Sunday, August 30th

We woke up after a good night's sleep and had a great breakfast. Then we got ready and walked to East Fremantle Baptist Church, which is a 7 minute walk away. Their service starts at 10:00, which was very doable. It's a small church with people of all ages, but primarily they are in their 30s and 40s. Andrew started a series on Song of Songs that day. He did a great job with it and it was funny to watch the teenagers twisted faces during some of the things he said. Andrew is a great, engaging and practical preacher, while sticking to biblical truths. Very cool. We sang a bunch of contemporary songs and then the young kids went to Sunday School. Ella didn't want to leave at the end because she was having too much fun playing soccer with Liam and all the other kids.

Rob dropped Ella and me off in Fremantle to do some shopping for Ella's birthday, food shopping and to buy Pieter something other than pink sheets. Not the best town for shopping. Ella decided that Australia has bad toy stores, but I think it was because a lot of places were closed on Sunday. We had a fun time, never the less, and decided that she would get 2x the amount of presents next year.

Have we mentioned what a great kid Ella has been? She was very isolated and confined to the Mushen household prior to us leaving the USA with all the "sickness" that was going around. She barely got to see her two best friends at home, Anna and Sidney, and we were leaving for a year! But somehow she just got it and NEVER complained. In Sydney she just rolled with everything and walked EVERYWHERE and now it's her birthday tomorrow, we got her one present and we are her party. She didn't mind! I love this age.