Gather the Roses - Testimonies

8 years ago by Shanna Duke

As I was canvassing the other day I came across this plaque: "Take Time to Smell the Roses". So many times in life we focus on the negatives--"the briars and the thorns"; but we need to gather the bright things in life, the many blessings across our path--"the roses, the lilies, the pinks". In canvassing it can be easy to get discouraged by what seems like continual rejection. If we but look for God working, there are so many things--amid the rejection--that w...

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Perth Canvassing Program Underway!

8 years ago by Shanna Duke

  In the pre-dawn hours of the 30th of November a team of ten, two taragos, a packed trailer and plenty of Kasey's granola set off on the road from Melbourne Victoria, bound for Perth WA and the 2016 canvassing program. A salty pink lake just out of Adaleide SA was an interesting pit stop along the way, with the first night of the road trip was spent camping in the flat bush country, with no facilities to be seen for miles around- a new experience for some of us!   The nex...

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Exciting News from Perth

8 years ago by Shanna Duke

Since D'Sozo WA some of our team have stayed in WA for a few more busy weeks of canvassing. Over the past three weeks, apart from canvassing, we've done many other things including hiking, visiting a health retreat, and traveling up to Perth (from Albany). Two weeks ago we went along to some encouraging meetings by one of the founders of the  GLOW ministry . On the Sunday we were able to go downtown Perth and hand out hundreds of GLOW tracts.  :)...

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D'Sozo WA Camp 2016 Report

8 years ago

“While I was at D'Sozo camp I was drawn closer to God. During the deep Bible study, the campfire times we spent together and  daily devotions with my roommates, I learnt so many things about God that I had never considered before but were very uplifting once pointed out. I felt like I was doing God's work when we went canvassing and helping people with their yards. I can sum up my whole camp experience in just a few words - being drawn closer to God .” - Rabecca &ldq...

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Something for Everyone!

8 years ago by Grace Uelese

It was an absolute blessing to be a part of the first D’Sozo camp in 2016. As a young person myself and haveing the opportunity to serve as a youth leader, I found it encouraging and inspiring to see the D'Sozo making it their mission to inspire and encourage other younger people. I was excited to see that what they did worked, and this was doing just as Christ as asks of us in Matthew 28:19: “ Therefore go and  make disciples of all...

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D'sozo - A Parent's Perspective

8 years ago by Desley Bailey

Eastward D'Sozo Camp 2016 was a unique experience. I have never been to a camp for young people where the focus is on helping others, in fact I don't think another camp like it even exists. What an opportunity for our young people to experience first hand the principle from Acts 20:35:  "I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.&q...

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Real Foods Markets

8 years ago

My name is Ella and my family and I are growing a market garden at Eastward. Every Tuesday, Mum and I go to the Real Foods Market in Port Macquarie. As I write, I am sitting at the market watching people come and go and buy and sell. We arrive at the markets at about 11:30am, and sometimes people are waiting to buy from us before we have even had time to set up! The first few hours are very busy, with lots of fresh garden produce being unloaded from the van and sold. Things quiet down aft...

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What the Lord Has Done In Me

8 years ago

One month ago, I wrote on my personal blog that Music Camp 2017 had moved me to  “Give my life unreservedly to God again and allow Him to direct every step and navigate every corner.”  This statement was the first step in a journey of which the result can only be pure joy.   At the end of Music Camp last year, I was blessed with a normal, five day a week job. I enjoyed being a part of the workforce and being able to witness to my colleagues and bosses and the m...

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Finishing Up In Tassie (May/June Diary)

8 years ago by Shanna Duke

It was just so amazing seeing God work through-out this program! 3,235 books went out, and we were able to help several people with practical projects as well. We saw God’s protection, and leading wherever we went! As God has promised in His Word that “all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28) . We believe we are called to do this work. God has called each of us to be a blessing&nb...

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Little Things (April/May Diary)

9 years ago by Shanna Duke

It's amazing how quickly minutes turn into hours; hours into days; days into weeks; and weeks into months! That's just how this Road Trip has felt. Learning to notice and appreciate the little things and circumstances has been a challenge. Our diary: April 25,  Monday - Public holiday. Moved to the How's place. April 26,  Tuesday - Canvassed in Deloraine. (22 magabooks; 55 happies) April 27,  Wednesday - Canvassed in Mole Creek.   (16 magaboo...

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