We're back!

Thank you so much for praying for us. We're back! By God's grace, in one piece! (our car nearly didn't.) and we've been really blessed by the warm church members at Lakeshore Church of Christ. The team was involved in many activities involving different age groups. Roger gave a talk at a senior's lunch and co-ordinated the services on both Sundays. He was a part of puppet skits during kids' club, drama skits during the youth event and the many many other tasks in running the activities.

Charis and I participated in most of the activities. I'm thankful that Charis warmed up to the team, and even allowed some of the church members to carry her. =) Being inexperienced drivers, we had many interesting situations with our dear old Ford. It kept us praying, and we're thankful that all such situations happened and were resolved when we were at Buderim (instead of happening along our way to and fro)

The drive down was great. =) We only planned at most a 4 hour drive each day cos we didn't think Charis (or I or maybe our Ford) could endure anymore. So we stopped by at Gold Coast, Bellingen and Forster. We even saw dolphins at Forster beach. So many of them, we saw 6 at one go, they were riding on the waves. Roger commented that they were the best surfers. That was one of the highlights of our trip. The other highlight was when we were at Dorrigo National Park. The rainforest was so beautiful, the mountains-majestic. Gold Coast gripped us by the endless stretch of beaches, the never-ending sound of the waves crashing at the beach. Each place we visited reminded me so much of God’s creation. The wonder and splendor of God in creation-the ocean, mountains, rivers and trees. Truly, all these declare God’s glory.

So, with magical moments, we return to cold, wet and dreary Sydney. (Queensland is really the sunshine state for a reason! We really enjoyed the weather there) Nevertheless, the heart-warming thing is that my best friend and her husband is visiting us, and staying at our place for the whole of their visit! I'm so looking forward to their arrival, am counting down the hours. As for Roger, he'll be back to his books come Monday. More Greek, more Hebrew, more continental reformation, more theology ....and the list goes on...