What a wonderful trip ...which for me was perfect...Nic had the wonderful idea of the girls running along the pipeline....Tony says "Oh this pipe is higher then I remember" I think it's more these old bones can't jump high buildings anymore !!!!
Tony and I travelled alone but in convoy and we loved that lots of laughs and particularly me singing Happy Birthday to him 100 or so times...he loved that !!!
We were so blessed to have Naomi Nic and Jazmin on the trip..it was full of memories for me..sat in the Chapel and a flood of tears came as I thought of so many precious times ...It was where I was baptized it was where Tony and I were Married in that Chapel it was the City where I had 5 of my 7 babies....We traveled to all the old houses we lived in some still standing and some no longer there..we went to Hammond Park a favourite picnic spot and about the only lawn Park that was in Kal when I first lived there...The girls were amazing and so wonderful and fun they have such a big Branch up there, about 250 active members and sit right back and onto the Stage..altogether they have about 30 youth...I can hardly belief it...who would have thought......when I was there, there were at times 35 and that was counting all the children......for me it was a great strengthing time and a time of growth in my Testimony of the Gospel....only one original Member left there when I was first baptized in 1967 on the 17th of February oh I remember it well.
We were asked to clean the Chapel on the Monday before we left to go back home and the girls and Leaders did it willingly...I went to visit my old friend Ilze who was the Original Member
On the way home we diverted just for an hour and went to see Jack's Store which he has purchased in Doodlakine...huge Store come P.O. ...his biggest sales will come from Chemicals..oh how things have changed..he has a huge Shed with loads of Chemicals that kills everything but what the Farmers and growing
Tony and I travelled alone but in convoy and we loved that lots of laughs and particularly me singing Happy Birthday to him 100 or so times...he loved that !!!
We were so blessed to have Naomi Nic and Jazmin on the trip..it was full of memories for me..sat in the Chapel and a flood of tears came as I thought of so many precious times ...It was where I was baptized it was where Tony and I were Married in that Chapel it was the City where I had 5 of my 7 babies....We traveled to all the old houses we lived in some still standing and some no longer there..we went to Hammond Park a favourite picnic spot and about the only lawn Park that was in Kal when I first lived there...The girls were amazing and so wonderful and fun they have such a big Branch up there, about 250 active members and sit right back and onto the Stage..altogether they have about 30 youth...I can hardly belief it...who would have thought......when I was there, there were at times 35 and that was counting all the children......for me it was a great strengthing time and a time of growth in my Testimony of the Gospel....only one original Member left there when I was first baptized in 1967 on the 17th of February oh I remember it well.
We were asked to clean the Chapel on the Monday before we left to go back home and the girls and Leaders did it willingly...I went to visit my old friend Ilze who was the Original Member
On the way home we diverted just for an hour and went to see Jack's Store which he has purchased in Doodlakine...huge Store come P.O. ...his biggest sales will come from Chemicals..oh how things have changed..he has a huge Shed with loads of Chemicals that kills everything but what the Farmers and growing
That's it Jaz get into the Mopping
Being on ones Knees is always a good place to be...hey Nome !!!
Unfortunately only two of their youth turned up to clean...But they put on some great activities for the girls..I would say the whole trip was great and successful.
Who is the original member, wonder if it's someone I know? We were 1st family tracted and convertd by missionaries in 1958, baptised 1959. I was surprised they asked visitors to clean the chapel. It was half built when we left, have photos of ground breaking and building half done, worked on it as well. Ahhh memories. Fist meeting we attended was just 2 elders, Mum & myself and two daughters from where the elders boarded xxx
ReplyDeleteIlze Maisey....we should plan a trip back Gayle..just the four of us and go to some old places together would be fun...
DeleteWhat wonderful memories you shared, thanks Lajla for the little peek into your life with bothyour Kalgoorlie posts ,
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JL xxxxx