BBQ - Assembly - BBQ...Oh My

Ok, so yes as of this moment we are on our road trip, but we will fill you in on all that once the big 3 day drive is complete. Until then, this is a quick catch up blog as a lot happened just before we left. I know, we should have done this post last week, but with so much going on we waited so we could do one big post.

First, at the beginning of March as many of you know, we moved from staying with Emma and Andrew to staying with Gaye and Peter Downing. This was awesome as they are an older but awesome couple. They really made us feel like family, I cooked tea (dinner) every night and we all ate together which was really nice and we played Wii and went in service together and it really just made for a great month.

So, before we left, these awesome people let us have about 22 from the congregation over for a BBQ. This is one of two, and since pictures speak louder then words, I will let them do the talking.

Then we had our two day Assembly, which both Siyani and I thoroughly enjoyed. I loved the 9 questions, it helped me to look for more in the talks and to have those specific points at the end to reflect on are great for our family study time. Siyani found the District Overseer very interesting as a person as he put  personal stories into his talks and had some fun things to say about his dog and prize tomato plants. It was also great to see so many from Bowen as I have not yet seen them on this trip and many of them had not yet met Siyani. Lets just say there was lots of hand shaking, hugging and cheek kissing.

This leads to the following pictures of an art project I attempted. It was a gift for a brother and good friend who got baptized at the assembly. The inspiration comes from Shaina and a gift she once gave me. It is a wall hanging with the love never fails scripture on it.

The first night of the assembly we had a second BBQ, complete with torrential rains (thankfully it was a covered patio). This time was mostly Bowen ites, Dale and Cheryl Williams and their boys and Reece and his sister Ashley and of course as always Taija and Rowen.

Now we will finish up with my favorite new things, which include the coolest pair of flats ever, they have spikes and the new camera which thankfully arrived before we left.

Hope you all enjoyed the pictures and keep tuning in as the Road Trip will be uploaded soon. The first big feature will of course be the drive but that drive takes us to something I have been so excited about, The Great Ocean Road. Until then, love to everyone.

Megan and Siyani