The week was great - very rich with God - in fellowship, inspiration, refreshing and good food!
The kids seem to have had a good time, too, and we're all glad to be back together again!
Amazing how you can leave two teenagers for a week and come back to a CLEAN house! WOW!!! What great kids!!!
The two "little ones" seem to have done very well, too. This was Kylie's first time ever away from both of us for more than 24hours!
She told me this morning that she wanted us to go to Australia again. When I kept asking her questions to make sure I really understood her right, she kept insisting, adding "... so that you can bring me a backpack again." I guess she really liked the little backpack we picked out for her at the airport in Sydney :) - one she'll need for going to "kindi" (preschool) soon.
As soon as Rich and I stepped back into our home, we both came down with a nasty cold that's given us 2 miserable nights already and not much better days. We trust and pray that it's all uphill from here. There is so much work to be caught up on...
Back to Australia: We really loved our time there! First of all, it's not hard to fall in love with Australia (the little we saw). As a matter of fact, we just LOVE the nations - all of them!
It is most fascinating how the songs of the birds are so different in every country! The songs of the Aussie birds that we awoke to every morning were so interesting - and different!
Just like the songs and style of praise of humans is so different from country to country, so are the birds'! Just a little foretaste to heaven...
We LOVE it!!!
Here is an Aborigine playing his "praise" on a digeridoo - a most unique sound!
At the conference, there were more than 600 YWAMers (and friends) from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific- all ages, all colours and oh so many languages! We felt so at home in our YWAM-family and it was great to reconnect with "old" friends and get to know new ones.
Truly a great bunch of folks - and outstanding leaders and speakers!
Are we blessed or what - to be able to be part of this family?!!
The photo below is us with Ken and Robyn Mulligan, the leaders of the Townsville base (Australia). The last time we were all together was over 20 years ago - in Switzerland - where we were on an evangelism team together. That was before Rich and I started our "special relationship"!
Here is Rich with Taubale, his good friend and leader for YWAM and IWT Fiji:
Taubale really needs our prayers, as his family is being extremely stretched with all that's happening in Fiji and the preparations for IWT - including the battles. What troopers for God he and his wife Ofa are! They used to live rather comfortably in New Zealand before God called them back to their nation, and at the moment they are struggling just to put food on the table as their support is minimal.
There's so much more to say - - - maybe later :)
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Welcome home, Isabel! Glad you had such a good trip; can't wait to hear more stories. Sorry to hear you're both not feeling well; hope you'll be back to normal soon.
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