Tranting

Videos

2019-10-25T13:20:00.001+11:00

As you know we have been working on bible studies to send to people in remote areas.
It has been great having the kids with us, as they are a great source of help.

We do church at home with the kids on a Sunday night. Often we get grumbles...'Why do we need church tonight, we went this morning!' see, they are normal kids!

We find out what works, and what doesn't in teaching methods and terminology. It gives us understanding of how they are thinking and what issues are being faces by their people.

Glenys has been experimenting with putting the visuals on the videos in a slightly different format. It has proven quite difficult as the videos have to be made in small clips and them put together in one larger video and then have the audio put onto it.

Each process is a learning curve, so not moving as quickly as we hoped it would be.

We tried to put a video clip on here to show you, but it did not work. Apparently, I can easily upload a You Tube video, but not one off my computer. This means you will have to wait until I put them on You Tube before I can show you.

We can put up some pics of the images Glenys has been working on to put in the videos.
we have been using images from Sweet Publishing
https://www.unfoldingword.org/sweet-publishing/genesis/
These images are great. They tell the story in pictures.
Sweet Publishing have their images on the net, and are available for any one to use. They are specifically designed for people to tell a story and add a narrative in their own language, then post it on the net for other people to hear the story in their own language.

One problem we have with the images, and we have spoken to the organisations about this is the colour of the people. The bible stories took place in the Middle East. The people there are not white!

Glenys has spent many hours recolouring the images to make them more correct and acceptable to other ethnic groups.

You can see the difference between the two images.
The other problem we are struggling with is telling about God and the Bible when there are no images in this group that cover this.

Glenys has been working to use the same style in the given images to develop images to use in the videos.

An example is 'God'. Sweet publishing use images like this to show God talking to people.

The light shining is one way we can show God talking to people. To keep this uniformity, we decided to become best friends with photoshop and cut and paste images to carry this idea through the videos.

The image of Moses at Mt Sinai, is the original from the Sweet Publishing material.

This is the new image doctored from the above image and one of God with the Hebrew below.
The Hebrew had to be taken out and a new circle of yellow was inserted. This became the new image for God, that would be added to as the need arose.

When talking about different Bible covers, we used the 'God' image in the background with the various bibles on the front. This was to show that God is 'behind' the bibles, but men made different covers with the same story inside the Bible.

This also is used for explaining how the Bible came about. We tell how God told men what to write. The usage of God behind again shows that God is there in the whole process.

Images cut and pasted to make new image telling a different part of the story.

Hopefully this shows what we are doing, and why it is taking so long. There are several thousand images that need to be coloured. Images that need to be remade to help visually tell the story better.

We are tuning the images into a 'whiteboard' format. This is what I cant get to show you on this site. If you look at:
https://www.facebook.com/DoodlyVideo/videos/1926993680685461/?v=1926993680685461

you will see a bit of what we are trying to do.

The next process is to drop the video clips into a video editor to join all the clips to make a complete story and then put in the audio.

It is a long convoluted process without the writing of the scripts and having the scripts tested to ensure accuracy, and then have indigenous people read/listen to the scripts to re-edit so they can understand and record the story.

Please pray that God will keep us learning how to do this well, and that people may soon learn more about God and his working in their lives.

Dennis

2019-10-25T12:13:00.000+11:00

During the holidays, Dennis started to feel unwell. When we were in Sydney, he was getting really bad. On the way home from Sydney, Glenys dropped him off at the Maitland Hospital Emergency Dept and went home with the kids.

He ended up staying the night, and the following day was operated on for a strangulated hernia.

Doesnt he look sad!!

By Tuesday he was home convalescing. This meant that he could not go to work for 2 weeks. No heavy lifting for 6 weeks. What really killed him was Glenys driving him around for 2 weeks. Whether it was her driving ability or his being reliant on another person, he would not say.

During this time he developed pain in his stomach. It turned out that the surgical area was bleeding. He had to have it drained, and may have to face surgery again to fix the problem.

Dennis has struggled with this, as he feels strongly for the inmates at jail who have had no one during this time. This is further complicated as he has training for the next 2 weeks, and will not be at Tamworth then either. It will be well over a month before he gets back to Tamworth. If he needs another operation, it may take more time.

Please pray for this, as he has now used up all his sick pay. As he is only on 3 days a week, the days off work without pay will be hard.

Kid Kapers

2019-10-25T12:05:00.001+11:00

Oct 2019
I am always hesitant to write too much about the personal lives of the kids as the internet is not a safe place. This is why I will share about our joint activities. Please just keep praying for them and their families.

These last school holidays were pretty busy. We planned to have a day out and then a day home, but wet weather made us keep changing our time table. All good. They had a good time.

Jumping the gun. The kids are still attending DALE school. This is Jayz's last year. He is thinking of staying with us and doing some TAFE courses. Please pray for him as he makes big decisions.

Trevon, Nickarita and Nelita getting on school bus

Jayz in purple jacket

Just a note, the obscured face is another child on the bus. Hence his face being obscured.
The 4 older kids are still going to DALE and Estella is attending Tarro Public School
Estelle was with us, but has returned home. She is back home in her community. She finished year 11 and deciding what to do next year.

We took the kids to Sydney a couple of days in the holidays. We went to the aquarium and animal park on one day

Jayz and Xander at the Wildlife Park

We obeyed and did not feed the birds at Darling Harbour!

. The second time we went, we took them on the ferries on the harbour. It is a cheap way to see the harbour, on a public transport ticket.

All the kids and the old man in the back.

Waiting for ferries is not all it is cracked up to be!!!!

I just added this pic because they all looked so bored. Not the case, but it sure looks like it!

We took them around Myall Lakes and up to Seal Rocks and back home again. It was a great day, not to cold, but almost warm enough to swim. This was a very shallow brackish lake, so much warmer than the ocean.

Nickarita & Jayz making 'hair waves'

Of course Jayz has to have the last say!

Don't know what was happening, but makes a good photo.

Sandboarding was also on the list. Rain stopped us spending a full day sand boarding. We snuck in some small sand hills on a fine day, but the weather stopped us from going to the HUGE hills a few days later.

The girls and Xander (grandson) went ice skating for the first time. They loved it. Nelita knew how to roller blade, so could easily swap technique that to ice, apparently. The other girls and Xander spent a deal of time on the ice, flat out! It was fun, especially for the viewers. The boys would not go, as they may have lost face falling on down on said item in front of others.


Estella and Nickarita having a go.

