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Slogan for Christian churches, combining four outreaches during the Commonwealth games in Northern Melbourne. More than Gold 06

Sue's Caption reads: Binalong Bay is five minutes from St. Helens Tasmania. The sand is so white that it hurts your eyes and squeaks under your feet when you walk! The Aqua marine waters are birthed in the Antarctic. The beach is covered with thousands of miniature shells. Tasmanian Sunset

Rainbow the Clown at the Georgetown Baptist Church Pastors John and Cheryl Denman at their favorite counseling spot, the St. Helens Coffee Shop.

Anyone traveling to Tasmania may want to check in with Sue and Carolyn regarding good places to eat. Sue writes, "This Seafood platter (left) only cost 12 USD. Shared, that is six dollars each. "

Sue writes: Japanese Jellies with lychees served at our friends Alan and Helene’s house, in Melbourne. Yum! This photo was taken during a visit to Pastor Richard Holland during his stay at the hospital. Pastor Richard is the founder of the largest church in Melbourne. Pastor Richard’s surgery to implant a pacemaker was successful and an answer to prayer. Sue writes, [His] pacemaker should have him up and running for the Commonwealth Games!

The first of three trips this month to Tasmania went very well. Carolyn and I departed Melbourne on the ferry called the Spirit of Tasmania. We took Carolyn’s car to leave there for transportation this month. The ferry docks in Devonport and then we drove into Kingston, a small community outside of Hobart (am I challenging your geographical knowledge of Tasmania yet?). We arrived on a Friday and on Saturday began a seminar for City Light Church consisting of us as the speakers from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday we did two family services, morning and evening. Monday morning we did a combined chapel for the Christian School belonging to the church. We had a few days break before going on to our next camp located in Orford, Tasmania. This camp was very interesting. The type of camp we were originally asked to do changed three times in the space of two weeks. It reminded me of one of the sessions I taught in the Kingston Saturday seminar. I mentioned the importance of flexibility in ...

Sue and Carolyn are continuing their travels through Tasmania. To the right is Sue's latest addtion to her travel blog. Her caption for this photo is, "Stonehinged Haystack Tasmania!"

Children working on the David & Goliath posters. Kids' camp chapel Sue writes that the camp is going well. She mentioned that only three or four of the children come from church backgrounds. Sue and Carolyn have 21 adults helping with the camp.

Sue's photo for today: The caption reads Oyster Bay at Swansea

Bronze statue of Louis Bernacchi explorer, magnetical observer, Southern Cross Antarctic expedition 1899 Hobart Post Office Circa 1800s Dusting of snow on Mt. Wellington Tasmania, mid-summer Sue also writes: This weekend we head to a camp in Orfords on the North East coast.

Sunday February 5, 2006, Sue conducted a chapel for Kingston School. The Kingston School students range from ages five to ten.

Tea Room Crocodile Head in a Cake Safe I'll be filling in for Sue, while she's traveling, by keeping her blog updated with the latest news. Sue will be sending photos and information via her mobile phone and multimedia text messaging, throughout her trip, whenever she can. As mentioned in her previous entry, Sue and Carolyn are traveling in Tasmania to minister to the people there. One of their stops was a quaint tea room. It appears that Crocodile Under Glass was one of the menu items. We’ll have to ask them if they tried any once they’re back. I'll post more travel updates as they come in. Sue and Carolyn, our prayers are with you.