• Sorry for the long silence, we're getting more and more busy!
• We had a great week-long holiday in Melbourne staying with the families of our friends. Melbourne is beautiful!
• 2nd semester started on July 21, and now we are in week 6, the half-way point of the semester already!
• I (Noe) am working 2 afternoons a week at CNEC (a Christian sponsorship agency) as a sponsorship coordinator. I love working there!
  
• But it does take 8 hours away from studying, and I am finding it very  hard to keep up with the essay deadlines.
  
• Ben and I are doing the Alpha Marriage Course through our church. It's is transforming the way we communicate and show love to one another! I highly recommend it. The 3 course meal they provide is quite lovely as well!
• Ben just sprained his ankle playing soccer last Friday. Please pray that it heals well and quickly.
  

• This has been the toughest semester yet! 8 essays!
  
• This coming week is exams week - the end of our 1st semester of our 2nd year at college.
• We've been studying really hard! We have exams for 3 classes - Old Testament (Pentateuch), New Testament (Romans), and Theology (Knowledge of God)
• Please pray that we Pass everything!!
  
• After exams we have 3 weeks of holiday
  
• Right after exams finish we will take a week long trip to Melbourne with some friends our ours.
  
• When we get back, we'll start preparing for 2nd semester, learning the Greek vocabulary for 1 Corinthians and the book of Hebrews
• We'll have lots of admin and errands to run as well, like paying Aussie Taxes for the first time!
• Praise God - Noe will work 1 day a week next semester at CNEC - a Christian Sponsorship Org (similar to World Vision).
  
• I really like this organization, and it's within walking distance from home!
• It shouldn't interfere too much with full-time study.
  
• For next year, we are hoping to stay in Australia, and have Ben try to finish the M.Div degree. So Noe will try to find a job, since we will run out of money by then.
• Please pray for a job for me that:
  
• is interesting,
  
• requires more reponsibility than just being an "admin assistant"
  
• that pays Ben's tuition and rent for the both of us
  
• that has to do with int'l humanitarian aid
  
• or mission work
• Thanks for being intersted in our lives, and for your prayers!
  

• We are currently on Mission for a week, working with a Enlish/Korean church just a 15 minutes walk away in Burwood. Our team (of 14 students and one professor) is getting a chance to practice different parts of church and neighborhood ministry, and learn how this multicultural church works together to glorify God in their neighborhood.
  
• It's been really fun so far and lots of work too!
  
• We love the Korean food!
• Ben and I specifically are:
  
• Giving our testamonies in church in the English and Korean services
• Noe's playing in the worship team for church services
• We're playing Pirates in 5 pirate skits for a kids club (a 5 day afternoon program that we're running.)
  
• We also did a puppet show together for the kids club
• Participating in ESL classes put on by the church
• Letterboxing
• Noe will be teaching massage at a Ladies Pampering night
• Please pray that the children and parents that take part in our kids club will learn about God, and start coming to the church, if they don't already. And ultimately that they will come to know Christ!

• Hello friends and family! I hope you all are doing well!
• Ben and I are so busy with assignments and we're feeling the stress of it!
• I was going to try to do some temping work during our two-week holidays in April, however I think I will need all that time to write essays!
• But thanks be to God, he has provided for us greatly through our generous family. Several of our relatives (on Ben side mostly, but my side as well!) have decided to send us support, which will really help us out!
  
• Thank you, family! We really appreciate it!
  
• This takes a lot of pressure off of me to earn the rest of our tuition for this year through massage and admin temping.

• Gruezi Familie und Freunde! Wir hoffen, dass es euch gut geht!
• Beni und ich sind heutezutage sehr beschäftig und es gibut uns ein bisschen Stress im Moment.
• Ich hatte vor im nächsten Ferien im April eine Temporärstelle zu finden, aber wir wissen jetzt, dass wir die ganze Zeit für unsere Arbeiten brauchen.
• Aber Gott sei dank, er has für uns durch unseren Familien besorgt. Einige von unsere Familien haben sie sich entschieden uns zu helfen, im Finanzbereich. Und das wird uns sehr helfen dieses Jahr um alles zu bezahlen!
• Vielen Dank, Familie!
  
