40.6

The temperature in Perth is currently just a tad under 40 degrees celsius. It got to 40.6 degrees a couple of hours ago and hasn’t moved a lot since.

I’ll go and pick up Emily from school soon and I’m sure the whole family will slump into the pool to cool down for a while. Phew.



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The Picture Doesn't Tell the Full Story

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I’ve seen a few of these maps around and thought I might add one.

It makes it look like I’ve travelled through the US when the fact is that I spent a few hours at Honolulu airport in transit and then several more hours wandering around aiports in San Francisco and Salt Lake City on my way to Canada.

My overseas travelling is limited to a 10 day visit to Singapore in 1986, two weeks in Canada in 1992 and two weeks in India in February last year.



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Flat Stanley

I’ve been feeling a little ‘flat’ for a couple of days. Not a ‘do myself harm’ kind of flat, just a ‘low level hmmm’ kind of flat.

While pondering this ‘flat spot’ I remembered the kids book Flat Stanley. I ran a quick google check and found that the author of Flat Stanley, Jeff Brown, passed away unexpectedly in December last year.

It’s kind of interesting, though, that the Flat Stanley book has created a very interesting project for students around the world. It seems that, as in the book, they post Flat Stanleys around the world and journal his experiences. It’s called the Flat Stanley Project.

Imagine that – I’m feeling yuck and yet I still manage to learn something interesting. maybe I should send a Flat Stanley on a trip.



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Friday Five

This week’s Friday Five.

You have just won one million dollars:

1. Who do you call first?

My wife.

2. What is the first thing you buy for yourself?

An Italian bicycle.

3. What is the first thing you buy for someone else?

A new car for my wife.

4. Do you give any away? If yes, to whom?

Yes. Family, friends, church and a few selected ministries.

5. Do you invest any? If so, how?

Yes. Probably through a financial advisor. I have no idea how to invest money. If I did I wouldn’t have to win a million dollars.



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Urban Missionaries

I was cycling to work this morning and was passed by a learner driver.

It struck me that being a driving instructor would be a perfect occupation for an urban missionary. Instructors have a steady stream of people spending an hour or so at a time alone with them in their car over a period of weeks. Most of these people are around 17 or 18 years of age and at a transition stage in life.

The instructor is a ‘friend’ who is helping them to achieve something they desperately want – their license. There is a great deal of trust between an instructor and their student.

Obviously such a person needs to be sensitive and not spend the lesson preaching, but I’m sure there’d be great opportunity to share elements of faith during this time.

Are there other occupations that would allow opportunities like this?



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