March 2006

Cath and I have had a wonderful start to the year. We are settling into Crossroads (our new church) well and are really enjoying the fellowship that has brought. FOCUS has kicked off for another year at a tremendous pace. Our welcome bbqs had record numbers and we are now busy following up the new contacts. Elijah provides us with constant entertainment. He is now crawling and walking around furniture.

PHOTOS: TOP LEFT = Making coffee with Dad, TOP RIGHT = Reading at Eagle Hawk Neck, BOTTOM LEFT = On holiday at Maria Island, BOTTOM RIGHT = Painting.

News
Some of you will know that the leaders of iChurch have joined Crossroads Preybyterian Church, and this ministry has become part of FOCUS at the uni. This has been an excellent move. Now known as "FOCUS International Bible Meetings" (IBM), we have started the year with renewed enthusiasm and help. We made 20 new contacts at our welcome bbq a fortnight ago, and our first meeting (Fridays, 5:30pm) last week went really well. Please keep praying for us.

Support
I have included sent you a number of resources that I produced over the university break. The "Support FOCUS" booklet is written to encourage current as well as potential supporters. I hope you'll find it helpful. You can download the support brochure [PDF] (1.2MB) from our website. You'll also have received the FOCUS Prayer Diary that I wrote in this period. Because of this I won't need to give you a list of prayer points at the end of this letter! :-) You can also download the FOCUS Prayer Diary [PDF] (155KB) from our website.

Thank you for all your continued love, prayers and financial support. Please keep us up to date with all your news and needs so we can support you also.

With all our love - Joe, Cath & Elijah Towns.