Queensland 2 Group Reporting In

How ya going?

Michael here reporting from the Stuartholme School in Brisbane. The group has been reunited after our week apart and we are all excitedly sharing our stories of adventure with each other. After our short reunion we headed off to a big Aussie barbie in a park. It was very moving to get a little taste of what we'll be doing for the next week. The food was absolutely delicious and our very own Steve Hill brought home the gold for the United States in the Lemington (chocolate and coconut frosted cake) eating competition! Diana then competed in the flip-flop fling competition but we let the other countries win that one.

I'll give you a little update on what the Queensland 2 group did over the week. The name of our experiment was "Surfing and Spirituality." We stayed at Loreto College in Coorparoo, Queensland. The school was very welcoming and made sure we felt right at home. We were there with one person from Malaysia, one person from Ecuador, three people from England as well as eleven Hungarians. We were able to learn many new songs, games, words, and dances from the Hungarians. We visited downtown Brisbane a bit, got to take a river cruise to see the city at night, spent some time on the Gold Coast, cuddled koalas, fed kangaroos, and learned about the Aboriginal people to name a few things.

God was definitely with us throughout the week. We were able to form strong bonds through the love of Christ with our MAGiS companions that we hope to keep for a long time. While we did not do the service project we had originally thought we were going to do, God has His way of working in us the way we needed. We all recieved the grace of openess and learned from the compassion of our brothers and sisters from around the world. Our God is so wonderful and we are so blessed to have spent our week enjoying His beautiful Creation "down unda." Thanks so much for all the comments and prayers. We hear and feel them all!

More to come soon!

May the peace of the Lord be with you all!

Michael :)