Today we made a visit to a town called Ravenshoe, visited a lady there who only discovered that she was Jewish when her father passed away. She told us that she had no knowledge of Judaism but was very interested in learning about it. We spoke to her about making sure that her 4 children knew that they were Jewish and how important it was for her kids to learn about their Jewish faith. We then gave her a Friday night lights kit which she gladly excepted and told us that she would light it every Friday night. After we finished meeting with her we continued down south to a town called Port Hitchenbrook where there was a couple who lived out of their boat. They said they only had a few minutes to meet with us but they were glad for us to come. We first recieved a tour of their boat and after that we asked them if they would like for us to affix a Mezuzah on the doorpost of the boat. We then had to figure out where exactly was the "official" entrance of the boat. We finally decided upon a place to put up the Mezuzah and she was very moved by the idea that there was now some sprituality on her boat. The man of the house arrived shortly after and he told us that he had been sick for some time now and had only recently started to feel better. We told him that putting on Tefilin would definitely be a good thing to do in order to bring blessings of health into his life. He put on Tefilin and said the Shema very beautifully and thanked us very much for the meaningful visit.
"What do you get when you put 2 young Rabbi's in a Mitzvah Tank and send them off into the unknown? MECHANICAL TROUBLE!. I'm George! ( in the pic sitting with the boys around a table drinking) I'm the guy who fixes the Tank every time it arrives in RARA HQ of the North ( Townsville ). Boys I HOPE you haven't broken anything more on the tank! In the few days I had the RV for repairs we fixed the hot water system, re-wired the fridge, got the gas cooker working, fixed the internal lights, re-fused all cables, fixed locks that didn't lock, cleaned Air con unit,drove al over Townsville to get a replacement tire, engineered a new recovery tool that was "taken" and finally put OIL INTO THE ENGINE.....oh and boys! that's a biggy, have you checked oil like I told you? NO I'm sure you haven't!. All this while the boys stay tucked in, warm in their beds sleeping in till 9AM! yes 9AM, that's their Idea of an early start!....you pair of....so and so's..... I love having you guys in QLD! Its worth every annoying minute! look after the RV, she's your home and our pride. George."
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