• Es nimmt viel Druck weg von uns.

• We just turned in our first exegetical paper today!
• That's why we haven't updated the website in a while, we've been really busy doing research.
• We have 8 assignments to turn in this semester, where in previous semesters, we only had 4!
• Please pray that we survive! Everyone says 2nd year is the busiest, and we're realizing why.
• We feel like we're constantly studying! And this is only the 4th week of the semester!
  
• The bird in the picture is the neighbor's pet bird called "Bird-o" They let him out in the yard everyday and he comes over a lot to play with Noe, and she loves it!
• Ben chipped his tooth and had to go to the dentist, but thanks to God, we go to a Christian dentist who gave us a huge discount as Bible college students!
• Noe is enjoying her 2 cross-cultural ministry classes, and is getting more and more excited about cultural research.
• Ben's favorite courses are Romans, and Pentateuch.
  

• Our classes officially start up again this Friday
• Noe is starting to play the drums in our church this year, St. James Anglincan Church.
  
• Ben is excited for weekly soccer to start up again.
  
• Noe is applying for a part-time student job at the college library. Please pray that I get it!

• Diesen Freitag beginnt der Unterricht wieder!
• Noe wird dieses Jahr in unserer Gemeinde Schlagzeug spielen! Wir gehen in die St.James Anglican Kirche
• Beni freut sich, dass das wöchenliche Fussballspielen im Park wieder anfängt.
  
• Bitte bettet, dass Noe eine Stelle in der Bibliothek der Schule bekommen wird! Sie hat sich gestern für eine offene Stelle beworben.
• Im Haus nebenan, wohnen 5 weitere Studentinnen, und eine davon kommt aus Deutschland! Somit kann Noe ihr deutsch üben.
  

January 6, 2008!!

• We're back in Sydney now!
• Noe is working for the Ministry of Transport for the whole month of January!! Praise God for this much needed income!!
•  I'm doing data entry work
• New Zealand was beautiful! Our 12-day mobile home trip with our friends, the Hueslers was an adventure in this amazingly untouched country where they filmed the Lord of the Rings
• We are also now living in a new little 2-roomed granny flat one block from campus. (But we're still using the same mailing address as before)
• It's still small, but cozy and we love it!
• God's provided us with all the furniture and kitchen tools that we need!

November 19, 2007

• One Exam to go tomorrow!
• This has been a tough exam season. For some reason, we really felt unprepared going into exams, and we probably had less time to study. But we both think we'll pass all our classes at least.
• We're looking forward to a break from studies!
  
• Then we pack up, and in a week, while Noe will be in Florida for Rachel's wedding, Ben will be moving into our new granny flat 2 blocks away. Poor Ben has to move by himself!
  
• Kehau, Noe's sister is probably in labor now, giving birth to her 4 child, (her first girl).

October 19, 2007

• Noe's going to Rachel's wedding on Dec. 1st!!! I'll be in Orlando, Nov 26-Dec 3!!
  
• Thank you for your prayers that I would find enough work so that I could afford to go. And thank you, God, for allowing me to go!!!
  
• See the coming blog to learn more about the job finding process, but basically I'm doing temporary admin work through 3 temping agencies during school holidays.
• 4 and a half weeks of school left!
• We're really busy this month working on a research paper on Micah, and then we have to study for final exams.
• We're moving off campus in November!
• Since they will tear down our housing to build new couples housing, the college has offered us a place to live in a little grandmothers flat/attachment to one of the girl's student houses a block away from campus.
• Thanks to God, it's still nice and close so we'll be able to eat on campus, and hopefully I'll still be able to carry on my massage business there.
  
• We will miss our friends an neighbors in Trowell Court though. It's really been like a nice big Family here in the couple's housing!
  
• Summer Vacation: December - January
  
• Nov 26 - Dec 3 Noe goes to Orlando for the wedding
  
• Dec 7 - 19 We go to New Zealand with Stefan and Stephanie Huesler (good friends from Switzerland)
• The rest of Dec/Jan, Noe hopes to have lots of temping jobs to pay for the Orlando trip and for tuition for the next year. (please pray I get lots of work then!
  
• January 30, 2007,  We start our 2nd year!!!

