Merry Christmas

Christmas Newsletter 2009
The original has pictures. Will try and get them posted here soon.

Well here we are at the end of another year. It has certainly flown by again.
The mowing business in Maryborough has continued to grow. We do a fair bit of work for one of the largest rental agencies and have a good private client base. We haven’t done a lot of mowing over the last 3 or 4 months as it has been so dry. But we are still working doing clean ups (for the real estate), pruning and there are still some customers who like their lawn mowed regularly (even if you are just mowing a few spindly weeds). Nicki did some relief teaching at the boy’s school through Term 2 and 3.
Patrick has finished Grade 10 and is looking to get a carpentry or furnishing apprenticeship. He enjoys going to the gym and is looking at taking up boxing. He has just started casual work at Hungry Jacks and the Walker St Store and is looking forward to having an income of his own. We moved Nicholas at the end of Term 3 to Aldridge State High School. He is loving it, particularly the lunch time sports. His behavior and marks have improved along with his attitude. Nich played cricket again and really enjoyed it. Nicki played netball with a group of ‘old girls’ who were playing for fun. They had an absolute ball and finished the season 2nd (pretty good after starting the season losing by 30 or 40 goals a game). She then had a few weeks at Indoor Netball. We spent most of the year at a small Nazarene Church but are currently wondering around churches. Really struggling to find somewhere with something to offer for the boys, who have no Christian friends.
The first house we were renting sold in March and we moved into town. This house is now also up for sale (possibly something to do with us mentioning that the shower leaks around the bath down through the floorboards and under the house and the tiles in the bathroom are cracking due to floor movement). We have a lease until April 2010 but have told the real estate that if it sells and we can find something else we like we will move sooner.
We had 7 days in Vanuatu in April and 13 days in New Zealand in October. We are planning 10 days in Vietnam in May 2010.
WANTED Study Guides – New or Used. I am starting a drive to collect these to send to Vanuatu. If you would like a copy of the flyer I am putting out to distribute at your church please let me know. We are also looking for Study Bibles and Sewing Machines.
P.S. If you are interested in having a look at Nutrimetics let me know and I will send you out the catalogue.

HOPING THAT YOU HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THAT 2010 IS FILLED WITH THE JOY, HOPE AND PEACE OF KNOWING GOD AS YOUR SAVIOUR. MAY WE REMEMBER HIM THIS SEASON.
LOVE FROM THE HUTLEYS

Rainald's Passing

Thank you to all those who have been praying for Rainald Feldmeier. He has recently passed away and gone home to his heavenly father. Please continue to pray for the family who are glad that his suffering is over, know where he has gone, but are missing him terribly. Pray for strength for them to carry on without him as the head of their family. Pray for those close to them to be able to support them at this time. Thank you.

Latest Feldmeier Update

Here is an abbreviated version of the last update i received. Please keep them in your prayers.

Well, our family is in a battle again.

Rainald's cancer is back, 8 weeks after we got the all clear! Boy... does Satan know how to wage war. Yes... it was a shock Rainald hadn't been feeling so great, with stomach troubles. But he had just climbed a mountain, flown to Germany for three weeks and we thought it may have had been travel stress. However, the latest scan revealed cancer in his lungs, liver and lymphatic system once again.
(The treatment options were listed here. They have decided not to have chemo and go the alternative route).
This future spoken by a man can be easily overwritten by a God who made Rainald. Naturally, we are praying for his healing, the children and I desperately don't want to see him go home to glory, and neither does countless other friends and family who love him dearly. However, we also have to realise that all of us are only here for a short while and any day could be our last. We don't know God's plan, therefore we can only rest in the knowing that He has our lives in His hands.
Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the thoughts and plans I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.
So, with these last words I ask you to talk to our heavenly father and ask him for His best outcome in the Feldmeiers lives. If he should heal Rainald then heal Him but if not ,then strengthen all of us to continue to follow our saviour and have His peace that passes all understanding (Phillipians 4:7).
Also, contiune to pray that God will strengthen Rainald's spirit to fight as he is very weak and finds all of the tonics difficult to take. Talking plainly he is getting tired!

Feldmeiers

To Gabriele, Have sent Rainald an email. If it doesn't get through I will ring them. Do you have an email that you can be contacted on?

Vanuatu Slide Show

Vanuatu

Slide show on the next post. Click on View all images and it will bring up the slide show in a new window. Hope you enjoy.
We had a great time. We took a heap of bibles, school supplies and sewing materials with us. Pastor Shem Tema is the head of the Vanuatu Council of Churches and he distributes the gear for us.
We are looking to send sewing machines, study bibles, bibles and study guides over in the coming months.

Feldmeier Update

Rainald is doing well. He is very fit. He has one small operation for a growth in his lung but it is not considered dangerous. All the rest of the family are doing well.