Nelita being not so sympathetic at the others

The AFL season has finished, but the kids asked for some training off season. We are now still going to 'training' once a week as people kindly give their time to help the kids do specialist training. Some of the other players join in with us.

Nelita and Trevon with some others training

We are trying to give the kids experiences that stay with them forever. Most are outdoors and free, as Newcastle is a great place for sea, bush, mountains, and sand hills.
They are growing in maturity, and learning to love God. It is really lovely to see them develop in many ways.

Every where we go, people tell us how much they enjoy the kids company. They are a real credit to themselves and to how God is developing them.

Please continue to pray for them and their growth and their future.

Our Kids

2019-07-04T15:40:00.000+10:00

We are reluctant to share a lot of things about the kids over the blog. If any one is wanting to learn more about what we are doing with them, and how they are progressing, please drop us an email, phone, or send a letter.

We would love people to become more engaged with praying for them as they grow to understand more about God.

This video was shared publicly at the DALE school break up last year and is on their facebook site, so I felt we could share this with you.

https://www.facebook.com/SPCC.DALE.WARATAH/videos/737387573305254/

Some of our kids are on the video, and Trevon gives his testimony there. This was a big thing for him as he struggles to verbalize very much about different things, and to do this in front of a video camera was huge. Hope you enjoy.

Three of the kids here have given their hearts to the Lord, and another 2 are wanting to follow God's way, but have not stepped over the final hurdle of commitment. Another is not showing much in the way of wanting to follow God or to trust him. They all need your prayers.

Please do not think for one moment that we live in a house of perfection. NO NO NO! It is noisy, very noisy! We are crowed into a very small house,
ex-housing commission, so not a lot of room. Our bathroom has the shower and toilet in one room. You can imagine the knocking on doors during peak hour.. (before and after school) with 9 people living in the house.

Hair brushes get lost all the time; deodorant goes missing; clothes being worn by another person without permission ( mainly socks because their own are not washed); washing machine is always full or working, clothes line always full.

Sounds bad! Not really. They do work together well, and we have very few arguments. They are a real credit to themselves.

AFL takes up a lot of our time. Trevon and Nelita are looking at this for a career option. They are brother and sister. Both have a natural talent for the game.

Glenys grew up in an AFL mad home, and decided when she had her own family, it would not involve AFL. She dodged the bullet with her own children, and now is taking kids to and fro from games and training!!!!


Trevon

Trevon is now 16. He is really wanting to serve God. He is also interested in writing his own songs.
He is playing in the U17s and coaching the U9s AFL

Nelita is 14. Very active and like all the others, into every sport they can participate in.

Nickarita

Nickarita is 13. She is in the same class as Nelita in school. This is her first time in playing an organized sport. Her ambition is to be a hair dresser or beautician.

Estella

Estella is 11. She is also a very talented sports person. Here she is playing U14's as they were short that day. Normally she plays U11's

Jayz

Jayz is 18. He was elected school captain for this year. He is playing in the seniors and at this stage, leading goal kicker for the team.

Estelle

Estelle is 20 and studying to get her year 12 certificate. She is the only one who does not play AFL, but has joined a Karate class. She is loving this. Estelle is a committed Christian young lady, and has a strong influence on the other kids in the house.

Please pray for these kids as they struggle living here in NSW. They miss their family, they are struggling with language here, school is often hard.

They are blossoming and we trust they will be strong Christians when they go home to their communities and will have a strong influence there for God.

We believe this is a very important part of our ministry and a real privilege to be involved in such a rewarding work

Prison Life!

2019-07-04T13:40:00.003+10:00

We have adjusted to 'Prison Life' without out too many hassles! Glenys finds enjoyment in telling people that Dennis is in jail when they inquire where he is.

Saying good bye is now a regular occurrence, as well as saying, 'Welcome home'.
Dennis often feels guilty leaving us at home and Glenys holding the fort while he is working in Tamworth. This is his calling, so we all work according to what he does.

His work has been quite varied in the people he deals with and the types of problems he encounters.

Some people have been incarcerated because of a silly mistake, and others have been in and out numerous times.

There was one week Dennis came home emotionally drained. It was a week of heartbreak for some of the inmates. He said there were a few just crying on his shoulder, so heart broken at the way their lives have turned out.

That week, he needed family time and 'normality' just to recenter his emotions and refresh his batteries.

When these times happen, he understands the importance of family support, pastoral support, and prayer support. Working there 5 days a week would be very taxing emotionally and spiritually.

While Dennis does a few chapel services each week, he finds that often men will call him over to the fence during exercise time and men will talk to him through the wire about issues in their lives.

Inmates are able to ask for a 'one on one' visit with Dennis. He finds these men are really serious about how to sort out the issues they are facing.

Another thing he has found really useful is sharing videos of Christian testimonies. He chooses these testimonies on a variety of topics. They share how God has transformed their lives from despair to victory.

The men relate to this and opens up a lot of opportunities to talk.

We cannot share stories of how God is working in individual lives, as this is not allowed in his job. Dennis can only share general issues with any one as he is in a job that requires confidentiality.

What he can tell us is that these men need God so much. Some are really seeking. Some have come to know the Lord. Some use the chapel time just for a free cup of coffee and biscuit.

Please pray for these people. Some of the staff at the jail also come and share with Dennis. It is such a privilege to have a small part in the seed planting process of God's kingdom.

Dennis meets with a pastor on a regular basis to share and unload about his work. This is a requirement of the job.

newspaper

2019-04-21T17:16:00.002+10:00

Your Church in Action

For God, nothing is ever off the radar

April 15, 2019

Dennis Tranter is the chaplain at Tamworth prison, but it's been a winding path getting there.

Long and winding road: Tamworth's prison chaplain Dennis Tranter.

"I used to be a heavy drinker," Mr Tranter admits.

"Our local Bible Basher took me out for coffee. I responded by pouring a cup of coffee on his Bible.

But he never gave up on me. In the end I said, 'Leave me alone and I'll go to church with you.'

I intended to only go once. But these guys were different.They had a coffee shop.

I'd spend half of Sunday at the pub and then I'd go back and terrorise those guys in the coffee shop.

But nothing would offend them.

Their constant acceptance turned me towards God.

I thought, 'If I can't offend these blokes no matter how hard I try, then I reckon I can't offend God.'

That realisation did the trick.

And it's a truth that translates to the blokes in prison.

They're ordinary blokes, but they're busted and they've got no way of knowing how to fix it.

They need to hear that no matter what you've done, God still accepts you.

I'm also there for the staff.

