nd have once again seen God show his incredible faithfulness and provision for this ministry.After a great time in Sydney we headed north to Brisbane where we were welcomed by the lovely warm Queensland weather. Following a 12 hour long drive along the beautiful coast, we arrived in Brisbane where Sean was able to play at Nexus Church to help promote his CD launch which was held at their venue 1 month later on August, 28th. We had a great time at both family services and were blessed by their hospitality and incredible generosity. The following few days we visited a conference and large primary school
at which Sean was very well received.
at which Sean was very well received.Next we headed south to the Gold Coast for a week packed with fun and many performances. God did some amazing things here and answered many prayers. Sean performed 7 times at a church, several schools, as well as a concert and a live radio interview on Juice FM. Our time in the Gold Coast was organised by Nicola, a lady we met earlier this year at Citipointe Church. As a part of t
he concert promotion we also visited a few public schools for the first time. The kids and teachers all loved the songs and around 240 people came to see Sean’s concert on the Friday night.
he concert promotion we also visited a few public schools for the first time. The kids and teachers all loved the songs and around 240 people came to see Sean’s concert on the Friday night. 
We also made some time in our hectic schedule to visit Movie World and Sea World which was awesome fun!! As you will see Sean did most of the rides as I was in charge of the photography, but he did trick me into doing the “not so scary” Scooby Doo ride, which I will never fall for again as I screamed the entire time! Sean also took me to watch the Australian Outback Spectacular where we enjoyed a great performance and a quality 3 course meal!
From here we headed back to Brisbane to stay with my Mum’s lovely 2nd cousin and her family. We had a great time catching up with them in between a week packed with Lutheran Schools, another live radio interview on UCB/Vision Fm and a family service at Gateway church.
By now Sean’s voice was a little sore, so we took a week off and headed to the stunning Sunshine Coast, where we stayed in Caloundra. Sean spent his last 3 years of high school here, so it was nice for him to reflect on some memories and show me around. We shared some romantic walks on the beautiful beaches, delicious lunches and icecreams in the towns of Mooloolaba, Maroochydore and Noosa, as well as catching up with some of Sean’s old school mates. I also made a Masterchef's recipe with chocolate brownie, vanilla bean icecream, fresh raspberries, crumbled fudge, chocolate sauce and tried to make spun sugar - sorry Gary, it does not look as good as yours, but it was very yummy
though!!
Following a great time on the coast we headed 3 hours north to Maryborough where we stayed with our amazing friends and the major sponsors of our tour – Graham and Amanda Waterson of Riverlife “On the move” Ministries. We had such a wonderful time catching up and getting to know their beautiful family more as we only got to briefly say hello when we met them in Brisbane at Citipointe Church in March.
From here we headed back to Brisbane to stay with my Mum’s lovely 2nd cousin and her family. We had a great time catching up with them in between a week packed with Lutheran Schools, another live radio interview on UCB/Vision Fm and a family service at Gateway church.
By now Sean’s voice was a little sore, so we took a week off and headed to the stunning Sunshine Coast, where we stayed in Caloundra. Sean spent his last 3 years of high school here, so it was nice for him to reflect on some memories and show me around. We shared some romantic walks on the beautiful beaches, delicious lunches and icecreams in the towns of Mooloolaba, Maroochydore and Noosa, as well as catching up with some of Sean’s old school mates. I also made a Masterchef's recipe with chocolate brownie, vanilla bean icecream, fresh raspberries, crumbled fudge, chocolate sauce and tried to make spun sugar - sorry Gary, it does not look as good as yours, but it was very yummy
though!!Following a great time on the coast we headed 3 hours north to Maryborough where we stayed with our amazing friends and the major sponsors of our tour – Graham and Amanda Waterson of Riverlife “On the move” Ministries. We had such a wonderful time catching up and getting to know their beautiful family more as we only got to briefly say hello when we met them in Brisbane at Citipointe Church in March.
After having a relaxing afternoon with their 3 daughters Laura, Danielle and Brittany, and enjoying some amazing food we headed off together to Hervey Bay to see gospel 
singer/songwriter Steve Grace and his band live in concert. We had a great evening and thoroughly enjoyed his performance. After chatting with Steve for a while and making some new friends/contacts, we headed home.
The next day we performed at Graham and Amanda’s church Tinana Christian Fellowship and had a fantastic time. We were extremely blessed by their generosity once again and spent the afternoon catching up with some of the crew from the church.
