Blogs from Hastings, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 4

After saying our farewells to June & Tony our journey began on the 10.15am Traralgon to Melbourne train, which was a free trip thanks to our senior card free rail passes. We arrived at Southern Cross at approx. 12.30pm and boarded the Sky bus for Melbourne International Airport. As per usual we were early but this gave us time to eat our lunch and have a coffee. After checking In we headed through customs and immigration to wait for our Emirates flight to Dubai via Singapore which was a great flight except for the 16 hours, 14 of those on the plane. We had 5 hours to wait for our flight from Dubai to London but it was worth the wait as we flew on the new A380, wow what a plane so big, so comfortable ... read more

During our 'Journey of Faith' we will visit as many churches as is possible, even though when we are in the UK we will be at Albrighton for 6 months, we will, whenever we are out and about attend church services wherever we may be. Sunday 11th August - We attended St James Anglican church in Grey Street Traralgon. A nice modern church where services are held at 8.30am 'Sung Eucharist' followed by a 10.00am 'Family Worship' (inclusive of Holy Communion), we attended the 10.00am service. The current Rector, Canon Jeff Richardson is away on leave so the services were conducted by Canon Gordon Cooper who is retired from Bairnsdale. Gordon is a cross between Bob Collie & Alex and the service was reverent but amusing, a Holy Trinity type service with many changes to the ... read more

On Sunday 4th August we were privileged to organise and lead the 10.00am service at Holy Trinity, this being our last service before heading off to the UK. We started by attending the 8.00am communion service, which is always special, then the monthly parish breakfast organised by Sandra & Greg Gould, plenty to eat. We organised the service around what our congregational family at Holy Trinity had taught us over the past 4 1/2 years, not just about ministry life with bible readings, prayer and studies but about living a christian life, being will in to give yourself completely to Christ. We, and we think all the congregation, enjoyed the service including the range of songs we had chosen. It was a very special way to say farewell to people who took us in when we ... read more

Well we have now moved the caravan from the caravan park in Hastings to Ken & Joan Richardson's. Ken & Joan have headed off to the UK for a couple of months and we will be property sitting for 3 or 4 weeks. We woke this morning to the sounds of birds, kookaburras singing and the very rare sound of the "Reversing Australian Fork Lift" plus we experienced an unusual aroma as Debco potting mix filled the air - an altogether strange and mixed environment, but one we know we will enjoy......................................... GOD IS GOOD TO US... read more

We have an update on what has now become know as the 'Pumpkin to Porridge'fee, thank you Alex. On the 2nd July Yusufu Mkunda from Msalato Theological College in Dodoma advised us that the US$1,600 transferred via Holy Trinity had been received and converted to TZS 2,509,494.75 and that the college had ordered the maize and other requirements for the children's porridge. So all the children at the kindergarten will now receive a daily serve of porridge every kindergarten day for the next 12 months - God has blessed us all by giving us the means to support these children. Romans 12:5-8 So in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is ... read more