Actually the final day was Monday...and it's already (almost) Thursday now so I wanted to get this posted even though it will be short...just to get some closure before the next "adventure" which starts in about 10 hours...
Monday in Moree saw perfect weather and a final "touch footie" clinic with about 30 of the kids...most of them now "regulars". I was in charge of "browning the meat" for a sausage sizzle for lunch as a celebration of our time together...topped off with some chocolate cake. There were a number of photos... and expressions of sadness at having to leave our new friends (and new brothers and sisters in Christ). The advantage here was that we left a very loving and capable Salvation Army Corps leader in charge to follow through with the kids.
Our final simple appeal to the kids was to encourage them to ask Jesus to be their special friend and to come into their lives. A number of them indicated that they had done this by raising their hands. I trust we will see them in glory and have some good times together at the sports clinics in the sky.
I thank God for the prayers offered up on our behalf as we sought to serve Him and these little people.
We took time to clean up after ourselves at our hostess' home...including a little yard and garden work...and then drove into the light as far as Armidale to shorten the trip back to Sydney yesterday (Tuesday)...but it was still close to 9 hours on the road by the time I finally arrived home. Beautiful country between Moree and Glouchester...some substantial green and a number of purple and blue wild flowers along the side of the road with some yellow crops that I couldn't identify and innumerable cattle and sheep...even saw a couple of donkeys and goats...and one wallaby standing by the side of the road waiting for us to pass by.
For the next couple of days I will be shifting gears to engage in "intensive" training with the life coaching course that Jan and I are doing by extension with the Australian College of Ministry (ACOM). Have to get an early start into the city for our meeting so will make the post and then sign off.
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