After a pretty good night's rest, we hit the road for some local Aussie sights and experiences. We spent a good part of the day at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, where we got up close and personal with creatures unique to this great nation. We experienced kangaroos, koalas, wombats, platypuses (or is that platypi?!), kookaburras, tasmanian devils, emus, pythons, crocs, and cassowaries first-hand...and loved every minute of it. It helped us see again the creative and imaginative hand of God our Creator.
The evening was given to a weekly meeting held at Ann Street Church, designed for international students who want to learn English and make friendship connections. This group runs anywhere from 12 to 45, and there were more than 15 with us tonight (from places such as Korea, Taiwan, China, Japan and France) as we engaged in "speed chatting" and a giant Scrabble game. We had multiple opportunities to share our faith with different young people, and made some blessed connections.
We see God's fingerprints all over this place and we're excited to be part of what He's doing here. We agreed that it would be easy to let our spiritual guards down a bit because life here seems so similar to our own culture, but that the spiritual warfare is every bit as intense in this place as it is anywhere else. So we pray that we will be stretched and challenged, that we find open doors, and that we courageously live out and speak out the message of hope and life that Jesus brings. Would you join us in praying for these needs in our lives while we're here?
Thanks, and good on ya!
Pics: 1. Team hanging out with some of the locals; 2. Border collie meeting the girls; 3. Posing with newly-shorn wool; 4. Edgar and his little buddy; 5. "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree..." 6. Brittney checking out Aussie bike racks; 7. Kyle introduces the team; 8. Scrabble in a whole new way!
Location:Brisbane, AU
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