They might be rocked by a death in custody or a hard time at home.

Any person, anywhere needs someone to talk to, and the chaplain's there.

The managers are supportive and encouraging.

They see there's a need for a chaplain.

One guy became a Christian and his cellmate saw the change that it made to him and then he started reading the Bible.

That's the thing about working for God.

There's never anything that's off the radar."

This article appeared in the Tamworth paper and The Northern Daily Leader

Our Future

2019-03-29T21:44:00.002+11:00

As many of you would know, we are no longer with APWM. This is a decision made by the committees looking at how and where we work.

As we are not working with GRN, we need to be under a mission to be under APWM's umbrella. We did put in a proposal to APWM last year, and we were told early this year that it was not accepted.

We need to be working under an accepted mission organization to continue as missionaries with APWM.

While we understand this is a policy that has been long standing and is necessary to ensure workers are not 'loose cannons' and working to a standard, it has been hard for us to know where to go from here.

As we have a number of children in our care at the moment, we are unable to go on deputation with another mission organization. Dennis' part time work also hinders this.

We have to make some huge decisions for our future. We cannot live on Dennis' wages alone.

Our first thought was for Glenys to give up her work and get a full time job to help supplement the income.

If we did this, then there would be no one to help with the teaching that we do with remote Christians and the work we do with the teaching materials would stop.

Please pray with us and our future. We feel strongly that we need to continue developing bible studies suitable for remote Christians who mainly learn orally, but do not know if we can manage on a part time wage alone.

While the children we have with us make joining another mission hard, we still see them as a mission field and are privileged to see them gaining an understanding of God and their relationship with him.

Updates

2019-03-29T21:33:00.002+11:00

Dennis is enjoying his work at Tamworth. It is interesting how God works. At the end of last year, Dennis was really sad at leaving Dungog Clarence Town and did no know where or how he would serve God next.

He has the caravan on some land 5 minutes out of Tamworth. There is no power or water, so he relies on the solar panels and some topping up with a generator.

After working at Tamworth a few weeks, he has found he really enjoys the job. He works with the inmates and the guards who need some one to talk to.

Please pray for the people Dennis comes in contact with. He meets so many broken people.

Just an update on his hours. Dennis travels to Tamworth Monday evening after cooking the evening meal. He stays there for either 2 or 3 days depending on the week and then returns home.

This job is only part time with a lot of miles traveling each week. The time home is spent working on assignments for his chaplaincy training or helping Glenys with the kids and giving her extra time to work on the teaching materials for Indigenous Christians.

Dennis at Tamworth

2019-02-17T10:11:00.002+11:00

Well, today is the start of the new life.
Dennis has officially left us today to go to Tamworth.
While he does not start at the jail until Tuesday, he left us with the van in tow this morning.

As you may know, Dennis is no longer preaching at Dungog Clarence Town, but he has been asked to do supply at different churches.

He was asked to preach at Singleton Presbyterian Church today.

As Singleton (Singo) is on the way to Tamworth, he decided to take the van to church and keep traveling on after the service.

Tomorrow he has to be at Glenn Inness by around 8.30, so it made sense for him to go to Tamworth and then on to Glenn Inness in the morning.

Glenn Inness Correctional Centre

Then.. Tuesday start at the prison.

Please pray for him as he learns more about his job. He has spent the last few weeks commuting to Sydney. This last week he went to Silverwater Jail, had some inductions, met other chaplains, and met with others helping him get ready for this work.

As you may imagine, security is important, so he had to learn the protocol, get the final security tags and other important things.

He also has to go to the Bible College in Sydney once a month for this year to do a chaplaincy course.

Christ College

Dennis hates to be away from home, so it is hard for him and he worries how Glenys will handle everything while he is away.

Dennis will be home Thursday evening after he finishes at the prison. He will leave the van at Tamworth. A Christian from Tamworth is letting him leave the van on his property.

Then on Monday evening, he will turn around an commute back to Tamworth to work again.

Please pray for the people he will meet. We are asking God to give Dennis the wisdom to deal with all he meets, and for God to work in the hearts of the inmates and the workers there.

New Work, new posts

2019-02-09T17:33:00.001+11:00

As you will see, as you look at the following posts on this site, there are a lot of changes in our lives at the moment.

We are committing ourselves to regularly update these pages.

Please add your email address to the site so you will be notified when there are new updates.

Could those of you in churches that have faithful prayer supporters without computers update them for us.

We are finding that to send out large numbers of newsletters costs us over $100 each time we send them out.

Together we can work to inform the people in our churches about our work.

It takes so much discipline to sit and regularly write when so much is going on. It would be great if the people in your congregation are informed and are actively involved in the work we are seeking to do for God.

Dennis' New Job

2019-02-09T17:29:00.002+11:00

For the past few years Dennis has been preaching at Dungog and Clarence Town Presbyterian churches part time.

This has come to an end. He has worked with the congregation and helped them step out in faith. They decided to trust God to fill the position of a full time minister. They built a manse, and now have it filled.

We are so proud of the congregation with how they are willing to step out and trust God to help them grow the church.

While this was great, it meant that Dennis had worked himself out of a job. What to do next. As our support level is no where near enough to live on, we had to look elsewhere for us to be supported.

Long story short, Dennis was approached and asked if he would be prison chaplain. This was what happened, but he is part time chaplain for Tamworth Jail. That is 3 hours drive from our home in Woodberry.

Dennis will take the van to Tamworth and stay there for 3 days one week and then 2 days the following week. He will be working with prisoners on remand at this particular jail.

What is sad, is that 80% of the inmates are indigenous. Once again, God is ordering our steps and keeping us working in the area he called us so many years ago.

Dennis is employed by Jericho Road. This work is with the Presbyterian Social services.

https://jerichoroad.org.au/

Another mission that Dennis is involved with is Crossroads Prison Ministry

https://cpm.org.au/

If you are interested, you can look at their web site to gain more info about this important work. This ministry also works wit a correspondence bible study course for prisoners.

Some inmates are already using this Bible Study course, and Dennis will be there to help them with any problems or questions they have on the course.

There have been some small discussions about us helping to develop some Bible Study material for the Indigenous people in jail. We will let you know if that develops further.

Please pray for Dennis as he travels many miles each week.
The people he works with need God's blessing in their lives.
Dennis also works with the staff at the jail when needed.
It is a very mixed and varied ministry.

Glenys will be at home holding the fort. Please pray for her as she looks after 5 kids while doing her own work as well.

Ch ch ch changes

2019-02-09T16:33:00.001+11:00

Changes Again!

