It has been a HUGE last fortnight and lots of fun along the way.
Two Saturdays ago I assisted my Yr 8 class in hosting an awareness and fundraiser for Destiny Rescue - an organisation that works to prevent, rescue and rehabilitate children in the sex trade. Did you know that every 26 seconds a child is groomed for this horrendous industry....making over 2 million a year? Shocking! So we decided to do something about it. It was a great morning and we had lots of people walk through the doors and purchase jewellery hand-made by rescued girls, donated jumble items and make donations. So excited to say that we sold nearly $1400 worth of jewellery and received over $1000 in donations! How wonderful to work with an enthusiastic and committed bunch of teenagers to achieve such a goal!
We have had family visiting too. Megan, Brad and Andie came north for Megan to be involved in the DR jewellery sale. She spoke as an advocate of DR telling how it all started and what exciting new things are happening. It was great to see pics of their recent trip to the US...seems like they saw and did it all in the 4 weeks they were away.
Mum and Dad Litzow also came for 3 nights and were a great help in the garden! Now it's their turn to go OS with a departure date in early July for the UK and Europe.
We continued to have a full house all last week as we hosted 3 dancers from YWAM - Peita (Aussie), Colleen (Canadian) & Jess (German). They were in town as part of the Mercy ship tour to PNG. Worth checking out what these great young people are doing to help not only families in PNG, but also, Aussie teens. Wonderfully simple ways you can help too....see www.ywamships.org We liked the idea of the birthing kits and bought a few. I'd like to know that when I am having a baby in the comfort of a clean hospital in September, there are women in PNG who might be having a safer and slightly more comfortable birth because of us. And all it took was a couple to dollars to purchase the kit.
I also had the craziness of marking and report writing last week, but with that big hurdle cleared, my days are looking a little saner:) Jon's work days continue to be very demanding as he and a team work towards completing a major efficiency project at QAL. At least we get the thrill of watching another QLD State of origin victory tomorrow night to break the week:)
The Photos to Prove It....
Jon gets in some baby practice...he's a natural!
The crowds at the Destiny Rescue J n J Sale.
To all who came and supported us....
Great family time....
Visiting the YWAM ship with Mum n Dad...
Our 'girls'....
THANKS for more great memories one and all!
