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lunch and recess
activities. Throughout
all of these activities
we have had one goal
and one goal only,
that isto share the
love of Jesus with all
the people we have
met in Darwin.

Whilst striving to
share this truth we
have come to learn so,
so much more about
this love that Jesus
has. We have had
the honour to spend
time in the Aboriginal
communities of
Wadeye and the Tiwi
islands, and there we
found our faith challenged. Not challenged in a bad
t was the 23rd of July around 6pm and we had way, but challenged in a way that made us want to
just finished a five day road trip from Brisbane. know Jesus more intimately and more fully. We saw
IWe had crossed these border in the uncertain the way that the people of these communities loved
times and had finally made it to Darwin, our new God, and loved God’s creation so much, and we
home, the place we would minster for the next were inspired to love Jesus more and more. I think
four months. We were super keen, all of us with that sums up our experience, our time in Darwin
big dreams of what these months would entail. So has taught us to love Jesus more and more, to rely
many ideas were being spoken about, so many on him in every aspect of our daily lives.
opportunities were in front of us, and we just
wanted to dive straight in. Now I sit, almost at the
end of those four months, reflecting on our time So, yes, our time in Darwin is up. It’s going to be
and I realised that so many of those dreams came a very hard place to leave, and there are many,
true, and so many dreams that were never dreamed many thankyous that need to be said. I don’t have
were realised. Our time in Darwin has been one full enough room to write every name, but we need
of blessings, challenges and a realisation that God to thank every teacher, Principal, APRE and ISA at
is so much bigger than everything else. every school; every Priest in the Diocese; all the
CEO and diocesan staff; every family we have met,
every single young person we have had the absolute
We have had the honour to go into 12 schools in joy to minister to. In a very special way we would
the Diocese, immerse ourselves in 9 or more parish like to thank Bishop Charles for allowing us into the
communities, and never once did we feel like Diocese and trusting us to work with the youth of
o u tside r s. Darwin. Last - but certainly not least - we would
We were like to thank Kathryn Pettersen who has been our
w el comed contact person and scheduling coordinator as well
in straight as the Diocesan Youth and Young Adults coordinator
a w a y , this year. Without her tirelessly following up schools,
and were answering our phone calls and emails at all hours of
greeted with the night, nothing this year would’ve been possible.
a bsolute
generosity
and open Once again on behalf of myself, Bree, Jess, Crescent,
hea rts. Matt and Mariah we say thank you and God bless.
In the
schools and Peter Munns
pari shes,
we have run
retreats,
y outh "Dear Young people, make the
groups,
class room most of these years of your youth.
a ctiv itie s,
participated Don't observe life from a balcony.
in liturgical Don't confuse happiness with an
music, and
been able armchair, or live your life behind a
to hang screen .... Make a ruckus!"
out with
the young
pe o ple Pope Francis
during their