Muckadilla

So, The Outback. No, not the restaurant. I’m talking the real, honest, actual bush walking, kangaroo hunting, livestock raisin’, desert meets farming Aussie Outback. It was awesome. A totally different pace of life from what us city folk are used to. It was Geoff’s sister’s home and they live on 40,000 acres give or take just outside of ‘Muckadilla’ – could there be a better name for a town? They raise cattle, sheep and goats, but they also have wild goats, emu, and kangaroos. It’s his sister, her husband, and one hired man that run the whole thing. They were very kind and generous, drove us around the land and gave us an Australian Safari. It was fun seeing the Roos and Wallaby hopping about. Right now they are in the middle of a very difficult drought so there’s not much for their stock to eat. But they don’t complain much. They trust the good Lord for what they need, and live by sun up and sundown. It’s a simple but not easy way of life and I can see how it could be very rewarding. The first thing you notice is the quiet, followed by all the stars at night. It is always amazing to “be still and know”…

I (Jason) got up at 3:45 in the morning and climbed a local mountain with some of the “mates” from here. In the words of one of them, “A- maze- ing”. The views were incredible, and the climb was sketchy at best. But it was awesome to be out and about in God’s creation. We feel very at home here, because so much of the culture and terrain is similar to California. Geoff and Lyndal have been great friends to have here. So generous with their time and resources. God has surrounded us with wonderful people both home and abroad and we are thankful.

We leave on Tuesday to go up the northern coast so we may be out of internet for a while but we’re getting close to coming home, we miss everyone, we’re excited to see you soon, and Australia is “A- maze- ing”.