Do you ever wonder when life will run smoothly and there will be no problems on the horizon? Join the club.

It has always been our desire to be able to provide remote Indigenous Christians with solid biblical teaching.

While we were working with GRN, some issues arose, as we were limited to writing gospel stories. Biblical, chronological teaching is not really their main thrust.

This led to us being led to go a different track. While we would love to keep working with developing teaching material, we are unable to find a mission that is working in this area. We are looking at using You Tube as the medium to get the stories out.

While we loved the 5fish idea, it was not something we found the people we were dealing with would keep returning it. We did notice that You Tube is always being watched, so felt this is more viable.

We are not working with any mission at the moment. We put a proposal to the APWM, the missions department of the Presbyterian Church. Unfortunately this proposal was not accepted.

The main reason is that we did not fit into the criteria that is required for us to be a missionary with the church. We need to be under a recognized mission to continue what we feel God has called us to do.

This has led to some changes in the way we are looking at doing things. At first we thought that we would just give up and get a secular job to pay the bills. Then we thought that if we do not do this task, who is going to do this.

As we have lived by faith for the last 20 years, we felt we should still trust God to help us as we still feel the calling we have is still important.

As from now, we will still be doing the recording and writing bible stories and putting them on videos to be distributed or shown on You Tube. They can also be sent to people through phones or put onto USB sticks to watch on the TV, to name a couple of ways to share the stories.

To ensure we are not 'lone guns' running amok, we have put in some checks and balances in our work.

We have to have a 'script committee' to look at the stories, and ensure they are biblically correct.
We need to have the prayer support to continue so we will have God's blessing on us and the people we are seeking to minister to.
We will be working under the local presbytery and seeking their pastoral support for our growth and well being as we seek to serve God.

This means we will need to be supported financially through this work. We will not be able to have our funds sent to the Presbyterian Church any more. They will have to be sent directly to us.

We trust those of you who supported us over the last years will continue to help us with the work we are seeking to do.

It would have been our wish to work with a mission, and we will keep looking at different missions to see if we can find one that is looking to help with the Indigenous Christians in remote parts of Australia.

When we find on, we are certainally will to work with them. While we are out on our own at the moment, it is not something we wish to have as a permanent situation. Please pray with us that God will keep directing our steps.

If you are wanting to know more about our time with GRN and what we are doing in the future, please feel free to ring us and we will talk with you further.
Dennis 0429 168 638 Glenys 0429 462 771

At Last

2018-06-06T09:29:00.001+10:00

June 2018

Yes, we are still alive. Working full time, and having so many in the house does not give much time for essentials as blogging to say the least!

We will attempt to give you a summary of what has been going on this busy busy year.

FAMILY
We will just go and re-introduce our family as it has changed since the last time we wrote.

Dennis

Has been preaching part time at Dungog and Clarence town again. This is going well. He now has a young married couple bible study now at Dungog. Clarence town has a number of children, and are looking for someone to help with Sunday School.
He also works part time for GRN doing recording and editing recorded scripts. He is finding this hard as the computer part is hard for him to learn. There is a lot of paper work involved and this needs to be perfect.

Glenys
Is still working with the scripts. She has written a number and is waiting for the GRN script committee to finalize their checking of them. They need to be checked Biblical accuracy and easy readability.

This sort of work does not have a lot of exciting stories about it, as it is sitting in front of a computer, commentaries and bibles for days on end.

Our Gang!

Nickarita, Jai, Trevon, Estella, Nelita, Sylvester

Nickarita (12) is in the red shirt. Jai (17) in white shirt, Trevon (15) black hat
Estella (10) white shirt, Nelita (13) in the back and Sylvester (11) yellow shorts.

We took all the family to the Maitland Steam Fest. This is the first time they had seen steam engines. Most loved it and were fascinated by all the different machines and seeing a real steam train was great. One was not at all interested, and could not get over the smell of the machines! Well, cant please them all.

Nickarita and Jai are brother and sister. Nelita and Trevon are also brother and sister. Estella is what we would call a cousin to them, but she would call these 'brother and sister'. So in Aboriginal culture, these kids all call each other brother and sister.

Sylvester is related but the other kids call him 'gungu' (grandfather, from the mother's side of the family)

Sylvester is not in our care, he is here with his grandmother. We will explain this when we share about Cheryl and James.

Four of the kids in our care attend St Phillips Christian College in Newcastle. There is a section joined to this school called "DALE". This stands for Dynamic Assisted Learning Environment.


DALE ST Phillips Christian College

This school caters for students who struggle in mainstream schools. We sent Nelita there 2017 and were so impressed with the way they dealt with both her learning difficulties and anxiety. We felt this type of schooling would help with kids from the Territory. Hence our sudden increase in family.

The four who attend there do struggle with anxiety and are often fearful when exposed to new and strange situations. We have watched the 3 that came down this year and have watched them blossom

Jai is in year 11. When he arrived, he would not try any thing new in case he could not do it. He was stressing a lot at school, but he has come so far. Last week he did work experience at a coffee shop. He was scared but he faced it and dealt with everything, and maybe, just maybe even enjoyed himself, but not that he would say that! This week he is doing a Christian leadership conference for 2 days through the school. He got up and prepared for it without a problem or voicing any fears.

Jai

Jai is playing AFL and loving it. He plays for Maitland Saints. He has been chosen to play for the regionals. This is where the kids in his league are chosen to go and represent the league against other areas.

Jai is a gentle boy, and changes when on the footy field. I would not like to be tackled by him...no mercy there!

Trevon

Trevon is in year 8. He did not attend school last year while back in Borroloola. So he is doing year 8, but we cant say he is repeating as it was not done last year.
Trevon came here in the middle of first term. We had a party for all of the kids at the end of 1st term. It was to celebrate them working so hard in a new school, new family, and new culture. But is was also to celebrate the fact that we did not have any phone calls from the Principle wanting to 'have a talk about Trevon' He did not have one suspension from school, not even a warning. This is the kid who previously was suspended about 2-3 times each term.

God is really working in Trevon's heart. Trevon has developed a real hunger for learning about God and what his role is in his life.

Trevon is back playing AFL.He too is in the regionals as well. He is playing in the U17 with Jai. He is such a good player he is better suited to the older age group.

Nelita

Nelita is repeating Year 7. She is really coming out of her shell this year. This year has helped with her learning skills and confidence.

The last 2 years Nelita played soccer as a sport. She enjoyed it but was often too scared to get in and fight for the ball. She was great in training, but too scared during matches with strangers.

