We need prayer!

Me on the set of "Pie Shop" which was shot while my parents were here

These past two weeks have been some of the most intense of my life. I am just about to finish a training course in Australian assessment requirements (it gives you the tools to tell if a student is learning). In addition to the course I still have things I needed to get and do for the school. This is not what has put me on edge. It has been the fighting for my school. I can't remember praying this hard or with this much intensity for anything before. But it seems to be having little effect outside of me, we have had three students who had been completely accepted to the school drop out for various reasons, and it feels like a kick in the chest. I know God is working but even though I haven't met those students (except through some Skype conferences) I am deeply concerned for them missing out on this opportunity. And that is the effect of the intense prayers on me. It has caused me to invest into the lives of these students, and to truly care and feel for what happens to them, and I love it. It's not often we get to see growth in ourselves, but this was an amazing example of it for me. When I think about where I was two years ago when I first came to Australia (it shocked me when I realized how long it has been). I begin to see some of God's reasons for bringing me here.

From my blog title this should come as no surprise. The SDF team here is in need of much prayer. Please pray for me often. We are all exhausted and have had all manner of problems that I can only call spiritual warfare. There is a full gamut of heath and visa and finance issues for both staff and students, students losing passion for doing the school. I don't understand it except that we know God is behind us, so Satan is against us. God must be planning something big.
Specific requests:
Passion in the students for the school
Health and Rest for the staff team.