The Brackett's in Transition

Recently, Rosie & John-Michael flew to East Malaysia to train preschool teachers and Nikao and I took the Youth Alpha group for our weekend away (Holy Spirit weekend). 

Youth Alpha Weekend Away

About half way through our weekly Youth Alpha sessions, we take our youth away for a weekend.  This gives us an opportunity to break away from the normal environment, have a little fun, and cultivate an environment that limits distractions.  We always look forward to these (Holy Spirit) sessions because this is where many of them really experience God for the first time.

This occassion did not disappoint.  All of the youth, christian and non-christian, experienced God's presence in a powerful way.  It was a really powerful time.  We also went to the famous Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary for a few hours.  That was a lot of fun.  Not only did we get to ride the elephans bare backed, Nikao also fed the young ones with lots of cucumbers (after initially being forced by me :wink:). 

Rosie's trip to Sarawak

While we were off riding elephants, and experiencing God, Rosie was off in East Malaysia experiencing teacher training and a preschool graduation.  Over the past few years, we at Harvest Centre have established several preschools in towns and in the villages of East Malaysia.  The training of the teachers in these preschools is an ongoing process and Rosie was able to spend a week training about 20 teachers.  It looks like she may be traveling a lot more in 2010, continuing to train teachers in different parts of the country.