Julie:
In June Kel and I met with members of the Pymble
Uniting Church who are interested in using their skills and resources to make a difference in the bush. One of the places that Kel suggested to them as a town to work with was Enngonia and the members of the congregation decided they were keen to explore the possibilities of a lasting relationship with the people of that community. Earlier this month in consultation with the school Principal, Rosey Earle, it was decided that a bus for the school and community would have an enormous impact on the town. Enngonia is 100km north of Bourke and there is no public transport to the larger centre or a bus that the school can use for sporting and educational trips, so a bus in town would be well used. Having accepted the challenge, the Pymble congregation are tackling the objective of proving a bus, with the offer of someone coming to Enngonia to show the locals how to maintain it and also the offer of motor mechanic work experience in Sydney. As you can imagine there is great excitement on both sides at being able to pull this project together and they are looking forward to meeting each other at the Christmas party in Enngonia in December.
Not content to focus on the bus only the people in Pymble have also sourced 10 or more one year old computers that can be donated to Enngonia and the community is currently working on plans to make the best use of these computers.
For Kel and I it is a privilege to see the results of people of goodwill coming together with a creative spirit and seeing the Pymble congregation at mission in rural NSW.
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