In the July holidays a team from the College went on a College mission trip to Mozambique. We went to help out Iris Ministries who among other things run a Children’s Centre catering for about 300 children in the capital city, Maputo. We spent the majority of our time at the Centre working with the children.

Our team, Josh Stevenson, Liam Dawson, Kaitlyn Furze, Bernadette Luces and Mrs Murphy enjoyed a very busy trip. They were regularly found playing with the babies, making new friends and helping out where they could. It was a blessing to take such a fine team on this mission trip.

We were able to take with us over a $1000 in fundraising money. We asked that some of the money be used to buy toys for the 5 – 10 years old boys’ dormitory as a lot of the toys we found there were broken.  We also took with us over 100 bibs for the Baby House.

 I think one of the most impacting parts of the trip was the visit to the city garbage dump where a community lives on and around the enormous pile of garbage. It was a privilege to be able to go into the homes of these people and pray for them.  It certainly showed us that people are more important than possessions and how Jesus can be the answer to a lot of issues in our lives.

We were truly blessed to be able to experience the wildlife of Africa in Kruger National Park. Although we didn’t see lions this year we did find the elusive leopard.

We all made many new friends on our trip and I am sure, although we may never meet them again, they will always be in our hearts.

Unfortunately, our trip to Central Australia for this year has had to be cancelled. We are all upset and disappointed about this but the decision needed to be made.

We are believing for 2013!

We are looking at ways to stay connected with the community at Willowra. If you have any good ideas, please share them with us.