Morialta

G'day. I've just gotten a bit lazy again when it comes to blogging; I think about it but I don't get around to doing it because I figure it's not too important.

This last week wasn't too busy here at the base but Graham and I did manage to finish up completely at Paulette's house. That means that painting, floors, clean-up etc. is all done!! Yay for us. This Saturday afternoon we finally took the walk next door to Morialta National Park. That's right, we have been living next door to a national park and haven't even seen it. The main attraction of the park is, I believe, supposed to be the waterfalls that run through it. We cut through the neighbors vineyard and made our way to one of the parks paths to find the first set of falls. From where the park is in relation to the base we're technically coming in from the back so the first set of falls that we came to is actually known as Third Falls. One thing you also have to understand is that Australia has been in a drought for the last decade or so and these falls are nothing, I'm sure, like they once were. We weren't too satisfied by the trickle of Third falls and so we made our way down to Second Falls. Again, not satisfied by simply watching from the designated spots we hopped the rail and climbed down to the edge of the falls as far as we could go. The scenery is absolutely stunning and would be even more so if the falls were running at full capacity. After coming so far we figured we may as well take the walk all the way down to First Falls. We didn't want to come back up the hill after First Falls so we just stayed at the top. First Falls has by far the highest drop and Graham, Laura, and I decided to hop the rail again and climb down to the edge to get some better photos. As well as beautiful scenery it was also a fairly warm day, 32 degrees or something like that, so we also took a cold shower underneath what was left of the falls. Not even two meters next to us was a 40 meter drop into what was probably once a fairly impressive pool of water. Despite the lack of water Morialta was still a pretty neat experience and a little bit of exercise at the very least.

As far as today and this week goes..... Sunday is typically the relaxing day for me here. A few people were heading to church shortly after I woke up but I wouldn't have been ready on time, so I made breakfast and did some reading instead. Today some people involved in ministry are arriving from various places in Australia and Tasmania (the Saskatchewan of down under) to minister to the full-time staff here at the base. With the staff here constantly ministering to other people it will be a good chance for them to learn, be heard, and talk instead of listen. Because of the extra 20 or so people our responsibilities this week are mainly limited to the kitchen. This means that I am more or less in charge because apparently I'm the most capable one we've got. We'll see what other sort of work duties get done this week but I can only assume that most of the week will be spent in the kitchen.

A quick prayer request, although not a huge deal right now, is the things of the future. I suppose both the near and distant future. For our time spent working and traveling because we'll be living with a family of non-believers and most likely come into contact with a lot of non-believing people. As well as for the distant future with whatever it might hold for me after Australia. I'm not dwelling on the distant future too much but it's still inevitable, so I'm doing my best to seek and trust the Lord on that one. Thanks again for all your prayers and words of encouragement. Hugs to all of you, wherever you might be. Blessings.

Praise the Lord!