Welcome to Pickertaramoor, site of the incredible Tiwi College. This will be our home away from home for the next 4 days. We have to put up with this little waterfall every afternoon. Please keep praying for us!
Earlier today we spent about an hour with Sr Anne Gardiner. Anne is an OLSH sister who is approaching her 60th year on the Tiwi islands. She is the curator of an incredible museum of Tiwi history and culture. Her wise words will stay with many of us for a long time. She is so compassionate and caring that she told Alex that he was a handsome young man. We are having trouble fitting his ego in the Troopie every day now, but otherwise going fine.
Ian Smith, the Principal at Tiwi College shared part of the dream of the place with us. A truly unique and magnificent project. Building on Tiwi strengths and working with a cultural base as a way to bring the power of change that education can offer. For me one the exciting innovations is a "Growing Young Women" initiative focusing on supporting Tiwi women into the future.
We got to spend some time with Tiwi youngsters on the campus. Some in the swimming holes and others that we spent this morning doing literacy testing with.
I am posting this blog from the third community that we visit, Milikapiti. At the minute we are checking out the art centre. Following lunch Bernard has promised us some crabs to take back with us. Today there will be more bumpy roads, red dust and cool clear water.
Until next time.....
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