Snack Bar Is Open!

Oooh! Jolene's found a treasure trove!

The inaugural purchase of our Snack Bar captured!

The Santoso accountants tallying up the Yahtzee score...

6Nimmt comes to New Zealand! Es ist gut!

Taketezy Mase!

I saw the sun!

Jump on the bandwagon with Frank and Ruth

and we're on our way to some fun under the sun!

Thanks for the great picnic Ruthie & Frank!

Games Night!

A smashingly great evening hosted by 3 smashingly great mc's - David, Michael and Stefan :-)

Mely and our mc's leading us in a haka


Group Poro-poro cheering their team mates on.

Yes Tom, do as they do please!

What nicer prize than a hug from each of our MC's!

Life at St Gerard's

Welcome to our School Notice Board!

Nice "urban planning" Mely!

Check out the inhabitants of the city of St Gerard's:

And we are awaiting the arrival of our VIPs (Very Important Participants)!

In the meanwhile, we have had a few significant celebrations at St Gerard's over the weekend:

Chairny's birthday!


Wimpie, Chairny, John and Ju renewed their covenant

with the Glory of God International Covenant Community.

Ju and her jigsaw piece symbol

Rainer and Lucienne officially handed over the leadership of the mission centre to Wimpie and Chairny. The outgoing leaders and Fr John led the praying over for Wimpie and Chairny as new leaders of the mission.

During the evening celebration, friends took the occasion to honour Lucienne and Rainer for their years of dedicated service. All of us also prayed over them as well as Wimpie & Chairny.

Thank God for the life in the city of God!

Beautifying our home to welcome our participants

If two is better than one, how much more blessed it is to have a whole community!

Comfort simulation exercise...successfully completed by Rainer.

Verdict? GREAT!

A view of the rooms

And our beloved library after the Dec 08 makeover....





cool......

Preparing for the School!

The School is 2 weeks away and the community and school staff have been busy preparing to welcome and serve the 11 participants who will make their 5-month journey at our home and mission base at St Gerard's Monastery.

This year we have Lacy (Canadian), Joseph (Nigerian), Edwin (Indonesian), Tom (British), Jess and Jolene (New Zealanders), Florence and Marilyn (Singaporeans), Eun Sook, Ji Eun and Sua Kim (Koreans) attending the School.

Please pray for their visa applications to be approved and for their remaining time in their countries to be peaceful and joyful. Pray for us too that we be united and guided by the Holy Spirit in all that we do.

During last Friday's intercession, we were reminded that through the School - a gift from God to us - He wants to do a precious work in our own hearts and thus we are called to let our hearts be tilled and worked over by the God of compassion, so that we can be ready for the new harvest God has in store for us. Thank you Jesus!

Here's also a peek at what's been happening around our home :-)

David Romanos giving our bathroom walls a new coat of painting.

Our musicians and singers coming together to learn new songs for worship.

Faces and smiles from some of our School staff :

Hey Ju! We are glad to have you as our school leader!

Ju with Michael, our youngest prayer warrior. way to go, buddy!

Petrus, Mely, Ruth at one of our staff meetings in the library.

Wimpie and Chairny

What are Mely, Sean, David and Michael up to?


For the answer, stay glued to this blog :-D

To all prayer warriors, thanks for being part of this exciting journey!! Greater things are yet to come! Let's keep praying in faith!