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OFF THE BITUMEN NEWSLETTER… PRESBYTERIAN INLAND MISSION North West N.S.W. PATROL DENNIS AND JANELLE HOWARD PO BOX 107 GILGANDRA 2827 N.S.W. Ph (02) 68472726 Mob 0427472726
May - June 2007
HELLO TO ALL OUR READERS. PRAISE GOD FOR THE RAIN WE HAVE HAD IN GILANDRA,
MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR PATROL AREA HAVE RECEIVED SOME RAIN ALSO.
EARLY IN THE MONTH OF MAY DENNIS TOOK A LOAD OF BEES TO OUR SITE IN THE CHANNEL COUNTRY AND STAYED WITH ONE OF OUR STATION VISITS AND HELPED HIM WITH FENCING FOR THE WEEK.
JANELLE STAYED HOME AND SORTED THRU THE MANY DONATIONS THAT TERRY AND JUDY HAD DROPPED OFF AFTER DEPUTATION.
LATER IN THE MONTH WHILE PACKING UP TO GO ON PATROL WE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM STATION OWNERS WHO LIVE 90KS SOUTH WEST FROM TIBOOBURRA TO SAY THEY HAD RAIN WITH 2INCHES FALLING THAT MORNING AND RAIN THE WEEK BEFORE.
THE MAILMAN HASN’T BEEN ABLE TO GET THROUGH FOR 3 WKS AND ALSO NO ONE CAN LEAVE THE STATION, BUT THEY WERE CERTAINLY NOT COMPLAINING. WE DID RING AROUND TO FIND OUT WERE ELSE IT HAD RAINED AND WHAT ROADS WERE CLOSED. WHILE DOING THIS WE RECEIVED ANOTHER PHONE CALL FROM A STATION OWNER TO TELL US THAT THEIR YOUNG SON HAD BEEN TAKEN TO WESTMEDE, SYDNEY AFTER A BONFIRE ACCIDENT WITH AN EXPLODING BOTTLE WHICH CAUSED BURNS AND GLASS IN THE EYE.
WET ROADS MEANT NO PATROL OUT WEST SO WE HEADED EAST TO DO PASTROL CARE.
EARLY JUNE SAW US HEADING EAST AGAIN FOR PERSONAL REASONS SO WE CONTACTED HURSTVILLE PRESY AND DID DEPUTATION ON SUNDAY MORNING, AND WENT TO DAVE WOOLCOTS ORDINATION SUNDAY ARVO, IT WAS A JOY TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE AND CATCH UP WITH THE WOOLCOTTS.
LATER IN JUNE WE TRAVELED SOUTH TO VISIT PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT US IN OUR PATROL THROUGH PRAYER AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT. .
WE SPENT TIME WORSHIPPING WITH COWRA PRESY AND WERE MADE TO FEEL VERY WELCOME OVER A CUPPA AFTER THE SERVICE. WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE NEW MINISTER AT CONDOBOLIN WHO HAS BEEN THERE FOR 5MTHS, COMING FROM TASSIE BEFORE DOING BIBLICAL TRAINING IN SYDNEY FOR 4 YRS. THEY HAVE A YOUNG SON AND FINDING CONDO DIFFERENT, BUT ENJOYING IT…
JUNE IS THE START OF WINTER AND WHILE ON PATROL DENNIS PICKED UP THE FLU AND A NUMBER OF DAYS WERE VERY COLD. WE WERE VERY GLAD IT WASN’T TOO WET. WE DID HAVE A SHOWER ONE NIGHT. THE CAMP FIRE IS KEPT GOING MOST NIGHT, WHICH MEANT COLLECTING ENOUGH WOOD BEFORE NIGHT FELL. WE DO A LOT OF COOKING ON THE CAMP FIRE IN THE WINTER AND ITS LOVELY TO SIT BY IT AND KEEP WARM., WE HAVE JUST GOT TO REMEMBER TO COVER TOILET SEAT UP OF A NIGHT AS A DEWY SEAT IS NOT NICE AND A FROSTY ONE IS WORSE.
INVITES TO OUR PIM 2007 BUSH EVENT@ DENNIS AND JANELLES PLACE…AUG.25TH &26TH ARE CIRCULATING ABOUT . PLEASE GRAB ONE. ( THANK YOU TO TONY AND TIM FOR ORGANISING THE LAYOUT AND PRINTING)
PRAYER POINTS … PRAISE FOR RAIN ….PIM BUSH EVENT .....SAFETY ON PATROLS
GOD BESS FROM DENNIS AND JANELLE |