Thursday: 13 March 8am – 11:30am
School visitation | Hills College Kellyville Campus NSW
Starting and finishing a day with God is so important in our daily walk with Him and in this Right Around Australia journey. We were very blessed on Wednesday night to join the members at the Galston Church for a time of devotional reading and a season of prayer. How encouraging it is to pray for one another, to share experiences of God’s leading and direction and to praise Him for His blessings. As we later prepared for a good night’s sleep, we also read the following reflection question from the devotional book we have been using – “How comforting is it to know that Jesus sees all that I will face in life and offers me the wisdom and power I need to meet my every challenge?” (Jesus, Name Above All Names, page 80)
This thought resonated with us as we know that in every challenge we face on this journey, our wisdom and power to face each day comes from our connection to Jesus. So, as we woke early this morning to face a new day of displays and sharing stories, we did so with the sure knowledge that God is faithful in fulfilling His promises to us. We left this morning at 7.20 and travelled to Kellyville to arrive at the school in time to unload “Bubsie” before the teachers’ worship time at 8.00. Pr Martin Vucmanic and Chaplain Jessica Stekla met us and showed us where to unload the car outside the Kellyville church entrance facing the school. We quickly put the car in position for worship time, and Pr Kevin Amos shared a brief summary of the “Bubsie” trip from Perth to Darwin and what motivated the men to go on this venture.
Following worship time, we logged in at the reception office and then drove “Bubsie” to the area in front of the multi-purpose centre. Then, we relocated the car and trailer to the grassed area nearby. Kevin went with the chaplains, Joshua Stothers and Jessica Stekla, to a chapel program for the Junior school, where he shared the story with the children. While he was engaged in that, Glenda shared some of the experiences to the first of the class groups that had come to see the tribute vehicle. The children had many questions, and we enjoyed sharing with them, the details of the car and the experiences the men faced. Throughout the morning, the story was retold to each class group. Activity sheets and “The Overlander” book were shared with each class.
The children particularly enjoyed hearing the horn and seeing how the car started when cranked. The Year 12 students were keen to have a go at cranking the engine, but the little car did not seem to respond to their enthusiasm. However, at the end of the display, we cranked her up, and she returned to her trailer van. Several community people attending language classes and preschool groups in the church also came to see the car and receive the booklet on the story.
After logging out at reception, we made our way back to our home base at Galson for some lunch. The afternoon was spent doing some much needed housekeeping duties such as washing our clothes, cleaning and tidying the van trailer, phoning and emailing contacts for future events and uploading information to the web. We were most thankful to Lorraine Hendra-Morton for inviting us to use her laundry, where we could wash and dry our clothes.
We then enjoyed a lovely Thai meal for the evening. Another day on the RAA project has come to an end and we have now completed 20 days of the journey.