One of her teachers at school encouraged her to try out for AFL. We were hesitant as we did not feel she could tackle or handle being tackled. Any way, with a bit of work, she joined the girls U14 team. She has never looked back. Her kicking is amazing. If she gets the ball, it usually ends in a goal, or a point. She still struggles to get in to fight for the ball, but her speed and kicking has given her a position in the girls U14 regionals as well.

Nickarita

Nickarita is doing year 7 with Nelita. She struggles to read and write. We found out she needed glasses. It was a surprise to both her and us, how much she could not see. You will not get a photo of her with them on, as she gets shamed. We have her wearing them in class, and sometimes when we go out somewhere. It all takes time.
She excels at woodwork. Her teacher said she is a 'natural' for wood work. He wants her to do this for work experience when it is her time. This teacher was a builder before he started teaching, so I guess he knows what he is saying. At home she is more than comfortable using power tools. We have had her using the jig saw, orbital sander and drop saw.
Unfortunately for Nickarita, she hates AFL. Poor thing, she has to be carted around all day following the others when they play. We have organised some special activities she can do while away, but it is still 'boring' for her. When we are playing on the home field she will often spend the day with our daughter-in-law, Shayna.

Estella with grand daughter, Teulia

Estella is doing year 4. She repeated a year as well when she came last year, as her learning was not up to the required level. She is our 'brainy' one. She loves to learn. She does works hard to achieve. Last year she could hardly put 3 letter words together, this year, she is attacking works and does not give up. She is also our day dreamer. Often she will be standing in the middle of the room thinking about something, and not getting ready for school. It takes her hours to get things done because of her dreaming.
Estella is also playing AFL. At the beginning of the season, she did not want to play. After a while, she showed some interest, so we asked if she could train with Nelita just for something to do. After a couple of weeks, the coach approached us and asked if Estella could play with the girls. As she is 10, she needed special permission. Estella is quite short, but what she lacks in stature, she makes up for in gumption. Nothing stops her. She will tackle, or attempt to, any one. She is not scared of any thing.
This is why Estella does not go to Dale, as she does not have the anxiety issues or learning difficulties the others have. She has been asking to go to a Christian school, so we are looking into seeing if we can get her into a very good local christian school ( finances depending) Maitland Christian School.

Well, that is the kids we have and a short history. I will add more a little later on.

Cheryl & James

2018-06-05T14:18:00.001+10:00


Cheryl

We last shared about Cheryl having a heart operation soon after she arrived here. All is going well with her at the moment. As many of you will know, there is a long time of rehab after such an operation.
Cheryl spends 2 mornings a week at Maitland Hospital doing rehab. This involves exercises and education about keeping herself healthy.
At least once a week, she is off to see some specialist, so she is kept quite busy just getting better.

We have been doing lots of teaching and working on scripts together. We have 2 ready for recording. Our biggest hold up is scripts, and having them checked by GRN. This takes time as it is often hard for the script committee to find time for them all to be together at the same time.

James

James has been working with helping Cheryl get healthy. He also has been getting lots of Bible study, and teaching. James has not done any of the recording work, but has helped us around the property. He laid a lot of pavers for us and we are enjoying the fruits of his labours.

James is the quiet on in the house. While every one else talks 'yells' at the top of their voices, James is the one who remains quiet. Often he must retreat to remove himself from the noise of the house. He also is an avid AFL fan, and always encouraging the kids with their AFL, even to occasionally taking them to the field and helping them with their kicks

Sylvester

Sylvester (11) is Cheryl's grandson. He is in her care, so when Cheryl and James came, Sylvester came too.
He is attending the same school and class as Estella in Tarro Public School.

He was like Estella and was too scared to try for ALF, but after tagging along with the other kids each training day, he started to train and then was asked if he would like to play with the team.

Sylvester and our grandson Xander get on well together. Xander is always asking if Sylvester can sleep over at his house on the weekends.

Cheryl, James and Sylvester are looking at returning to Borroloola in July sometime. Cheryl is still not allowed to fly yet as she still has some problems with her leg where they cut the vein out for the bypass.

Please pray for them as they grow and seek to learn what God wants them to do when they go back. It is hard to keep strong, but God is strong. They need to trust him for every thing.
Please pray for them and Christians like them who have no real access to strong biblical teaching and often do not have Christian fellowship on a regular basis.

New Role for Dennis

2018-02-05T11:01:00.001+11:00

As we are seeking to serve the Lord, we often have to make hard decisions about what we feel is right for us at this stage in life.

After coming home from Borroloola, we needed a few repairs on the car and van. These would amount to about $10,000.

Another issue is that after having over 20 years as a missionary, we have almost no super and no savings.

Our trips and expenses are covered by ourselves, so they take a lot of money to fund, and to time to save up for the next trip

We have been looking at what we will do with paying our house when retirement arrives. While we do not have a huge mortgage, we still will struggle when we stop working.

With this in mind, we felt, after much prayer and soul searching that Dennis would work part time preaching for 12 months.

He is working part time with Dungog/Clarence Town again for 12 months. He is also working part time for GRN. Because he is preaching, he will not be on the books for GRN.

Glenys will still be working full time for GRN. This will not change. She will still be doing the script work and the translation as before.

This has been a hard decision, but we feel the right one.
We will be able to increase the house payments for 12 months, to greatly reduce the principal. This will reduce the mortgage for the future.

We will be able to have some funds to repair the van, etc.

We will not be traveling as we did last year, but some trips will be made by both of us during the year.

Dennis will be going to a Recorders Training Course later in the year, and Glenys may travel to some communities to test the recordings.

We do ask for your understanding on this, and would value your continued support during this time.
If you have any questions, please feel free to drop us a line...ntoutpost@hotmail.com 0429168638

Upadate on Cheryl

2018-01-26T19:23:00.001+11:00

Cheryl, Sylvester & James in hospital

A couple of weeks ago we asked you to pray for Cheryl as she was to have a triple bypass after having a heart attack while she was with us.
We are happy to say, that she is home with us, and is getting better each day.
The doctors are happy with her progress, she is now getting impatient and wanting to do more things than she should

Cheryl home and happy

She told us we could share a story about her....
Dennis was sent in to take a photo of Cheryl in hospital so we could put it on the blog to ask people to pray. The photo was not that great, so he was giving the job of redoing the photo. This he did successfully.

When Glenys went in to visit, Cheryl, cautiously asked why Dennis took so any photos. Glenys explained about the blog and asking people to pray for her.

