Hospital visit & year 9 camp

Been an interesting two days.

My lunch was interrupted yesterday by a loud knock at the door. A local women was desperately trying to get her friend to hospital to have emergency dental surgery. She was experience extreme frustration with ambulance and other medical services and was trying to find a volunteer driver to go from Healesville to Carlton. She was desperate, and I offered to drive her friend in to the hospital. Bit of a weird random thing to do, but a great opportunity to show God's love in a practical way.

This morning I hung out with the year 9's from the high school in the city. They are spending a few days "camping" in the city. Today they went to 614 Melbourne to learn about social issues faced in the city through the eyes of The Salvation Army. Kris from 614 did a great job opening up the young people's eyes to the issued faced by people experiencing homelessness.

So it's been an interesting few days! From helping someone experiencing hardship here in the 'ville, to challenging young people about addressing issues of poverty.

Some great news - I have now been endorsed by ACCESS Ministries as a school chaplain!! This provides an additional avenue for serving the community down the track.

Planning day for school holiday program tomorrow. I'm not answering any more knocks at the door 'cause I am running out of time to finish planning!!