Welcome Home!

Day 1 in Perth - we got our KEYS to our new car and to our "tent"-nanted apartment all in one morning! (picture also just came in as I was writing this sent by my dogs' foster family - Trixie was literally in a TENT with our friend's son Isaac! Well that's also another story of God's love and providence for my 2 beloved dogs.. ) I am certainly looking forward in faith to the "city whose Builder and Architect is God".

May God's kingdom come on earth as it already is in heaven. May Perth city become the city who's builder and maker is God!

To share a little background of why we have moved from Singapore to Perth, this journey started more than 10 years ago... About a decade ago, we had this word of prophecy given to us that we will one day be in Australia. (I can't remember when exactly now and who, I suppose it doesn't matter. I always wonder why people go to the who's-who for prophecies.. I mean God can even use a prebeliever or anything to speak to us if we are listening right!)

Last December we found ourselves thrown into the whirlwind of God. Our house in Singapore got sold in less than 1 week without any property agent (Dec is typically the worst month by statistics to sell a house in Singapore) and we were able to clear our mortgage debt(in Singapore, because of crazy prices of property, practically every couple starts out with a debt) when our 16 yo daughter decided to study overseas (we had not told her about any prophecy or anything to influence any bit of her decision). In choosing between the UK and Australia, she chose specifically Perth, Australia to study a specific course related to conservation and science. She has chosen not to go down the typical path of pursuing an "elite" education in Singapore and join the rat race there. (It is not an everyday happening that a teenager chooses to leave her comfort zone, her friends, and when she's already on the path to worldly success cos she's doing very well in school, to give that all up and go to a foreign country to pursue an area of studies where there are no big bucks in the making and in the eyes of every Singaporean "No job prospects"!)

Before leaving for Perth, my senior from law school whom I have not met in more than 10 years, who had no clue about the happenings in my life, called me after seeing my fb post that I was moving to Perth. He shared with me how he had had this dream about me several months ago(before we even decided that we should move actually! We only sealed our decision in January 2019.) standing in the middle of an open-air stadium and introducing Jason to him (he does not know Jason so hence, probably the intro). When he googled "Perth stadium", it looked exactly like the stadium in his dream! How awesome is Jesus! 👍🏻

So with some big steps of faith with simple obedience and lots of planning only in the last 3 months taken with regards to our family, house, dogs, our organic church communities in Singapore, missional businesses, we are here in Perth finally! We have planned our ways but the Lord has determined our steps. We saw God every step of the way, from the timing of the sale of the house to the handover of keys, to the time college starts for Elizabeth, to the securing of rental in Perth, right down to the sale of our ministry vehicle, as well as God's providence in providing a loving foster family for Snowie and Trixie. God's timing is impeccable!

If you would like to, come on this God-venture with me. I will blog from time to time.   

Karen Gan

P. S if you are anywhere here Down Under, please shout out, Jason and i would love to connect with you! Who knows what God has in store.

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