While we were in Maryborough, we were also fortunate to catch up with Rina’s cousin Lawrence Eckard and his lovely wife, Steph, for the first time in many years. After saying our farewells, we left the caravan in Maryborough and headed 9 hours further north to Mackay where we spent 7 days visiting one of our best friends Luke and Vanessa Harrison. We had such
an amazing time catching as we had not seen them in over 3 years. We were treated to incredible food (Chilli ginger mud crab, incredible fresh fish, homecooked gourmet pizzas), wake boarding on Luke’s new speed boat and Luke blessed us by servicing our Troopy and building Sean an amazing sign made out of lights for his Melbourne DVD concert which was going to cost us over $5000 to get made!! Thank you Jesus : )
One of the funny things about Sean and his mate Luke is they are complete opposites. Sean is mister safety and Luke is mister go get em crazy!! Everytime Sean goes to visit, he always manages to hurt himself and this time was no different (see pic). Sean was pushing the boat off the concrete moaring when his foot slipped and he fell head first into the water and on
to a large sharp steel pipe sticking up out of the river!!! Thank goodness it didn’t get his face….He would never stop looking in the mirror : )
While we were there we also visited 2 schools, did a newspaper interview and played at Luke and Vanessa’s Church, New Life Christian Centre, where the pastor told Sean that Mackay is the hot spot of Australia and we should move here asap : )
After saying a sad farewell we headed 2 hours inland to visit our cousin Gerhard and Anita Eckard in a coal mining town called Moranbah. It was so lovely to meet their gorgeous little boy Gerhard Jr and spend some time getting to know them better and also catch up with his parents.
Following a 2 day break there, we headed all the way back down to Maryborough to pick up the caravan and drove to Brisbane for a very busy few days including a school and Sean’s Brisbane CD Launch. After much prayer and very little advertising or promotion, Sean’s
Brisbane concert was a great success. Over 120 people came which was amazing considering he had never played in Brisbane before and everyone loved it!! God is so good : ) Several kids and their parents came from schools Sean had played at, and one little girl loved Sean so much that she brought 10 of her friends for her birthday party instead of having one at home!!
singer/songwriter Steve Grace and his band live in concert. We had a great evening and thoroughly enjoyed his performance. After chatting with Steve for a while and making some new friends/contacts, we headed home.The next day we performed at Graham and Amanda’s church Tinana Christian Fellowship and had a fantastic time. We were extremely blessed by their generosity once again and spent the afternoon catching up with some of the crew from the church.
While we were in Maryborough, we were also fortunate to catch up with Rina’s cousin Lawrence Eckard and his lovely wife, Steph, for the first time in many years. After saying our farewells, we left the caravan in Maryborough and headed 9 hours further north to Mackay where we spent 7 days visiting one of our best friends Luke and Vanessa Harrison. We had such
an amazing time catching as we had not seen them in over 3 years. We were treated to incredible food (Chilli ginger mud crab, incredible fresh fish, homecooked gourmet pizzas), wake boarding on Luke’s new speed boat and Luke blessed us by servicing our Troopy and building Sean an amazing sign made out of lights for his Melbourne DVD concert which was going to cost us over $5000 to get made!! Thank you Jesus : )One of the funny things about Sean and his mate Luke is they are complete opposites. Sean is mister safety and Luke is mister go get em crazy!! Everytime Sean goes to visit, he always manages to hurt himself and this time was no different (see pic). Sean was pushing the boat off the concrete moaring when his foot slipped and he fell head first into the water and on
to a large sharp steel pipe sticking up out of the river!!! Thank goodness it didn’t get his face….He would never stop looking in the mirror : )While we were there we also visited 2 schools, did a newspaper interview and played at Luke and Vanessa’s Church, New Life Christian Centre, where the pastor told Sean that Mackay is the hot spot of Australia and we should move here asap : )
After saying a sad farewell we headed 2 hours inland to visit our cousin Gerhard and Anita Eckard in a coal mining town called Moranbah. It was so lovely to meet their gorgeous little boy Gerhard Jr and spend some time getting to know them better and also catch up with his parents.
Following a 2 day break there, we headed all the way back down to Maryborough to pick up the caravan and drove to Brisbane for a very busy few days including a school and Sean’s Brisbane CD Launch. After much prayer and very little advertising or promotion, Sean’s
Brisbane concert was a great success. Over 120 people came which was amazing considering he had never played in Brisbane before and everyone loved it!! God is so good : ) Several kids and their parents came from schools Sean had played at, and one little girl loved Sean so much that she brought 10 of her friends for her birthday party instead of having one at home!! The next day Sean performed a concert at another big church in Brisbane to over 500 people. Many of the children there had seen Sean at their school and were very quick to tell their parents that this was the awesome guy who came to their school and that they have t
o get a CD!!!
The following day we headed south to the Gold Coast for a few days to perform at All Saints Anglican College and finish Sean’s brand new website, which bye the way is now up and running!! http://www.seanwsmith.com/ – check it out!
o get a CD!!!The following day we headed south to the Gold Coast for a few days to perform at All Saints Anglican College and finish Sean’s brand new website, which bye the way is now up and running!! http://www.seanwsmith.com/ – check it out!
It was lovely to see my other cousin, Franciska as well, and we had a real nice South African "braai" with her and her boyfriend! 
After chilling, sleeping in and visiting Wet and Wild where we ran into some friends from Busselton, we packed our things and headed 12 hours south to Sydney for another amazing adventure where I’m sure God is going to blow us away again!!
After chilling, sleeping in and visiting Wet and Wild where we ran into some friends from Busselton, we packed our things and headed 12 hours south to Sydney for another amazing adventure where I’m sure God is going to blow us away again!!
Until next time guys...take care!
Love
Sean and Rina
