To all our family and friends,
Kylie and I have some very big news! For the past six months God has been stirring us to seek Him closely about our future. After much prayer and fasting, and having spoken to a number of godly counsellors, and having processed this decision closely with my parents Rob and Glenda Rufus, Kylie and I believe that God is now calling us on from Hong Kong to relocate to Australia to begin our next season in Him.
This has been the biggest decision we have ever had to make in our lives as it affects so many precious people, including our children, my parents and all the very dear people of City Church. We have not made this decision lightly. Our top priority was to be absolutely certain that this is God and that He is calling us on. We were determined not to make a decision based on emotion or circumstance but solely upon the voice of God. We now have a deep peace in our hearts and faith that this is God.
This move has really taken us by surprise as God knows that our hearts were always committed to be in City Church and serving my parents for the rest of our lives if that is what God wanted. At the same time we have always said that we don’t make plans for our future as God holds those plans and we will always obey Him wherever and whenever He wants to send us. We feel that this is the time and while we are excited about our future, there is also pain in leaving. We have built our lives with such precious people including my parents Rob and Glenda and all our deeply loved friends and family at City Church. Though we are moving on, our hearts are joined together in a bond that will continue forever.
We look forward to ministering with my parents all over the world into the future and returning to City Church as often as we can. Please pray for us, our children, my parents and for City Church as this whole transition is requiring a great deal of courage and faith. We truly believe God is not taking away, He is multiplying.
We leave for Adelaide, Australia at the end of May and will stay in City Church up until that time. This gives us two months to say proper goodbyes to everyone and to get all the transition arrangements in order.
We will continue to keep everyone informed on how we are progressing on our Facebook page and also here at www.ryanrufus.com
We love you all so much and appreciate your friendship and support.
Ryan and Kylie, Renae, Chloe, Kimberly and Asher.
