Because of our Bible translation training in Australia in 2009, we have churches that pray for us and support our work here, and some great friends there as well. Our last visit to Australia was way back when Kaiden was born, 4 1/2 years ago, so it was fantastic to get to go again and catch up with people this last May/June!
A friend of ours invited Gretch and I to a ladies' Bible study that meets weekly. They are great prayer warriors for missionaries so we were so thankful to get to share and are grateful for their prayers!
Delicious snacks afterwards!
All the praying ladies.
Visiting my friend Nadia. She is a lovely lady and I'm so thankful I could see her a few times!
Visiting friends the Armytages, who worked in Vanuatu a few years. They have 4 boys who are Jesiah's besties so he was overjoyed to be able to hang out with them for a day.
Hanging out with the Hughes-Gage clan.
We were able to share with several churches while in Australia. Here are some congregations Houghton got pictures of. Not pictured is Watsonia church. We were encouraged by old friends, and meeting new ones as well.
Rockbank church.
Craigiburn church.
Albion church.
We got to do some fun activities with friends as well.
Our fantastic hosts (who I never took a picture of - argh!) got a new puppy, Barney. He was great fun to have around the house.
The local library had a type of free Comic Con event, including a fantasy illustration workshop Jesiah and I attended. We learned about drawing dragons, which was a lot of fun.
Light saber lessons - a vital life skill!
Some kind of musical chairs type game.
At a zoo with Australian only animals.
I LOVED getting to feed and pet the little kangaroos. They smell surprisingly...good.
Very impressive park.
Rollerskating!
A very fun science museum.
Gorgeous area outside a local mall/shopping center.
Kaiden would have been happy to do this ALL....DAY...LONG. :)
Feeding goats at a local park.
On a hay ride at a local park.
Beautiful countryside!
The girls and I started going through a puberty book in Australia together. So of course we had to go get ice cream or something fun whenever we read chapters!
Jesiah, Gwen, and Addy returned to Vila with me on our planned departure date. Houghton and Gretchen stayed on in Australia 2 more weeks for some appointments for Kaiden. We had fun together traveling and in Vila.
We're grateful to our friends and supporting churches in Australia for their encouragement and fellowship. It was a nice refresher away from Vanuatu for a bit!
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