Fun on a free day (in Australia)

After several busy days of meetings with the College of Education, we had some free time today before the large YwamTogether event started this evening. A group of us decided to rent a couple of vehicles and go to visit the Billabong animal sanctuary which is just ten miles south of Townsville. I have to confess it was a lot of fun: we got to feed kangaroos, hold a koala, a wombat, a snake and a baby crocodile, watch a bird show, and pat a dingo.

Here are a couple of the highlights of the day. The first picture shows me with Tonka the wombat and KKI friends' kids from Argentina. The second picture shows me with Mac the koala, and in the third I'm feeding a kangaroo.

 

The YWAM Together event kicked off tonight with a great cultural welcome to Australia (including Australian songs, indigenous music... and even a crocodile and snake on stage from the Billabong sanctuary.) YWAM Townsville deserves to be in the Guiness Book of Records. After we closed our meeting with worship, they served pavlova dessert to everyone present. That's 1350 bowls of dessert, served to an international crowd from 73 different nations. Amazing! Tomorrow will be our first full day with an exciting programme of worship, multi-media, seminars and expositions. 
Thanks for your prayers.