Well, a few things have happened since last I wrote and that includes the opening of the Beijing Olympics. How amazing was that!! That aside there is plenty happening here in Alice Springs. One of the things that Warwick has been doing on his one day off per week is volunteering at 'Adelaide House'. This building was the first hospital in 'Alice' and was built by the Rev. John Flynn who began the work of the Australian Inland Mission and went on to be the brains behind the beginnings of the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Adelaide House is now a museum and is looked after by the JohnFlynn congregation and a faithful band of volunteers. I am now helping with that as well and when we were there last Monday week we were very surprised to meet up with an old aquaintance from our days in Fiji, Rev Chris Meneilly from Melbourne. It was great to catch up with him and he was very keen to come and have a look at the college, which he did and he also gave devotions to the boys.
I started my tutoring last Thursday night and that went ok. The girls were sweet and VERY shy but the boys kept sniffing loudly and making other horrible noises and used about half a box of tissues in 10 minutes!!! I guess I'll get used to that! Warwick now has 18 boys under his wing and I can tell you it's a mad scramble at shower time!! Most of them are loveable rascals but there are always a few in any group who really try your patience. There was a BBQ breakfast a week ago as it was a long weekend here - the boarding staff were warn out by the end of the weekend. Warwick had 3 of his boys run off after the movies over that weekend. They were apprehended by the police in no time and all had their own clothes confiscated for the rest of the week. All they were allowed to wear was their school uniform so they'd stand out as having done the wrong thing!
I joined a small group of the Acapella choir that I am singing with at a launch for the Alice Springs Desert Festival last Friday. We sang 2 things and that was my first performance with the group. It went well and we also sang at the Old Timers Fete yesterday which was fun. The crowd seemed to love our music! This fete is a real institution here in 'Alice'. Thousands come and many thousands are raised - $63,000 actually!! I worked on the Babywear stall and we made $1,500. Warwick helped on the Satay Stall which the church runs and they made $1,200. Not bad!! 'Old Timers' is the Nursing Home at which I work and it is operated by Frontier Services of the Uniting Church.
It's Warwick's 65th birthday on Thursday and I'm taking him to the Australian Ballet on Thursday night. Yes, even the Australian Ballet makes it to 'Alice' - well actually it's not the main company but it's still great that the people up here can experience ballet of that standard.
That's it for now........................
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