So, we left Capernwray on Thursday morning and traveled to Wagga Wagga to put on a small church service for about 20 people. We stayed at at a pastors farmhouse and got a tour of his land and the building where the sheep are sheared.Dinner was awesome, my first steak since leaving Canada! The service went really quite well, for the most part. There were some minor technical difficulties and I may have mixed up some words in the song I sang and said "Crap" instead of pretending that I hadn't made a mistake...
We all had mattresses to sleep on, which we weren't expecting and despite the chilly house, we had a decent night sleep.
Friday was a complete travel day, had a bit of a sleep and got some amazing packed lunches for on the road. Lots of blessings. We arrived at UNOH at 5:30 and unpacked. Board room = girls room, and Library= boys room. 7 toilets, 5 sinks, and 1 shower.... We've got a breakfast roster and a full kitchen to cook in which is so nice. Dinner + meet and greet with the UNOH team was a bit overwhelming at first but good overall.
Saturday:
Girls Fundraiser in the morning where we prepped food and later helped the girls serve, then some of us went to Crystal Manor which was a sort of care facility. It was SO much fun. There was a 57 year old scottish dancer, and some other characters. Later on, Regan and John D headed off to help cater at the Free Burma Cafe, although they ended up "supervising?" instead lol. They had a great time though and Ashley and Hannah went to a ladies group as well.
Finally today we held a church service at the Church of Christ in Dandenon. GT's. I gave my testimony, and Rachel and I sang our duet. This time we were mic'd and forgot to bring the music with us so Rach figured out the chords before we went up... Went great though. John, Woodsey and Seth delivered a message on the early church, Sam spoke about communion, and John D was on for powerpoint. Ashley had her testimony on video as well. And then Regan and Hannah were at Rainbow kids service instead.
Afterwards the Church made us lunch and it was really sweet. Then was the event of the day, we get to the working Bee after lunch, had the wrong house number but found out when one of the staff came walking down the street asking if we were lost. We went in and talked for a bit about compassion and then came out for some of the team to leave for another church service and the rest of us to change from church clothes.
....and Woodsey doesn't have the key.....
So the key is locked inside, and there is 20 min until church starts and the working bee had already begun. After trying to break in with no success, we called the Australian equivalent to CAA, while the people involved in the service left and had to improvise since they had no musical instruments or their props for the Prodigal son. While I waited for someone to show up and get the van unlocked since I would be the one wearing nylons and a skirt... Everything turned out though since God is good and in control :) And as I was waiting, I happened to look up into the sky:
