THE SONG OF ELIZABETH

1. It’s been a hard life, I’m not complaining,
but I’ve often known the bitter taste of death. And I’ve been lonely and oh so weary,
but I’ve had to battle on with every breath.
It’s been a long drought out back, it’s been a long drought out back, I’ve had a long drought within.

2. I’d waited too long to hope for children,
when it seemed my tired womb began to grow. But still I waited, oh how I waited
for a sign of life, a kick, so I could know.

3. That day I watched as my cousin Mary
walked over summer paddocks, bare and brown.
When she spoke simply – “Hullo, how are you?” –
my baby broke its six month sleep in leaps and bounds.

4. Being a woman with life inside me,
it was wonderful to live that day.
And knowing Mary, and who she carried, I knew that I would never be alone again.

ALWS 5/10/23

To say I've been inactive on my website is a serious understatement! I've written nothing here since early 2021. 

So, does this mean the world has stopped for us, that nothing is happening?
A major event for us in 2022 was moving house in October. We had been in Modbury Heights since July 1993.Now we're back in Klemzig.

In May we travelled to the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia, seeing work supported by Australian Lutheran World Service. Dorothy and I are Ambassadors for the ALWS programme, Lives You Touch. We are encouraging people to leave money in their will for the work of ALWS. We committed to leave a third of our will many years ago and hope many others can touch lives in this way.
Since then we have visited Box Hill & Loxton with Jonathan & Julie Krause as part of the Asante presentations, promoting the cause of ALWS. Still to come this year are Asante events in Toowoomba & Rochedale (Nov 26 & 27) and Perth (Dec 10)

Looking forward to seeing many people on these occasions.