Stephen'72 and Sarah Young have been missionaries in Australia since 1991.  Stephen and Sarah married in 1977, and in 1991, the Youngs went to Melbourne, Australia to begin a Japanese language church in cooperation with the Presbyterian Church of Victoria.  They also established bridges between the Presbyterian Church of Australia and the Presbyterian Church in Japan by inviting Japanese ministers to participate in the work and by encouraging Australians to minister in Japan.  Stephen and Sarah's mission since 2001 has been to establish a similar Japanese ministry in Perth, Western Australia. Click here to view the Young's MTW prayer card.

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Steve and Bernice Rarig have lived and served in Perth, Australia since 1990 with Mission to the World. Steve was first involved with co-founding Trinity Theological Seminary, and then, after transistioning the seminary over to national leadership, he began serving as a graduate studies coordinator. He recently (and successfully) defended his dissertation and is the church planting team leader for Western Australia in Perth. Bernice communicates the Gospel through the arts. She is a tutor in visual art at Curtin University and working on her PhD in fine art. Steve and Berenice have four grown children. Click here to check out their latest prayer letter in order to understand and connect to their ministry as you are led to prayer for their safety and strength as they spread the Gospel, and click here to view the Raring's MTW prayer card.
Ways you can pray:
- Please pray for Steve's energy as he focuses on the great privilege and awesome task of training the prospective members the core tenants of the faith by taking them through a Bible survey which gives them the context for good theology with an additional aim of helping them learn how to self-feed 

- Pray for Owen, wherever he is, and his salvation (see the prayer letter for more information)

- Pray for "Elijah" and his wife as he continues his studies and makes plans with other Sudanese towards the day he returns to the Sudan to open a training institute for pastors

- Pray that God will use our students, and the things we taught them for God's glroy in preparation for service. They are making a difference!

- Pray for the building situation of churchfreo

- Please keep Bernice in your prayers, she is struggling with her dissertation

- Pray for their involvement in the MTW 2010 Global Mission Conference in Chattanooga this November.