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Welcome to “The Grass Is Always Greener”
Who are we?
Brooke & Dave Wilson (plus our son, Cadel) - a family from Sydney, Australia. We are both Christians who are convinced that Jesus has come into this world to reveal God to us, and he died on the cross so we can be forgiven and reconciled. Jesus is all about relationship with God, not hollow religion.
Dave is a trained High School teacher, and Brooke is a trained nurse – but we both spent time studying over the last few years at Bible College (SMBC) – learning more about God’s word and how we can share the good news with others.
We plan to move to the Republic of Ireland and invest our lives in working with the Church there to make Jesus known – to people from all sorts of backgrounds, whether it be Roman Catholic, Protestant, Secular or anything else. No matter which “box” they tick, there is a great need for Irish people to (re)discover Jesus and know him as more than a religious image. This can only happen as people encounter Jesus through his word, the bible.
Our Blog:
What have we been up to? Check out our blog for the latest updates, or an archive of previous posts. You can do this by clicking here: OUR BLOG or if you already know which post you’re looking for, you can go directly to it by selecting an individual post from the list to the right.
What’s this website about?
This website is a tool for keeping our family, friends (and anyone else who is interested!) up to date with what we have been doing – especially once we are in Ireland. It has plenty of photos, some stories from life, some personal thoughts and requests for prayer. The page you are viewing now will remain the same, but our blog will be constantly updated (hopefully regularly – but we won’t post unless there’s something to share with you!). To view our blog, CLICK HERE
What’s with the name?
As the saying goes, “the grass is always greener… on the other side” – and that’s certainly true as we compare the sunburt Australian landscape with the lush countryside of Ireland.
But it isn’t the green grass, or beautiful countryside (and it’s definitely NOT the weather!) that draws us to Ireland.
Like much of Europe, the Republic of Ireland has a rich Christian heritage, yet few people now understand the gospel and follow the Jesus of the bible.
It is this that draws us to Ireland – we want to be involved in making Jesus known and growing the Irish church.
Please pray for us as we prepare to leave Australia and take the gospel to where the grass is always greener.
Interested in partnering with us?
To be involved in sharing the Gospel and building up the Church in Ireland, we will need a team of people partnering with us. This “partnering” takes many forms:
1. Praying for us and the work we’ll be doing
2. Helping encourage and care for us in practical ways
3. Providing financial support to help cover our living and ministry expenses
4. Coming to Ireland and working with us
We are currently in the application process with a mission organisation called Pioneers, who will hopefully fill the role of helping us get ready for Ireland and providing lots of ongoing wisdom, guidance, care and accountability. To find out more about Pioneers of Australia, CLICK HERE
If you want to find out more about partnering with us in any of the 4 ways listed above, or if you would like to receive copies of our newsletter (produced every second month), please email us:
brookedave@gmail.com
Thanks for your interest,
Brooke & Dave
Slideshow of our photos:
Below is a slideshow of some of our photos. It is contolled by you, the user, by clicking the button in the bottom right hand corner to start the slideshow, or clicking on individual photos to do it manually. To see our full set of photos, please click on the link on the right hand side of this page.
