My First Newsletter!

Issue 1

Thank you to all those who came to my supporters afternoon tea on Saturday. It was very encouraging to see you all there.

If you would like to give financially to help support me during the next two years, you may now do so as the accounts have been organised. The information in the newsletter is wrong. The correct information is as follows:

BSB: 704-998
Account no.: 100 009 869

Week 2?

I went to the doctor at the end of last week with a violent cough. The doctor suspected that it might be whooping cough, took a blood test and gave me the required antibiotics.

This was a bit of a damper on my second week on the job as it meant that I had to stay away from people. I had to keep away from church and the office for a whole week to make sure that I didn't infect anyone. The coughing at night also got me feeling quite tired during the day. I unfortunately had to cancel a few meetings with women which was sad as I was really looking forward to it.

Thankfully, the antibiotics have worked and I haven't been coughing at night anymore. I am also past the contagious stage so I can hang out with people again.

Thank you to all those people who prayed for me. I know a number of people from church had been praying that I would get better quickly and I am feeling heaps better now.

I have started!

I started this week in the office. Check out my funky new desk:

So far I have been trying to get all my admin and planning for the year done. I think after being a teacher for two years, admin is something I'm getting better and better at. Philip tells me that it is important to be good at admin in ministry.

It's been really nice working in an office of male and female Christians. Yesterday we had a 5 minute chat on what it means that God is righteous. It was really exciting to have an informal chat about theology. Nothing like my old job.

How to use this blog

Hi everyone!

I've added a new page to this blog called "How to use this blog." I've written this especially for those of you who are unfamiliar with how blogs work.

The page covers information on how to write comments and how to subscribe to this blog amongst other things.

Just click on the tab above to find out more :)

Welcome and Hello!!!

My name is Caroline and I am starting a ministry apprenticeship next year in my church. I hope to record my life through this experience on this blog as well as update all my supporters on how they can pray for me.

What is MTS?
MTS stands for the ministry training strategy and is a 2 year ministry apprenticeship.

"Being an MTS apprentice involves a two year program based within a church or a specialist ministry team. It is essentially on-the-job training for ministry, taken on prior to theological study, and centred on prayer, Bible study and practical ministry. The essence of MTS is not formal instruction but learning through active participation in evangelism and Bible teaching. The two years provides enough time to establish ministries and learn from success and failure. There is no one right way of serving in a ministry apprenticeship. Though it will involve learning from God’s Word and teaching it to others, how this will be done will vary from place to place."

For more info on MTS go to www.mts.com.au

For the moment, here's what you can be doing:

Prayer points:
-That I would settle in quickly and find my feet in this new job
-That I won’t feel overwhelmed and that I will be wise about how much I commit to.
-That God would use me to build his Kingdom.

I'll also be having an afternoon tea for those who would like to support me through the next to years. It will be a time to catch up, find out exactly some of the things I'll be doing and find out how you can best support me through my ministry apprenticeship. Just send me an email at cfreitag at standys dot org dot au for details about the afternoon tea.

Caroline