Long term readers of the blog will remember Sue's brilliant story on "What about the bus" in September last year . (And if you haven't read it yet I would encourage you to look at this wonderful example of God's miraculous provision).
Well of course collecting the money is only the beginning of the story. A Tsunami in Japan meant getting hold of a new bus became impossible for quite a number of months and when we did get one we had to get it to Enngonia. But it did eventually happen thanks to a lot of hard work by lots of people, and is a great asset for the school. Having their own bus cuts their transport costs by at least 50% allowing kids from this very isolated village to get to more events elsewhere including things like soccer carnivals, swimming carnivals, lessons with other small schools etc.
A couple of weeks ago I had the joy of travelling to Enngonia for the "official handover" of the bus. Although the school has been using the bus for a while, this was an opportunity to acknowledge the work done by those who had raised the money.
I felt very privileged to be able to join with the kids and staff to celebrate the bus and what it means to the school. An of course there was morning tea afterwards, including the pres-school kids!
I'd like to acknowledge the hard work of Pymble Uniting Church congregation to make this all happen and St Vincents Foundation, UnitingCare, Variety Clubs and Investaplan Dubbo who all donated the thousands of dollars needed.
Well of course collecting the money is only the beginning of the story. A Tsunami in Japan meant getting hold of a new bus became impossible for quite a number of months and when we did get one we had to get it to Enngonia. But it did eventually happen thanks to a lot of hard work by lots of people, and is a great asset for the school. Having their own bus cuts their transport costs by at least 50% allowing kids from this very isolated village to get to more events elsewhere including things like soccer carnivals, swimming carnivals, lessons with other small schools etc.A couple of weeks ago I had the joy of travelling to Enngonia for the "official handover" of the bus. Although the school has been using the bus for a while, this was an opportunity to acknowledge the work done by those who had raised the money.
I felt very privileged to be able to join with the kids and staff to celebrate the bus and what it means to the school. An of course there was morning tea afterwards, including the pres-school kids!
I'd like to acknowledge the hard work of Pymble Uniting Church congregation to make this all happen and St Vincents Foundation, UnitingCare, Variety Clubs and Investaplan Dubbo who all donated the thousands of dollars needed.
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