Rainbow Valley

A good time to be reminded of God's promises...

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COVID-19 and its Consequences

So, the world has been turned upside down by a virus that few took seriously until a few weeks ago.
Panic buying has emptied the stores of pasta, rice, flour, sugar and toilet paper.
Currently, most restaurants, pubs, clubs, and social gatherings have been either banned or restricted.

Churches have closed. Our North Mackay Church is now all online. We are using Zoom to connect with other members and trying to keep our elderly ones safe.

As I work at the shopping centre, I've been able to buy TP  for some of Sharlene's colleagues that have had difficulty in getting to the shops in time. Everything is bought out by 9am.

Queensland has enforced either early holidays or student free days. NDIS offices are reducing staffing to skeleton crew, meaning I'll be working remotely from home alternate weeks.

Solar Panels are GO!

The solar panels that Sharlene’s tax return bought were installed today and began reducing our power bill from 1:10pm, at which time our meter read 7227kw hours.

Our system is about 7kw on two strings with 8.2kw inverter, evenly divided north and west facing.

Junior Camp and its Aftermath

A week into January, Zem and Az went off to Junior camp. They caught a bus that was traveling through to Somerset. 

By Wednesday, Zem had somehow fractured his heel but initially everyone thought it was a sprain. (Not sure how, but the closest we can get is that he pencil dived into the shallow end of a pool.) He was eventually put in plaster after an X-ray identified a crack in the bone. “No weight-bearing!” Was the instruction. But try telling that to a 12 year old who doesn’t feel pain well.  

Well, on Tuesday, it was the first day at school. It was raining. Hard. I dropped the younger ones to their school, but Zem was going to his new high school. So we prayed for the rain to stop while Zem was settling in. In the 10 minutes it took to drive to his school, the rain slowed and stopped, so that Zem’s cast stayed dry. It stayed stopped until I got back in my car to leave, and then it poured down again.

On Thursday, Zem had a CT scan in his heel and it was identified that the break was more significant than previously thought. He now has a ‘moon boot’, so at least he can now have a bath, but still on crutches and still no weight bearing. 

Check up in 4 weeks.