Support holy stuff for I am holy

We had a fantastic discussion in our church gathering yesterday that I’d love to share.
A couple of weeks previous we all watched a documentary about Oasis, a Salvation Army centre for youth homelessness located in Sydney.
Yesterday we discussed the film. We especially focused on our personal responses and our response as a group. We talked [...]

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Donate buttons

I have decided to use this blog to make money. No, not for me. I have set up Paypal buttons to allow readers to donate to Kidslink International. They are a fantastic charity, and I can promise that 100% of what you donate will go towards projects in third world countries (especially Mozambique) that directly [...]

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Going, going, gone!

The Kidslink auction that I mentioned in an earlier post was on Saturday night.
What a fabulous night! There were so many auction items to bid on, and the people there were wonderful, and getting into the spirit of the evening.
Kidslink raised what will probably (when all the figures are finalised) amount to around $17,000 [...]

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Thank God You Are Not My Child

I have two little girls (9 and almost-7) who are experts at not loving one another. I mean, they do love each other, just not during the 90% of the time that they are fighting. That 10% (while they are asleep, mostly) they love each other dearly. There is also a lot [...]

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The definition of insanity…

I am sitting down, eating my toast and reflecting on how insane I am.
I had sixteen girls in my house last night for my 9 year old daughter’s pyjama party, and four (plus my daughter) slept overnight afterwards. I learnt many things.
- Sixteen girls playing Sardines in the dark with glow sticks can make you [...]

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Update and Kidslink

An update on my health… I am still at my desk, and still barely alive. But – woohoo! – I made it through an entire workday semi-conscious. I even spoke coherently to customers.
What this post is really about is Kidslink. A team has just returned from Mozambique with some wonderful news.
Building for [...]

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Help stop the spread of Teenage Affluenza

Below is a World Vision Australia promo for this year’s 40 Hour Famine. Even though that specific event has passed, it really made me think about what values I am passing on to my children.

Thoughtfully,

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Going, going, gone! to the gentleman in the tweed hat

OK, hopefully nobody who attends will have awful enough fashion sense to wear a tweed hat, but I’d love to let you know about an auction that is coming up in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
It is to benefit Kidslink, who do some fantastic work in third world countries, especially focusing on the destitute children [...]

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Priorities

I dressed to the nines and went to an auction dinner a couple of nights ago for a football club. We were invited guests of my husband’s boss, and it was a lovely evening. Beautiful food, very good wine (the house wine they were offering was from our favourite winery), and I had [...]

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An eight year old parrot

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As a mother, this turns my stomach. I have an eight year old. I would hate it if she turned into a parrot who could not think for herself.
Children should be children, who get to learn how amazing God is, how wonderful life is, and how precious humanity can be. [...]

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Reaching the Children

I have for a long while now been supporting a charity that reaches children in some of the poorest areas of the world. They are Kidslink, and the do a tremendous job under very difficult circumstances.
I run Jewellery parties at my home (and in the homes of others) to raise money and awareness for [...]

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