott and Costello skit, but the church’s name, oddly enough, is actually called ‘Church on Sunday.’ Mike Murray, one of my friends here at RTO (Reef to Outback), has [...]
Like I always say, there’s never a shortage of things to do here at Reef to Outback. Once again this Saturday we had the chance to help out in the community. Pioneers Luncheon is a lunch put on, by town council, for everyone over 70 years old in Townsville. It was held at the local [...]
For those of you that have been following and have read about my ups and downs in regards to the Stable on the Strand video that I’ve been making you can now finally watch it! If you know nothing about Stable on the Strand you can visit their website at: www.stableonthestrand.com.au or you can read [...]
For the past 2 months now some of us here at Reef to Outback have been holding a church service just up the street under the big ol’ tree. It’s a place were many aboriginals of the area congregate. The first Sunday we attracted one person. Over the past few months though we’ve seen 10 [...]
Last Wednesday marked the launch for Stable on the Strand which meant the premiere of our promotional video which we’ve tirelessly been working on for the past few weeks. Of course with everything being last minute we found ourselves exporting the movie 30 minutes before the night started. Along with many other technical difficulties it [...]
“I need someone for the 8:00pm to 1:00am shift on Saturday. Anyone interested?” I raised my hand only because of the fact that I knew Taikoz was preforming that night, and though I’d never heard of them I figured it was going to be a great performance. It was an amazing show in an equally [...]
Townsville has been a busy place over the past few weekends. Cultural Fest was a fairly big event that we were able to help out at. It was held down at The Strand, and had many cultures represented. I can’t say it was the best cultural fest I’ve been to but it was a lot [...]
‘I think my hands are numb’ I muttered to myself as I packed away my tent to head back to Townsville. Camping this time around was quite cold. I’m forever grateful to my North Face sleeping bag rated to -7C. Yes I’m sure all of the Canadians and Americans reading this will laugh but that’s [...]
As many of you may know Reef to Outback is really into camping. This time around all of the staff and the entire DTS is going at the same time. That means we’re going to have over 100 people out camping. I’ll be gone until Sunday. This is the first time in many years that [...]
Christmas may only happen once a year, but the preparation for it has already begun. Here in Townsville an annual event is held down at the beach (called ‘The Strand’) during the week leading up to Christmas called ‘Stable on the Strand‘ (SOTS). It’s a huge event where 70 churches within Townsville work together to [...]
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This video was made by myself and John Melvin for our final project on SDC. The topic of the video is on something we call the ‘fear of man’.
This is a short commercial that I made during my SDC. It was made using Adobe Premiere and had to portray a character of God.
The ‘Great Commission’ is one of the last commands that Jesus gave His disciples. This is the basis of my video that I made during SDC.