Living Yielded ….currently to jet lag

3 weeks ago we were getting a little nervous about our visa’s coming in…

Questioning our dreams, goals, values, every time the embassy had nothing new to say. “All we can tell you is that it is processing”

Refusing to be led by our emotions and self doubt, we persevered in prayer. All the while with-in the battle we lost sleep, massive chunks of ego, and the thrill of fear. We had our fill of rollercoaster rides with visa anticipation, and flight changes. Until a moment right before we got the email from the embassy; it was like some one gave us shoes for the first time in this journey, we looked around and realized we were surrounded. God has given us an unbelievable amount of support so far- and he has greatly used this time to confirm that he has given us a strong foundation of friends- of family not just to encourage and affirm us from a distance but join us in this adventure!
Thank you all again so much for your enthusiasm, hospitality; and faith that God is working through our weaknesses…
God doesn’t just move mountains to make travel easier hey?

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who have been called according to his purposes..” Romans 8:28

“It does not therefore depend on mans desire or effort, but on Gods mercy.” Romans 9:16

STEPPING OFF THE PLANE
After 30-plus hours of traveling; at 1:00 PM Aussie time 1:00 AM our time, we step off the plane in Perth arriving physically tired and mentally drained. Awaiting Matt and I at the airport Rachel (from California) and Benji (From Switzerland) some of the staff for the Media Reach DTS.
“I can’t believe we are actually here” - We say to each other riding in the van to the base, which by the way is driving on the left side of the road. . legally.

Just a note to you guys, sorry its taken a couple days to settle and get into the routine of things before I could write cha..

One interesting fact through this whole battle-- we just found out from registrar (the people that do all the paperwork and travel stuff on the base) that they were given actual documentation that our Visa was refused- and showed it to us. “You guys are a miracle to be here right now.” We were never given that information, and told that it was being worked on… Hmm.. Gets ya thinking right? They were so proud of us for not giving up, because there was obviously nothing that they could do on their end but pray. Little did they know that’s about all we could do too. Just let God be God.
This week we haven’t had a chance to get into the city yet, for outreach or otherwise, just a 20 min walk from the Base,… but we have had some phenomenal opportunities to learn about God, and worship with our team… catching up on the first few days we missed out on.

Please Family- you know who you are!: if you do not have our email address yet we would like to give you the more crucial details so- pass me an email so I can have your email address-- oxygencandy@hotmail.com

We figured out our snail mail address if you wanna send letters the old skool-way.

Matt and Steph Bell
c/o MRDTS
PO Box 8501
Perth Business Centre
Western Australia, 6849
Australia

Well it has been an extreeemly long last couple of days-- and jet-lag is hitting me like a ton-a-bricks. (my body and brain thinks its time to go to bed and its still not for a couple of hours) SO hopefully soon I will have some stories interduce you to some people and give ya a tour. ANY QUESTIONS about ywam, austraila, or other random country (Im sure there is someone here I can ask) -- er anything else --- PLEASE we miss you already. leave a comment, or send and email to the address above.

Oh and we will soon have SKYPe available, a couple on the base is gonna let us borrow their camera to set up..yay!

Oh and photos next time!!!