Here are some recent pics of Matthew (Aug/Sept): Enjoy!

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Kathy's trip to Singapore



... its been nearly a month since i was in Singapore - but it was a very worthwhile "business" trip... I went for a conference which brought almost all of our leaders and missionaries from our "sister churches" from Thailand, the Philippines, the Sudan, Australia (SCF), India and other countries together. It was an amazing opportunity for me to meet people (many who Phil knew already) and to hear what's going on all over our Asia Pacific region; as well as our new ventures in the Sudan, in Northern Africa. It was also really interesting to gain a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities that each country faces. We are so blessed in Australia to have the resources and freedom to worship however we choose. There are some incredible people out there doing the work for God and I feel very honoured to be a part of it in a small way.

It was also great to catch up with my good friend Shara, who lives in Singapore - they were so hospitable and showed me around the city a bit - and we had a great time (thanks guys!)... I did feel a bit funny being away from "my boys" for nearly a week - I missed them heaps - but they did great on their own, and I found a few cool bargains for them over there to bring home!

The shopping was crazy... not that cheap in some spots - but there was this crazy department store in Little India called Mustafa (i think!) and you could buy ANYTHING there - and it was so cramped and just overwhelming!!


Sari Heaven in Mustafa (little India)




Singapore Markets





The view from Fairy Point near our accomodation:














We also had a chance to go to the Singapore Zoo - which was the best Zoo I have seen. We hardly saw any cages - just natural habitat... and they had white tigers which were so incredible...

Macaws at the entrance!