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Hillsong pastors given special permission to leave Fortress Australia for sun-filled trip to Mexico - while millions remain locked in their own country separated from loved ones

Australian Hillsong pastors that are based in Sydney have been granted travel exemptions to preach in Mexico while millions back home are in the midst of a lengthy lockdown.

Despite the Australian border being shut due to Covid-19, Brian Houston and his wife Bobbie attended a service at the Hillsong Monterrey church in Mexico on Monday.

Photos shared by the Monterrey church and Ms Houston, who is a Co-Global Senior Pastor of Hillsong along with her husband, show the pair on stage as thousands of followers cheer and applaud from the crowd.

'We had a very special service worshipping together under the same roof and having our senior pastors @brianchouston and @bobbiehouston with us!' Hillsong Monterrey posted on Instagram.

Despite the Australian border being shut due to Covid-19, Sydney-based Hillsong pastors Brian Houston and his wife Bobbie attended a service at the Hillsong Monterrey church in Mexico on Monday

Despite the Australian border being shut due to Covid-19, Sydney-based Hillsong pastors Brian Houston and his wife Bobbie attended a service at the Hillsong Monterrey church in Mexico on Monday

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'Thank you for being part of what God is doing in our house.'

Ms Houston also shared a series of snaps from the day and said the experience was an 'absolute joy'.

Earlier she'd posted a photo of her and her husband wearing masks on a flight.

A spokesperson for Hillsong confirmed both Brian and Bobbie Houston had been in the United States for the 'past three months and will remain there for some time'.

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'As global senior pastors of a church with locations across the world, Pastors Brian and Bobbie spend several months each year based in the USA which is the location of Hillsong's global office and Hillsong Channel,' they said.

'As well as speaking at our US churches they do work connected with our leadership college and Hillsong music. 

'They applied for travel as per standard government guidelines and adhere to all government directives. 

'Their application was done online in the usual manner and (like many other people) they were granted an exemption as they were required in the US and were staying longer than three months.'

Australians have been unable to travel outside of the country without an exemption since March last year when the pandemic first began.

Travellers can receive exemptions for three main reasons including if they plan to be away for more than three months, are required elsewhere for compassionate reasons and for critical work.

Both Brian and Bobbie Houston have been in the US for three months and will remain there for 'some time', a Hillsong spokesperson confirmed

Both Brian and Bobbie Houston have been in the US for three months and will remain there for 'some time', a Hillsong spokesperson confirmed

They can also leave the country for urgent medical treatment, for national interest and unavoidable personal business.  

Meanwhile there are still more than 30,000 Australians stranded overseas unable to return home due to a lack of free spots in hotel quarantine facilities, expensive flights and caps on returning travellers.

In Sydney, where the Houston couple are based, the city is five weeks into a lockdown with no end in sight.

Another 172 Covid cases were recorded on Tuesday with 60 out in the community while infectious.

NSW Health confirmed the deaths of two residents from the virus - both of which were announced on Monday. Neither of them were vaccinated against Covid-19.

The deaths bring the number of Covid-related fatalities during Sydney's Indian delta outbreak to 10. 

Thirty-two of the cases are mystery infections which have not been linked to known outbreaks and are still under investigation. 

Tuesday's increase in cases is the highest daily rise in NSW since April 2020. There are now 2,397 infections linked to the cluster of cases that began on June 16 when an airport limousine worker tested positive to Covid-19 in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

In Sydney, where the Houston couple are based the city is four weeks into a lockdown with no end in sight (pictured residents line up at a Covid vaccination clinic in Sydney's west)

In Sydney, where the Houston couple are based the city is four weeks into a lockdown with no end in sight (pictured residents line up at a Covid vaccination clinic in Sydney's west)

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