Her attitude changed dramatically. Glenys asked her a question, "Why were you worried about getting a photo done?"

After some hesitation, Cheryl said she thought we were taking photos of her because we thought she was going to die, and we wanted photos before she died!

Cheryl could not stop laughing when she knew why we wanted several different photos. Putting photos on a blog was not nearly as dramatic as what she was thinking.

Cheryl is very aware that God was looking after her. He still has a plan for her life. She is wearing the scars on her chest as a memory of how God looked after her by having her down here close to doctors and hospitals when she needed them.

Bus Update

2018-01-26T18:58:00.001+11:00

A big thank you to all of those who donated toward the bus. We have achieved our goal.
PTL!!!!!
Dennis spoke to the dealer and told him we had the money. Alas, the bus was not ready. All our kids were getting a bit 'stir crazy' as we did not have enough seats in our vehicles to carry every one.

Glenys said that we all needed to pray, so Sylvester said, 'Well, how about now? So we all sat around in the lounge room to ask God to help us with the bus.

The next day the dealer said we could have a lend of a bus until our bus is ready to be picked up!

We are ow driving around in a 'flash' bus, a $40,000 12 seater. It is a bit sad, because, if we have it too long, we will get used to this one, and the old 1997 one will pale in comparison.

Not really, we are so grateful for the bus, we dont mind if it is a bit old. We did debate about putting
BLA Crew on the side.

BLA is short for Borroloola.

Our 'gang' this week

Our youngest son, Benjamin and his family came to stay for 10 short days. So they were included in the 'gang' this week

Starting at the back row is Jai, (16), Benjamin with baby Noah (10 weeks), Max ( 2 years)Jess, James at the very back, Linda, Cheryl.
Front row, Nelita (13), Estella 10, Sylvester 11 and Nickarita, 12.

We did try to get a pic of every one in the bus, but they were not good. When we get a good photo we will post it here.

Thanks again for all who helped both with praying for it and helping with donations.

Transport

2018-01-05T17:57:00.000+11:00

As you know, we have Cheryl, James and Sylvester down to help us with the translation and recording of Bible Stories.

When we seek to be efficient and effective, we sometimes come across problems in the execution of those plans.

Let us explain: We have found that the work we feel God has called us to do very important. While we seek to do work in remote places, there are many interruptions and hindrances to this. Having people down here, is more efficient, (except when people have heart operations!!!!).

People are asking to come to stay with us. It is a great way for them to get intensive bible teaching while doing the recording. Teaching the bible is part of the recording process, as they need to know the Bible story to be able to tell it effectively.

This year, we will have a couple of young people boarding with us to attend school. These kids are from Borroloola. Abstudy covers their fares down here, and covers their school fees. We decided to do this, as these kids were really trying to get an education in Borroloola. They will be attending DALE, St Phillips Christian College in Newcastle.

Our problem? Transport. Our car is not big enough, as children are a part of the package deal when we get people down here, along with our kids.

We have been praying about another vehicle for a while, and asking God what to do about it. The patrol is too expensive to run around town, and it does not have enough seats.

Dennis found a bus at a car auction a couple of weeks ago. It did not sell, so he decided to have a look at it.

When he was talking to the car dealer, it came up in conversation our reason for wanting the bus.

The dealer said he was very sympathetic to the church work, even though he is not a believer. As the conversation continued, he mentioned a Christian he had dealt with recently and was very impressed with. It turned out this person stayed with us while he was buying the car from this dealer.

The dealer was even more excited when Dennis said that he knew the couple and knew the wife since she was very tiny.

This made the dealer very excited. He said that he wanted to help us get the best deal we could.

After some talking, he took the car off the market. He will wait until we get the money to buy it. Needless to say, we do not have any to pay for it.

1996 180,000km 13 seater Toyota Hiace 2.4 EFI

It was suggested that we could put on the side, that the bus was provided by the company, and they would service the car free of charge for the time we had the car in our possession. He dropped the price and offered to fix up a few things that needed attention free of charge!

Now we have the bus ready to buy. All we need is $7000 to redeem it!

Could you pray that God will raise the funds for us to purchase the bus.

We would like to give Chris Purcell at Valley Motor Auctions thanks for his help with the bus

Cheryl & James

2018-01-04T09:22:00.001+11:00

Thank you for praying for Cheryl & James. They arrived here with us a week before Christmas. We spent Christmas together.

For those of you who do not know them, they are a couple from Borroloola. We knew Cheryl while we were in Borroloola, and have continued to work with her over the years.

James recently came to know the Lord. It was a real struggle for them to gain victory over a number of issues in their lives.

They came down to help us with translation work here in Woodberry and to gain a lot of teaching so they could go back home strong and equipped.

We have been doing 2 bible studies a day, and last week we started on the translation work to get Bible Stories recorded.

All was going well, they were getting excited about the things God was doing in their lives.

A major hiccup occurred on Friday. Cheryl woke up with pain in her chest and arm. Glenys took her to the local hospital.

Long story short, Cheryl is now having a triple heart bypass. She had 3 blockages in her arteries. The doctors said that if she was in Borroloola, she would not have made it to hospital. God is good. He has a plan for her life.

Her recovery will be long, but we are trusting that God will heal her and restore her to full capacity soon.


Cheryl, Sylvester, (grandson) James

Please pray for Cheryl's recovery, and return to good health.
We would value our prayers for the work we will be doing in recording the Bible stories in language for the Indigenous people so hungry for God's word.

General Update

2017-12-05T10:46:00.001+11:00

Since our last blog, we have been rewriting the scripts we had prepared for Borroloola people to look at and help us refine them. After our working with the scripts we prepared, we realized they needed an overhaul to make them easier to use. Hence, nothing exciting on that front, just sitting in front of a computer with a dozen commentaries and different Bible versions scattered around the desk.

As well as that, we have been trying to get our shed ready for our NT visitors. Dennis & Jarrod have been working on a mezzanine floor in the shed. This has been hard work. Dennis can only do limited amounts due to his back. If he spends on full day working on the shed, then he needs 2-3 days to recuperate from this. Normally he can just spend a couple of hours each day. Jarrod is working night shift, so we are limited in how much work can be done. Glenys is delegated to helping with a lift, or a 'hold this, will you' and sanding and painting.

Once again, we are scouring Gumtree for second hand materials, or cheap items to use to build the mezzanine. The steel was new, and the flooring. The walls are being lined with the ceiling from our old shed. The insulation was free on Gumtree. The attic stairs came from Sydney. Dennis is able to pick those things up when he goes to the GRN office.

