Adventures WorldRace SethBarnes Sponsorship Giving

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   Let me first say that Australia is not at all what I thought, imagined or expected it to be. It has surprised and shocked me. I really should have done some research before I got here. But you know life happens and you forget about the countries you will soon be going to. Until now that I am standing in the middle of the rainforest wondering why I never knew there was a rainforest here in the first place.

Our ministry in Australia is located at the Danier Rainforest National Park. It is the world’s oldest rainforest and it is one of two locations in the world where the rainforest meets the Great Barrier Reef and is located North Queensland, Australia.  We will be working with the Aboriginal (or ‘indigenous’) people who live the outskirts of Mossman. These people have been rejected by all society standards and yet they are desperately trying to hold onto their traditions that have been poorly stripped away. We are in a community where alcohol is prevalent not just only in men but also in women.

We were asked to partner up and work with Janice the local community church pastor. Janice started a preschool program at the church in which she is fully funded by Compassion. Also, we are blessed to stay in the church. By society standards it’s not the greatest accommodations but I am learning that less is sometimes more. Also, I am learning to make do with what you have. In the church there are 6 hard benches, so we put them together and created three beds for people where you can also hang your clothes to dry, very convenient and important. Then the other three girls usually sleep on the floor or use their tents. Nicole always uses her tent because of all the spiders. They are the majority here!
 
 
 
                                            
 Casondra and I at the airport                                                                             This the view outside our door
 
   Play group
           Crazy Tama                         
 
                           Cute Jet-Tyler