Work, Wiggles, Wickham & Watoto

Hey,

I should be off getting my bag packed for work, so of course I'm writing a quick post instead. An early start awaits tomorrow (3am-ish) as I'm off to Sydney for the next couple of days, and our company likes to make sure we don't waste a minute by insisting that all flights are booked for 6am. I say 3-ish because, although I would normally leave the house by 4:00am, tomorrow I have to drop in at my local office to collect something on the way to the airport. Yay! I'm also heading back to Brisbane for the next couple of weeks, so not really looking forward to that. We've thought about trying to bring Mel & Jessica up with me, and even trying to get out to Wiggles World (it's part of Dreamworld I think), but it may prove just a little too difficult - particularly as they have me working night shift while I'm up there (10pm starts I believe).

Getting off the topic of Work as quickly as I can (which is not nearly soon enough), have you heard of Phil Wickham yet? If not, I'm pretty sure you will soon. We picked up his self-titled CD last week, after hearing just a snippet of "Grace" on the radio, and have to say that it is a wonderful album. If you go to his website (http://www.philwickham.com), you can hear some of the songs yourself. I think "Grace" is still my favourite (wonderful lyrics, passionate delivery), but it's a CD filled with some very unique & memorable tracks. Beautiful stuff.

Speaking of music, we ventured out on Sunday morning to see/hear/experience the Watoto Childrens Choir peforming at Berwick COC. I hadn't seen them before, but Mel had unexpectedly caught a preview show at the shopping centre in Fountain Gate on Saturday. If you haven't seen 21 Ugandan orphans beaming with delight as they dance and sing about being rescued (Watoto is a Christian outreach and purpose-built 'village' that provides family, housing, health, education and leadership traing to Ugandan orphans), then you're missing out. I think they are still going to be touring in Victoria for awhile, so if you get a chance to see them, I heartily recommend it. Here's their website: http://www.watoto.com/

Must go and pack! Good night.

M