So while we are working hard, it is slow and often frustrating that we cannot just get the jobs done and finished. But we are doing the best we can as time and money come available.

We are off to Tea Gardens to spend time with the Anglican Church. The caravan is going to show the people how God provides, and how we have set it up to use for ministry. That will be a nice break. Dennis is taking the van down in the morning on Friday, and Glenys and the girls will come down when they finish school in the afternoon.

Dennis is off to Sydney on Wednesday. He will be helping with recording some languages. He will be recording in the studio. This is very different to recording on the field. He will also be shown how to use the new whizz bang recorders GRN has purchased to update the old machines they have now.
Sorry I don't have a photo of them. Hopefully we will have some soon.

We would really value your prayers for our family and for the work in Borroloola. It seems that when God is working, the evil one steps up his game as well. Without giving a lot of details, we would value prayers for safety, God's hand to prevail, for believers to remain strong, and that evil may be restrained.

It is great that our God knows the need, and we can petition him and he knows best how to answer these prayers.

Finally, a full update!!!

2017-10-31T09:58:00.001+11:00

First of all, we would like to say thank you to all of you who were praying for us during our time in Borroloola.
It was a time that was full of frustrations and hindrances to the work we were wanting to achieve.

If we told you in explicit detail, we would have you all in tears, so we will outline some of the problems in point form. (lol)
-we started to translate into Aboriginal English, and our translators had to leave town for several different reasons
-we were staying in an outstation called Wandangula, about 20km out of town. Our car broke down and we were stranded out there until parts could come.
-the parts took 2 weeks to come into Borroloola. Would you believe the truck broke down outside of Borroloola, and we had to wait another week on that.
-before the car broke down, we had some people lined up to record in Garrawa. We were unable to do this as we had no car to get to the people
-we moved into town while waiting for the car parts to arrive. This gave us some more ability to meet with people, but still no car.
-while in town our computers were stolen. Praise God, someone in town came to our aid and helped us find the computers...unharmed.
-Dennis caught the flu. He was bed ridden for nearly a week, and then could not talk much because of a bad cough.... still has it.
-a crisis arose in which we were closely involved. It was a very hard and sad time. This issue is still not resolved, and would value your prayers for the people of Borroloola.
-We had 2 funerals and 2 other people died. It was a sad time.

As you can see, we had quite a hard time. But we also had a lot of blessings.

Staying at Wandangula was great. This is the outstation that Nelita and Trevon's family live in.

Nelita, Nikarita, Shontah, Tainsley, Estella

The girls are ready for the bus to take them to school in Borroloola. These girls are all sisters.

While we were there, Nelita's eldest sister, Nerida had a baby girl, Natiah.

My new grand daughter, Nataiah and Nelita

Nelita's mother, Fiona, and granddaughter.

Nelita loved being with her family. She went to the local school with her family. Went fishing, swimming and what ever else was happening on the day.


Stand at Borroloola Rodeo

We planned our trip so we could be at the Rodeo. This is a big event on the calendar. We were able to share about the GRN resources available for people to use. We had phones, SD cards, bibles, and colour in pages to name a few things on our tables.

It was good to let people know what we were doing and how it can help people there.

Watching movies at Wandangula

Many evenings we would set up the computer and watch movies with every one. It is a great way to share God's story through video.
Can't have a video night without a fire and dogs. When the fire died down and only coals were left, the dogs would lie on the coals to keep warm.

Church leaders: Muldoon and Vincent

Vincent & Dennis recording

Some people have all the fun. How is the studio?

One idea we decided to try for our recordings was to have a prayer for each story. This would give people an idea of how to pray, and give them an opportunity to pray along with the person praying on the recording.

We asked Vincent if he would pray and we record him for the stories. We gave him a topic, and he prayed about that topic. The reason we chose Vincent is because God has given him a gift of prayer. When Vincent prays, you can feel God come into the room.

Several times a week Vincent and Muldoon meet together and pray for the town. These are the unsung heroes that no one hears about.... people that God raises to pray.

Vincent did a great job. We are looking forward to putting them together with the stories.

Bush medicine

Glenys and Linda preparing the medicine

Dennis caught the flu while we were away. He developed a terrible cough. We collected some bush medicine for him. It is called (I don't know how to spell it) Dumbuumbu. We boiled the leaves into a tea. Some of the tea was drunk, just a couple of mouthfuls through the day. The rest was used to bogie (bathe) in.

We were asked to show a picture of Dennis having a bogie in the medicine. This is the best I could come up with due to censorship issues.

The bathroom door of our caravan.

We were able to do some Garrawa recordings. We had one lady and her daughter help us. Later on we had another lady come and help with the translation into Garrawa.

When we started doing Garrawa, Nancy and her daughter Cheryl were helping us. We sat down in a lovely spot beside the McArthur River under a grove of Tamarind trees. It is lovely there, shady, a breeze and the place is full of butterflies.

As time went on, and we were running out of time, some other ladies came along to support us. They caught fish while we were recording. Other cooked damper. We had breaks to have a cuppa, and a 'feed'. We were fed with jonny cake and julbi (archer fish).

This was special. These people were not able to help with the translation, but they came and helped us in their own way.

One of our special memories of our trip there.

Cheryl, Nancy and Glenys working on Garawa

Cheryl returning with Julbi to eat

Deserted recording studio...'grub's up!'

Food- fresh fish, fresh damper, hot tea, great company!

Our studio....some people have to suffer!

We were sad to leave Borroloola. Nelita, especially was sad to say good bye to family. The last day there, we had her extended family come and share breakfast with us.

Bacon, eggs, tomato, steak, damper and of course hot tea.

Cairo, our grandson

Cairo is the son of Nelita's sister, Delores. This means we call him grandson. Nelita calls him son. He is not 3 yet, but he can kick the football like an expert! No stopping him when he gets older.

We were asked to bring home another child. After a lot of prayer and consideration, we added another child to our family. Her name is Estella. She is a cousin to Nelita, so Aboriginal way they call each other sister.

Estella is 9, and very sweet and very out going.

Estella on a train at Broken Hill

Estella saw her first train in Alice Spring on the way home to NSW. We came home through Broken Hill, and stopped in to a train museum. One excited girl.

Estella is attending Tarro Public School and doing well.

Home Again

2017-10-19T16:41:00.001+11:00

Just a quick update to let you know we arrived homes safely.After leaving Borroloola, we headed down the center.

We spent a couple of days in Alice and then on to Adelaide to spend time with Benjamin, Jess and Max.

