Change of plans for today – we had thought we were going to visit Malyon College – a local Baptist college - but this will happen next week instead. Instead I went with Ian to visit an elderly lady who lives in a care facility. Unfortunately she was attending a service that began moments after we arrived, Ian said he would try again later in the week. When I got back we took the girls to a new park – Pineapple Park - that Jon discovered yesterday on the way home. They played for a bit then we took them to KFC – instead of beans and coleslaw they offer mashed potato and gravy! Ian was so surprised when we told him!
He took us to visit a Baptist church in Ipswich, south west of Brisbane. The pastor, a good friend of Ian's shared with us all about the church. It has only recently bought an old sports centre and they have renovated it beautifully. It was interesting to discover how the move affected the church as a whole.
The church has a strong focus on discipleship despite having three quite separate services and congregations. We were struck by how ambitious the pastor's vision for the future is.
This evening Jon went to the English conversation class again and led a session about the weather and whether! There were a few people away, particularly some of the helpers from the church, but it still went really well with the dozen or so who were there.
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