Condemned Bali Nine ringleader Andrew Chan was praying for a miracle in the lead up to his transfer to Indonesia's "death island" where he is now awaiting execution, a pastor says.
Jeff Hammond, a Jakarta-based pastor who has been counselling Andrew Chan for four years, said he last saw the convicted drug smuggler on Monday.
"He was very upbeat," Mr Hammond told ABC Radio.
"He's still praying ... that God will provide a miracle for him."
Australians Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have spent their first night on Indonesia's "death island" Nusakambangan, after being transferred from the Bali jail that was their home for the past decade.
The pair don't know how long they will wait to face the firing squad, but Indonesian President Joko Widodo has said they will not be executed this week.
Mr Hammond urged Indonesian authorities to spare the men from death.
"There is no profit in executing them," he said.
"There is going to be more profit to Indonesia by keeping them alive and using them as assets that are going to help the Indonesian nation in the war against drugs
"Killing them is not going to do anything of any gain or any profit to the Indonesian people."
Chan, now a Christian minister, took a Bible, and Sukumaran, an accomplished painter, took pencils and a drawing book to the notorious prison island where they will meet the firing squad.
Their families are expected to arrive in Cilacap, the nearest town to the island, on Thursday, flying from Sydney and Bali.
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