Home through Broken Hill and then home on Friday 13th.

We will update with photos and more in a few days. Busy cleaning red dust out of van, meetings with the GRN Office, sorting out school, just to name a few things.

What else can go wrong!!!!

2017-10-03T15:05:00.008+11:00

We have never had such a long time of concentrated problems on a trip like this.

The day after we left home, we had an attempted break in at our house.
After arriving at Borroloola, we learned we could not go to Robinson River Station because the roads were so bad.
Our car broke down while we were staying at an outstation. (Bad road major factor on that break down)
Moved into town because it was hard to get in and out without a car.
Our translation work was going well until then, as we could not meet with the people we were working with for the 2 week period.
2 deaths and 2 funerals slowed down the work
Dennis caught the flu and was bed ridden for a week. Still getting over it (4 weeks later)
Translators getting side tracked through to personal issues or travel reasons.
Major problems with one family close to us and us having to liaison between family and police.
This issue kept us in Borroloola for an extra week.

All these problems and we were stressing about getting any recording done at all.

We did not update the blog as we were dealing with people from 6.30 in the morning until 9.00 at night. Then we would fall into bed early.

But, praise God, we did get the Good News script recorded into Garrawa.
We started with a lady called Nancy. She surprised us so much. She would not stop. We kept asking her if she would like to rest but she kept saying no.

She said, that there was no one to teach her about the Bible. She really wanted to know and working with us was teaching her about God. We had no idea she was wanting to know about God.

Another lady, Linda came to help Nancy with the work. Together they worked to put the English into Garrawa.

We supplied the cups of tea, flour for jonny cake and beef. (bribery always works well!). There is a lovely place near the McArthur River under a large number of Tamarind trees. Very shady, full of butteflies and quiet. Only the occasional snake (5 sighted while we were there!)

When we were getting close to the time to leave, we were panicking a bit that we would not get the work done. The family rallied to the call. Several came with us the last 2 days. They fished for julbie (archer fish), made damper and jonnie cake, and encouraged the translatiors.

That way we were fed, watered and encouraged in the typical family way in Borroloola. Every one was so excited when we finished.

Linda and Dennis under the Tamarind trees


Cheryl and grand daughter Gracelda with julbie

Dennis was quite sick with the flu, so we boiled some bush medicine for him. Some he had to drink, and the other he had to 'bogie' (bathe) in it.

Due to censorship issues and personal modesty, this is the best we can show you of him having a bogie in bush medicine

Glenys & Linda preparing bush medicine for Dennis

Dennis in bathroom, having a bogie

We shared with a lot of people about the 5fish app. There was a lot of interest shown. We do feel strongly after being there, that getting the bible stories into Aboriginal English as very important. There is a real lack of understanding when we use material that uses English the way we speak. It really reaffirmed that we should be looking at this as a priority.

Dennis and Freddy looking at the phones

On a different note,we were involved with a crisis that happened with a family in Borroloola. This involved police and was heart wrenching.

As were were involved, we saw how communications with local people and other authorities break down. This is not because of animosity but because of different cultural understandings and set procedures from authorities that are not communicated to the people involved.

We spoke in length to different organizations about the need to communicate with the family group. As Indigenous people are very communal and family clans are strong, they need to be addressed in a group. This did not happen on an individual or communal level

It is sad to see. We understand on a deeper level just how two different cultures have to work together, but not understanding how the other one works.

We do ask you would pray for Indigenous communities. So often they do not have a voice. When they do speak, no one listens. It breeds mistrust and apathy.

During this time, we were able to share a lot about trusting God and seeking him. This would not have happened with out the trouble we all went through.

Enough on that subject.
Now we are on the way home. This will be quicker than we originally planned. Our aim is to be in Adelaide by Friday and spend time with our son and his wife and child before going to Broken Hill and home.

Time to move on

2017-09-13T14:19:00.002+10:00

After nearly a week in Wandangula with no car, and no parts arriving, we moved back into Borroloola.

A friend towed the car into town for us, and we are now using Borroloola as our base.

There are advantages and disadvantages for both places. For many days we were not sure what was the best place to be. In the end, it was the need for food that initiated our move into town. It was too hard to get in to town for food.

Yesterday, Tuesday, we got our car back. It has half the parts we need. We are under strict orders not to drive too far, and don't tow anything heavy until the rest of the parts arrive and are installed.

I am sure many of you know what NT stands for:
Not today, not tomorrow, not Tuesday, not Thursday, next truck!

It was the same when we lived here, just like it is today!

We were sitting on the Verandah Sunday after noon and saw a huge cloud of smoke. While smoke and fires are not unusual this time of year, these was very close and very black.

Dennis went to investigate. It was a collection of buildings and caravans just on the next block. He was immediately asked to bring buckets of water. But it was all too late. Nearly everything was burned..sheds, caravans, cars.

No one was hurt, and the resident dog escaped unharmed!

Apparently the fire was deliberately lit.

Our work has been going slowly. At times it has been frustrating. All was going well until we lost the car.
Since then the workers we were using have gone on to other things. Our best worker had to take her young child to Katherine Hospital.

There was an historical walk on last week that involved most of the town. They walked for 5 days from an outstation called Manangoora all the way to Borroloola. Nelita was able to participate for a couple of days and she loved it. We could not because we did not have a car.

This has finished, so we are now up and running again.

While we come here with an agenda, and a worthy cause, we cannot expect people to drop things just for us and spend huge amounts of time at the drop of a hat.

We always have to be aware they have lives with commitments. Many have full time jobs so it is hard for them to do as much as we would like.

Car-go.......car-stop

2017-09-04T13:20:00.000+10:00

We are having a few problems here at the moment.
We wanted to spend a couple of weeks at Robinson River Station this time here. The roads are so bad we cant take the caravan out there. While it is an off-road van, it is not good to take it 2 hours plus on corrugations as bad as are here at the moment.

Then we thought we could go out for some day trips. Last week we were ready to to out for the Saturday, but something happened, and it was after 10.00 am when that problem was fixed.

Then we decided we would go the following Sunday to Robinson and share with the people there. Friday afternoon, after spending a greater part of the day translating scripts to record the following week, our car broke down.

The guard covering the fan broke and then the fan broke. After talks with insurance, we were able to get it trucked into town today.

We found out our car is imported so the parts may be hard to get.
Please pray for the parts. We are unable to get into town to work with people. We have 3 weeks left before leaving for Tennant Creek and Alice.

While we are getting some work done we really need more done before we go