Monday 13 July 2009

First Days in Stanthorpe

Not quite as cold here as we were expecting.

Only down to 1 degree last night, didn't even dip in to the negatives. Tonight though I think we're -3 already, but the place I'm staying is totally climate controls (amazing!) so I'm sitting here in a t-shirt and feeling fine.

Yesterday the team went to the Sunday Service at Stanthorpe Baptist and was introduced to the church. We had lunch with our host families at the local park and spent the afternoon doing our own thing.

Today we did a cultural walk of the town, learning from the senior pastor David about the culture of Stanthorpe and how that effects ministry. Lunch was at a cafe/winery out of town and then the afternoon was spent at the associate pastor's, Darryl, home talking about pastoral life in the country - and coming from a city church to a country church.

Tomorrow I'm going to the highschool to run a program with boys at risk, not sure exactly what it involves but I'm looking forward to actually doing something practical to help out around here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Deano - Mate. So Stanthorpe hasn't delivered on the wether yet. What can we expect when you are hiding out in a climate controlled home. You are not going soft are you?

Should we ask you how the coffee in town rates? Or just move onto the next topic...

BTW - the dude in question is not called the senior pastor. He rejected that 'title' for the preferred Team Leader.

I heard on the grape vine you are visiting a winery during the week. Just remember to spit and not swallow!!

If you are lucky you might get a negative temp later in the week. But hey a strong lad like yourself will enjoy coming to the 6am prayer meeting on Friday and embrace the cold :)

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