• Noe wird zur Hochzeit von Rachel gehen !!! Ich werde vom 26. Nov bis 3 Dec. in Orlando sein
  
• Vielen Dank für eure Gebete, dass ich genugend Arbeit finden würde, damit ich das Ticket kaufen kann.
  
• Ich habe mich bei 3 Agenturen für Temporärstellen angemeldet, und werde hoffentlich wärend den Schulferien temporäre Arbeit finden. Ich habe schon 8 Tage gearbeitet, und brauche ungefähr noch 8 Tage mehr.
  
• Nur noch 4 Wochen bis zum Ende dieses Semesters!
• Wir sind sehr beschäftig im Moment mit dem schreiben von Arbeiten . Und bald müssen wir anfangen uns für die Prüfungen vorzubereiten.
  
• Wir ziehen um im November!!
• Das College wird unsere jetzige WG abreissen um 5 neue Gebäude zu bauen. Und deshalb haben sie uns eine kleine Wohnung gegeben ausserhalb des Schulgeländes, etwa 3 Min. zu Fuss.
  
• Weil es immer noch so nah ist, werden wir weiterhin in der Cantine essen, und hoffentlich wird mein Massagegeschäft weiter gut laufen.
  
• Leider aber werden wir unsere Nachbarn im Trowell Court vermissen. Es war wirklich wie eine Familie hier.
  
• Sommerferien: Dezember - Januar
  
• Dec 7 - 19 Dez. gehen wir nach New Zealand mit Stefan und Stephanie Huesler - gute Freunde von unserer Kirche in Zürich.
  
• 30 Januar 2007,  fangen wir wieder an in der Schule!

September 6

• Thank you for your prayers for my job search and plane ticket! God is providing many opportunities! Please keep praying that God´s will be done in this area of our lives.
  
• Job Search Update:
• 1 interview down, 2 to go, in next 7 days in the massage industry
• Still need to set up an interview for an admin position thru a friend in my Bible study.
  
• I applied for retail work at the near by mall
• It's exciting as I look forward to having a job actually. At college, I don't really feel like I'm fulfilling the command to be "in the world,but not of the world." We currently have no contact with people of other belief systems. So this could be such an opportunity.

• Danke vielmals für eure Gebete  zu meiner Jobsuche. Gott hat mir einige Gelegenheiten geschenkt!
  
• Jobsuche Update:
• 1 Einstellungsgespäch habe ich gehabt und es gibt noch 2 weitere während den nächsten 7 Tagen im Bereich Massage.
  
• 1 Einstellungsgespräch muss ich noch festlegen für eine Stelle im Büro, das ich durch einen Kontakt in unserem Hauskreis bekommen habe.
  
• Ich bewerbe mich auch für Stellen im Einzelhandel.
  
• Ich freue mich eine Stelle zu finden und zu arbeiten. In unserem täglichem Leben im College, haben wir keinen Kontakt mit Leuten anderen Glaubens. Ein Job ermöglicht eine solche Gelegenheit.
  

August 18  (Deutsch unten)

• My sister Kehau is due to have a baby girl in November!!
  
• One of my best friends, Rachel Schalm is engaged!!!
•  I desparately want to fly to Orlando in December for her wedding, and to see my new niece, however, I need to think of creative ways to raise money for the ticket, since we need all our existing money to continue studying at SMBC for a 2nd year.
• Please pray that I receive my work visa, and that I can find temorpary jobs during our vacation time to  earn enough $ for it.
  
• Do you have any creative ideas how I can raise that money? (About $2,000)

• Meine Schwester, Kehau, erwartet eine Tochter in November!!!
  
• Einr meine beste freundinnen, Rachel Schalm ist verlobt!!!
•  Ich wäre sehr sehr froh da zu sein, wann sie in Florida heiratet in Dezember, dann könnte ich auch meine neue Nichte sehen! Leider ist es für uns zu teurer, weil wir alle unsere Geld für das Studium für nächstes Jahr brachen
• Bitte bettet, dass ich ein Arbeitserlaubniss bekomme, und dass ich eine Temporärestelle finden kann für unsere Ferienzeit.
• Habt ihr Ideen wie ich sonst dieses Geld verdienen kann?
  

