The Brackett's in Transition

Packed in!

January began a new school year for us at Harvest Centre.  After acquiring and renovating two additional floors during the holidays, we have an UNBELIEVABLE 700 STUDENTS!  Needless to say, it is rather crowded and hectic!  This of course comes with new challenges as well as opportunities.  Please continue to pray for our teachers and students as well as we continue to adjust.

Thievery

We have experienced 3 break-ins during the last month!  I won't go into details but my laptop, Pastor's laptop,the church LCD projector, and some equipment / tools have all been stolen.  The loss of my laptop was especially bitter as it had 100% of my data.  Photos, teachings, research, recipes, music, videos...everything, gone... with no back-up.  We are trying our best to secure our premises, but with 10 floors and 700 students, it is incredibly difficult.  Please pray for this situation.

Youth Alpha

AsI said before, having 700 students presents new opportunites.  Our newYouth Alpha intake has about 30 youth and I am now running a group onThursday as well with about 15 more students.  It is quite a handful to prepare and plan but I am really happy to be at this point in the ministry to where things are happening on their own.  It is nice to say, "Hey, there are way too many people here." as opposed to "Why is no one here."  Please pray for many lives to be impacted. 

Tough Month, but Thanks to All

All in all, this month has been a difficult start to the year.  The cost of a replacement computer as well as college fees was a massive hit on our finances but Smithtown Gospel Tabernacle was a tremendous blessing,assisting with much of the cost of both the school fees and the computer, so we extend a grateful thank you to our partners at Smithtown as well as all of you who continue to pray and support us! Let's look forward to a fruitful 2010!!