Wednesday, August 19, 2009

WE ARE RICH

We are rich.

Yesterday our neighbours were from Germany. Sunday we worshipped with Uniting, Lutheran, Anglican, and Methodist (from UK) visitors at the Anglican church in Kununurra.

During the week we shared campgrounds with people from different parts of Australia. At Gregory National Park we met a couple from the UK and at Keep River National Park we had a chat with a women from the Netherlands.
A week ago we shared at a cottage meeting (Salvos) and fellows
hip tea at a home in Katherine and in Darwin we enjoyed the African led service at the Salvos.
What a richness there is in interacting with people from such a broad spectrum of backgrounds!

Monday, August 17, 2009

GLASS HALF-FULL or HALF-EMPTY



Glass half full or half empty.
My camera gave up the ghost, one of my walking shoes fell apart 2 kms from the end of the walk and we stayed at an overnight stop where a guy's 'camper van' went up in smoke. But we went walking in some amazing country in Gregory and Keep River National Parks, sat at the lookout at lake Argyle and watched the sun set, saw a couple of freshwater crocs sunning themselves on the rocks by the Ord River, had a Frilled Neck lizard wander past our van at the caravan park, saw a wallaby with a jokey that was so young it didn't even have fur on it yet, got surprised by couple of snakes along the walking track and saw another slithering through the rocks by the rock pool, watched crimson finches flitting about among the reeds, and saw thousands of bats swarming off to find food at dusk.

I can share Graham's (our) camera, I got a replacement pair of shoes for $2 at Vinnies and we are happy, safe and well. All is good.

What a wonderful journey we are sharing together.