A leap of faith - just like accepting  Jesus' gift of eternal life... have you taken that leap yet?

August 3

• We're now 3 weeks into 2nd semester! Finally back in the swing of things too.
• Here's what's on our plates at the moment:
  
•  Theology of Mission Teaching tool  = We just turned it in today! We created a Bible study program teach the Biblical Theology of Mission to a church Bible study group.
  
• Preaching Pyramid! For our preaching class, we have to prepare a basic structure of a sermon based on a certain passages selected.  Due Friday next week. 
  
• Ben's writting about Jonah 1
• Noe's writting about Romans 12:8
• Acts Research Paper = Of the 5 topic choices, I chose - "What Acts teaches us about the role of suffering in the  Christian's life"
  
• Tomorrow we will puppy-sit for some friends for the day!
• They just got a puppy, but only for a year - it will be taken back to be trained as a guide dog for the blind!
• It'll be nice to spend the day in a real house, with a cute lab puppy
  
• Pictures of the Commencement dinner banquet are coming soon! Keep checking back!
  

July 12 (Deutsche Übersetzung unten)

• Sign the guest book!! Thanks for visiting our site! Please sign the Guest book on the blog page, so we know this website it not in vain!!
  
• We just flew back to Sydney today from Hawaii.
  
• Ben transfered at LA, and Noe transfered at Seoul, Korea.
  
• Long story, don't ask.
  
• But we made a heart-shape flight pattern!
• How romantic.
  
• Our family reunion was a lot of fun. It was really good to see my whole family all together!
• Apparently we're lagging behind because we don't have any kids yet.
  
• It's hard keeping up with the Jones', even when you're a Jones!
  
• It was so nice to be in Hawaii too! I hope we can live there some day.
• Pictures of Hawaii are already up!
  
• 2nd Semester starts in 4 days, but we haven't thought about our new classes much. Not ready to hit the books again quite yet.

• Guest book - Danke dass du unsere Website angeschaut hast! Bitte mach ein `Comment`auf die Guest book Blog, damit wir wissen wer hier war.
  
• Wir sind heute wieder in Sydney angekommen nach unserem Urlaub in Hawaii.
  
• Ben kam über L.A., Californien, und Noe über Seoul, Korea, weil Noe´s Eltern ihr Ticket mit Flugmeilen bezahlt haben
• Das Familientreffen der Jones war toll. Für Noe war es schön, ihre ganze Familie wieder einmal zu sehen. Es war das erste mal für Beni seit unserer Hochzeit.
  
• Hawaii haben wir natürlich auch genossen. Ich hoffe, dass wir irgendwann mal dort wohnen können.
• Fotos von Hawaii sind schon da!
  
• Unser zweites Semester fängt in 4 Tagen an, aber wir fühlen uns noch nicht bereit.
  

June 25

• We're in Hawaii for 2 and a half weeks for a family reunion!!
• It's great to see Noe's whole family - 10 nieces & nephews, 3 brothers & sisters & spouses, parents and grandparents.
• Right now we're at our parent's vacation house on the Big Island.
• It's a fun chaos.
  
• Exams? what exams? They just finished on last Friday but already feel so far away. We think we'll pass.
  

June 8

• New prayer requests are posted, thank you for praying for us!
• Final exams in 10 days!
•  We are actually looking forward to studying for them.
  
• Lots of 2nd and 3rd year students, say this is generally their best times with God, since they are constantly in the Word.
  
• This is when we learn the most from our courses, and we're hoping we really do learn it for our lives, and not just for the exams
• We're slowly learning more about the way Aussie's tick. It's amazing how different they are to Americans, even though we share the same language. The more I understand them, the more I like them.

May 23

• Amazing Blessing: Another couple studying here on campus have decided to lend us their car for free for as long as we study!!
• As of Monday we will be the proud new drivers of a big  Toyota 4runner-ish car, called "Bessie"!!!
• Thank you  Gus & Christy! Thank you God!!
• Now we will be able to travel around Australia much easier (once we get used to driving on the other side of the road!), when we have more time to travel a bit.
• There are more photo albums posted now, so take a look!
  

• Eine riesiger Segen: Ein anderes Paar das hier studiert, hat sich entschieden ihr Auto uns zu geben!
  
