Hey guys, I just wanted to give you a quick update that my teammate’s headaches have stopped.  Also, Merv, our contact has been giving us increasing responsibility as his trust in us grows.  We have been going out to aboriginal centers to pray with people and have been having a lot of meaningful conversations with lots of people.  So thank you all so much for your prayers!  God has really been good to us. 
 
Here are some random fun facts about Australia
1. Cantalopes are called “rock mellons” and bell peppers are called “capsicums”
2. Trunks are called “Boots” and Chickens are called “Chooks”
3. There are saltwater crocodiles in the ocean so we can’t play on the beaches
4. The real threat, however, is the box jellyfish that will paralyze you instantly
5. There is a 10:30am meal called morning tea and an 830pm meal called supper (in addition to breakfast, lunch and dinner).
6. Australians love to shorten words (e.g. breaky = breakfast, aircon = air conditioning)
7. Cockatoos and transparent geckos are all over the place
8. There are random warm flash rain storms and almost daily lightning in the sky
 
 I guess now is as good a place as any to let you all know that sadly, we will no longer be going to Malaysia.  Apparently there weren’t sufficient contacts for all of us to have something meaningful to do and rather than dillute the ministry of several of the groups, AIM decided to send us elsewhere.  So I will now be spending the month of March in the Philipines instead.
 
Here is a fixed version of Charity’s Video About New Zealand