Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Canberra Day 2

Well, I (Chris) am feeling tons better... after a day and half of rest. Those Aussie bugs really take it out of you! Thank you for your prayers!

Today we met with all of the American Navigator missionaries in Australia. The Fitzgeralds have 3 daughters and have been ministering at the Australian Defence (Aussie sp) Force Academy for about 3 years. The Johnsons have been here for about 19 years and lead the Australian Navigators. Finally, the Meykolths have just been here for 6 months and are serving the students at Australian National University.

With the Johnsons, we got a tour of the Parliament House, in which we saw the Prime Minister's office. Well... it was just the Prime Minister's Office Door. We also got to sit a while in a question session of the parliament (where we saw the Prime Minister in person). During these sessions, each party takes turns asking questions of any minister they want. Sometimes this will result in a "lively" debate... which is mostly just for show for the public.

Sorry, no pictures... we forgot the camera!! :-(

Aussie Vocab of the Day: A Fair Go
Is your "mate" on the track for failure in his phone-cleaning business? Well, don't warn him or persuade him to stop. Everyone deserves their "fair go". The best teacher is failure.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

glad to hear you are doing better! We prayed for you!
Love
Aaron and Jess