My Sisters-In-Christ

I am home again and Peter is back at full time work.
Thank you all so much for your prayers...they mean more than I can say.

It was a long long trip back home, through many sugar cane plantations and past road repairs.
The worst thing was the burn-off's ... This is when the cane is burnt and thick smoke stifles your breath and clouds your view.

It took a day and a half to get home. Then after a good rest, some house cleaning and washing I was off again to meet with old friends.
The three of them flew up from Sydney to meet me at Mooloolaba (mid Sunshine Coast).
I have know them from forty four to almost fifty years.  A long time, yet this is the first time in many years, we have come together.
What a joy! Only for three nights but every minute was a thrill.

An Aerial View....of where we stayed.
I have draw around the complex and put an X on our suite.

My friends live in New South Wales, where I came from originally.....they all called this paradise.
(I believe Heaven will be a thousand times nicer.)
The waters of the Pacific ocean are a clear Blue/Green and absolutely brilliant.

The view from our balcony.  Fresh sea air blew in through the sliding doors so there was no need for the air-con.  Waves crashing on the beach soon put all us weary chooks to sleep at night.

Below left: Me, Angelina (my Godmother) and Janette (my Cousin).    Kathleen took the photo.

We are here waiting on a bus to take us to the next town. In younger years we would have walked, it was only about two miles.
I was contemplating dying my hair back to the original blond, we are vain creatures aren't we.
But Ray likes it natural, so here I am.

This is Kathleen... her sister was my sister-in-law, and both were as my own sisters. Our children all grew up very closely together. My children call her Zia Kathy... (Italian for Auntie).

I loved our time together..
How sweet is friendship!

The best part of all is, they are my sisters-in-Christ.
May the Lord richly Bless them and their families always.

Romans 12:10  
"Love one another with sisterly/brotherly affection. 
Out do one another in showing honor."

A Best Friend

We have three little dogs and they all vi for our affection.
When it comes to loving you, who can compare.

Have you heard the story of Reggie?

 This is Reggie, or as his new owner discovered....his real name was Tank.

He belonged to a soldier who could no longer keep him.
Put into an animal refuge, Reggie waited for a family to adopt him.
However, he couldn't get on with anyone.
Until...one lady tried and tried with him.
Finally she read a letter given to her with the dog,  from the previous owner.
This was from a soldier and explained why he wasn't able to keep Reggie, who's real name was Tank.
As soon as the new owner named him Tank, the dog began to respond.
And the soldier who couldn't keep him?
Well, the new owner remembered his name.
She had seen it in the paper, he was killed in action.

Man's best friend, is also a soldiers best friend.

 "Ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you. Which of these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind." 

(Job 12:7-10)