ESA Country Ministries

Marysville Site Update

Murrindindi Shire have entered an agreement to lease the ESA property in order to build a temporary Marysville. The current intention is to house the residents of Marysville on the ESA land while they are rebuilding their homes.
We are pleased to assist the people of Marysville in a small way as they begin to recover.
This also gives us some time to plan the future of the Marysville site.

Ruth Close
Chair
ESA Board

Thanks

The ESA Board are very encouraged by the enthusiasim and generosity of the wide ESA family.The amount and diversity of the gifts and offers of help have been overwhelming. This response has motivated the board to ensure that the vision of ESA continues in an even greater way in the future. We appreciate your offers of help even though many of them we are not able to act on at the moment.
The current situation at the site is the police have completed their inspection and the site will be professionaly cleared by Grocon in the next few days. The Murrindindi Shire will then be able to proceed with their plans in conjunction with ESA.

ESA still has many needs and we are thrilled to hear of the many creative fund raising events which are planned.The following are our on going costs and commitments which need to be met. Insurance will cover some of these costs but certainly not all of them.

1. Ensuring the staff are adequately cared for and have their emotional and material needs met. Several lost their home and all their possessions.
2. The establishment of the new office in Healesville. Ongoing costs for the office which includes staff accommodation.
3. The camping ministy.We lost all canoes ,and outdoor equipment including the ute which had the kitchen set-up for the canoe camps. We hope to replace all of this gear quickly so that the ministry can continue.
4.The wages for the Field workers has previously been heavily supplemented from the income from the site. We want to continue to support our field workers and this will be our greatest on going need.

If you would like to give specifically to one of these needs you can send the information to the office or direct deposit to the bank account.

Thank you for your continued support.
Ruth Close
ruth174@yahoo.com