• Ab Montag, werden wir einen Toyota haben (4 WD)
  
• Danke Gus und Christy! Danke Gott!
• Jetzt können wir einfacher und mehr von Australien sehen.
• Es gibt jetzt mehr photos zu sehen.                                                                                        
  

We just went last weekend to the Blue Mountains with 5 other couples we live with. It was really beautiful!

May 17 (Deutsche Übersetzung unten)

• About three more weeks of classes for us to go this semester!
• Then there's a week of vacation to study for exams then
• Exam week is June 18-22!
• June 23-July 10, we're going back to Hawaii during the midyear break for our Jones Family Reunion!
• One of Noe's teeth is hurting! Please pray that it heals and doesn't need any operating on. A student, who is also a dentist, is keeping an eye on it. If the pain doesn't go away  by Monday, I may have to go get an x-ray to see what's wrong!

17. Mai (German Translation)

• Nur noch 3 Wochen bis das erste Semester endet
  
• Dann haben wir eine Woche Ferien um uns für die Prüfungen vorzubereiten
  
• Vom 18. bis 22. Juni sind die Prüfungen!
• Vom 23. Juni bis 10 Juli werden wir in Hawaii sein. Dort findet ein Jones Familientreff statt!
• Ein Zahn von Noe bereitet ihr Schmerzen. Wenn es am Montag immer noch weh tut, muss ich zum Zahnarzt gehen, um ein Röntgenbild zu machen. Bitte betet dass es nicht so schlimm ist!
  

May 11

This week our college is hosting a Preaching Conference, attended by about 600 people - pastors and people in ministry and us students. It's been really inspiring!

May 5

I was bored with working on my research paper this Saturday, so I made a new webpage called About Us.

April 25:  (Deutsche Übersetzung unten)

• My eyes are better now! Thank you for your prayers. After a couple weeks I'll try wearing contacts again after 6 months of not wearing them! Yippee!!
• Both of us are sick with colds now though, so you can start praying for that now, please.
  
• This week is research week again. We are home all day writing papers on two books in the Old Testament. 
  
• If we stay next year, they will be tearing down our housing to build better housing for more couples, so we will have to find an apartment in the neighborhood. We will miss the fun community of 9 couples we have here. But if we stay a third year, we'll be able to move into the new couples housing!
  

25. April:  (German Translation)

• Meine Augen sind wieder geheilt! Danke für eure Gebete!
• Leider sind wir beide jetzt ein bisschen erkältet!
  
• Diese Woche ist wieder Research Week, wo wir keinen Unterricht haben. Wir arbeiten an zwei Essays über zwei Bücher im Alten Testament. 
  
• Falls wir nächstes Jahr weiter studieren werden, müssen wir eine neue Wohnung finden, da unser Gebäude abgebrochen wird um neue Wohnungen für Ehepaare zu bauen.  Wir werden die Gemeindschaft hier mit den anderen  9 Paaren vermissen. Aber wenn wir drei Jahre bleiben, könnten wir in eine Wohnung des neuen Gebäudes einziehen!

April 11:  (Deutsche Übersetzung unten)

• I (Noe) went to the doctor today, because my eye was hurting last night and I found out I have two eye infections! Conjunctivitus is the most recent infection, but the other infection is much more advanced and I realize I've had symptoms for the last 6 months, but because of all the moving, I put off visiting the doctor about it, and forgot about it.
  
• Please pray that my eyes will completely heal, and that there will be no long-term side affects.
  
• In a way, it is a blessing that I got the Conjunctivitus, otherwise, I may have not gone to the doctor, and the other infection could have done more damage to my eyes!!!

• Ich (Noe) habe zwei Augeninfektionen! Ich bin heute zum Arzt gegangen. Eine Infektion hat erst kürzlich angefangen, und die Zweite ist schon fortgeschritten!!
  
• Ich hatte schon seit 6 Monaten Probleme, aber ich habe immer einen Arzt-Termin verschoben weil wir umgezogen sind. Und dann habe ich es vergessen.
• Bitte betet dass meine Augen ganz geheilt werden, und dass es keine langzeitige Nachwirkungen gibt!
• A Huntsman Spider in our Room!
  

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