August 26th

We are feeling slightly more awake today - yesterday was lost to jet-lag! After the fastest 6 weeks we have ever experienced, here is the last entry for our Australia Blog. We have had a totally amazing experience and we are so grateful to God for allowing us the priviledge of serving Him on the other side of the world.
We got back to a wonderfully clean and sparkling house with gorgeous flowers and food in the fridge - we are really grateful to Dave and Jo for looking after our place so well - we haven't had to worry about anything at all. They have appreciated the time they have had here - it is a pleasure to be able to share what God has given us with our friends.
Looking back over our time on placement we seem to have done so much! It is difficult to identify any one thing that could be called a highlight - the whole time has just been fantastic. We have asked the girls what they think have been their highlights for the trip. They all agreed that the beach was pretty special. Abi and Beth both loved going to Seaworld while Bex loved Lone Pine. Beth said she also liked going on the ferry trips and Bex said that Kangaroo Point cliffs were just amazing!
We have not changed our minds about where we believe God is calling us - we believe that our future still lies here in the UK (for the moment at least!)
We all now have a love for Australia (at least the bits we saw!) but it is not the place that has truly captured our hearts - it is the people instead. Of all that we had to leave behind it is our new friends that we will miss the most. Thank goodness for technology - at least we will be able to keep in touch via the internet!
Many thanks to all of you who have prayed for us while we have been away - your prayers have been instrumental in making our placement such a success. We know that God has kept us safe in His hands the whole time.
So, for now, this is the end of our Australian adventure. We have about 10 days to get things straight before the girls go back to school and then another two weeks before college starts for us. We have our placement reports to write and our presentation to put together, but we will be taking some of the time ahead to have a break before all the hard work begins again!!!