Here at last!

Dramas, we had a few!
Just as we were leaving Woodberry, we had a slight mishap. Dennis was winding up the legs on the caravan, so we could leave, and one of the legs broke!  A quick trip off to Jayco for spare parts. While we were grateful that it happened before we left, it was rather frustrating to have to make a 40 minute trip just before pulling out the driveway.

Frustrated Dennis fixing the leg

The trip was uneventful. We stayed at Gympie with some friends and went to church with them. We ended up staying 24 hours there, so we had to keep moving fast to get to Borroloola on the Friday.

After many long hours in the car, we arrived on Thursday afternoon, half a day earlier than we planned. This was great as we had some time to be quiet and rest before setting up for the Rodeo on Saturday.

Every time we travel up and back with ministry, we lament we have to keep to a schedule. There are so many interesting places we have to pass by..... One day we will travel just for fun!

While we were traveling up here, our neighbour rang to tell us he stopped some young kids from breaking into our house. Needless this caused a bit of stress and feelings of helplessness. Jarrod, our 3rd son is home but he starts work at 3.00 pm and does not finish until around midnight. This means the house is empty when the kids are home from school.

The rodeo was a good time to catch up with people we have not seen for ages. We had a table there and shared about the 5 fish app, had phones and bibles and posters to sell. 

Stand at the Borroloola Rodeo

We have now begun the process of finding people to help with the script and recording. There are a few people we have begun to test with recording to see if they are suitable. Finding people to help with the translation work is a bit harder.

We are staying on an outstation called Wandangula.  Don't try to pronounce it as it does not sound as it is spelled.  This is where Nelita's family live.

This has been great for accommodation but not for internet.  We bought a prepaid internet, but it does not seem to work for us. It was fine at home, but does not let us do anything here. The internet at the library is $3.00 for 15 minutes. The net is so slow there that we dont use it.

I tried to upload more pictures but the net is so slow I have given up.