What a mission!

Champion City went really well and I enjoyed it even more than last year which was my first mission.

God was at work by answering our prayers to having good weather, healing sick leaders, working in kids hearts (with one girl coming to know the Lord - Praise the Lord! - and many kids asking lots of questions), building relationships with kids and parents, having fun and so much more...!!!

It was so much fun giving lots of piggy backs, shoulder rides, talking with kids, jumping castle, face painting, lolly run, dress-ups, etc.

I am also looking forward to being the Director of a Ballarat Mission this coming September which is exciting.

I encourage everyone to get involved in some form of mission because it is so important to save the lost and as Chris Hill put it - "Plunder hell and populate heaven".

Snapshot Mania

Well after starting Snapshot blogs I have decided that a better idea would be to publish them elsewhere as it would help the blog load lots quicker so here is a link to my collection of snapshots:

http://picasaweb.google.com.au/shmily007

Check them out! Will let you know each time more are added.

Also, there will be no blogs for quite a while (like that is not already the case) as I will be going to Warrnambool for Champion City which is a beach mission run by Scripture Union. It should be really good, so looking forward to it.

Catchya later.

Shaking the planet

I went to the Planetshakers Conference in Melbourne last week and really enjoyed it. I was challenged in many aspects like my passion, reaching out to this and the next generation (more the next generation), increase in my faith, praying more, more devotion time and much more.

I heard an interesting fact that only about 6% of what is learnt is implemented by people that go to the Planetshakers conference. I am determined to be in the 6% and improve those statistics by not letting the 'spiritual high' finish just like that without changing my life to serve God even more than before the conference.

It would be good if people ask me how I am going implementing it because then that would help me to be motivated - held accountable.

Snapshot #1

I have decided that I will post some pictures of different things that I have taken which should be interesting for you and of course you can download the pictures and set them as your background if you really like them!


The above picture was taken through the car window of some cloud where the suns rays were poking through. Not too bad a shot through a car window as we were travelling along!

Low and dry

Beautiful Lake Wendouree or no lake? This shot of the lake was taken yesterday and yeah there is not much to see is there? It sure shows the severity of the drought and the need for everyone to turn (back) to God in prayer for Him to break the droughts as He is the only one who can do so.

I like Skippy

I like Skippy because he tastes so good on the dinner plate.



We had kangaroo for tea tonight and I was reminded of just how nice it tastes. I wonder if you have tasted kangaroo, if you haven't you sure are missing out. It looks very similar to beef, tastes similar but it is a nice, tender and lean meat. Highly recommended.

I wonder why this meat has not been placed in the McOz burger because it just ain't Aussie if it doesn't have the national emblem in it.

This juicy kangaroo comes fresh like this:


It then is prepared:

and cooked into some great dishes.

Knight Aaron

Here comes the first post featuring a picture for my blog. This could be classed as a breakthrough but here's hoping for more regular blogging!


The story for the above picture is that I made the outfit for a friend's 21st birthday party as it was a medieval theme. I bought the metal helmet and then made the chest armour, sword, shield and shoulder protectors out of cardboard. It took a bit of time but worked out quite well.

The only things that were a problem, was with trying to see out of the helmet and sitting down in the chest armour. The holes and eye gap were a little off for where I can see out of so it limited my visibility and the chest armour was hard to sit down in as it pushed up quite a lot so I stood for a fair while to begin with.

All in all it was a great night from the court jesters who gave funny acts, the knights who had pasta sword fight, kings speech about his princess and then the princess giving her speech, and much more.