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My first blog: how exciting!

Today, the 5^th September, is not only my birthday (21 again!!), but my first deputation.

WOW! The best misso's letter I have ever got arrived today. The writer is a senior missionary in Milne Bay Province Papua New Guinea.

My reaction was : 

Such detail and very illuminating, very irritating, very frustrating and very funny.

One can do a whole TV show based on your letter. 

Last night I walked the dog. Nothing very earth shattering about that, except that while I was walking the dog I started thinking about what we needed to solve the problem of replicating audio files between Temecula and Sydney and other centres around the world.

My director walked over to my desk and asked that question feared by all IT support folk, "Is here something wrong with the Internet? My email won't send." He was trying to reply to an email from a friend in one of the recent disaster areas in Asia.
A few quick checks showed that our ADSL line was operational, as was the USA internet connection, so what was happening?

What I did to reach the Muslims at our Church.

Our church in Newport, Victoria -near Williamstown in the western suburbs of Melbourne- is quite literally next door to a mosque. For some time they used to use our hall for various functions, parties, celebrations etc.

Almost through another week. Time is sure flying!

I've been reading Capturing Voices, the biography of Joy Ridderhof, GRN's founder. It's one of those challenging books where the central person walks totally dependent on God. It is challenging to think how we can exercise our own dependence on God in our work and allow him more glory!

I read this wonderful email this week and I felt compelled to share it. Kenny McKee from Language Recordings UK wrote:

These days I always try to have my Global Recording card with me just in case I meet someone who may be interested in the mission. The nature of this mission is in my mind one of the most significant things in getting the message of deliverance to all those who need deliverance and I want to put these tools in the hands of every Christian who could possibly need them.

Well, Katrina and I have just completed our first official week at the Sydney GRN offices as staff. We've actually cheated a bit and been around a bit longer. In fact I've been working on IT systems for GRN Australia and USA for a few years, but its a bit different as staff!

Probably one of the most obvious differences for me is that I'm working in an office, rather than from home as I was as a mission IT consultant for Crosscape Technology. That means we need to commute to the office. While it's not the longest drive, it is still 30 mins by car, or 1.5 hours by train and bus (and foot).

Today I picked up the buzzing handset, said “Global Recordings”, identified myself and heard a woman's voice, not known to me, but it had a familiar accent. It reminded me of the voice of a dear friend of mine who lives in Edinburgh. Understandable and very lilting, my caller identified herself as being from that part of Scotland.

Then she asked me for a bible-based recording of a language for outer MONGOLIA.

“Wow! Would you wait while I look up my list of Asian recordings?”.