Ok so since I blogged last I've had double church on Sunday. There was a morning service here in Stanthorpe and then the Warwick fellowship joined us for a combined service. It was a great day, I was really encouraged by the song 'All my paths You've overshadowed'. It speaks of the Lord's promise to complete the work that He has begun in us as we continue to give ourselves to our obedience. After the night session I went over to Mick and Alison Tremellen's place for some card games. Caleb, Reuben, Tim and Nick were there also.
Then Monday I was with Geraldine again. We again started in Ballandean State School where we assessed a young boy who has previously had issues with his gross and fine motor skills, issues with hand dominance and major speech and language difficulties. We watched him running around with the other kids and it is obvious that his gross motor skills had caught up to speed, so we assessed his fine motor skills and hand dominance. He has improved significantly Geraldine said, he was able to do everything we asked him competently. He is a young Aboriginal boy and we asked him to do a drawing of himself, so he drew legs, arms, body, head, eyes, mouth and hair. We asked him what else he had on him and he said...dirt :) One of those classic cute moments! We then went further south to Wallangarra, to 'Free Range Kids' childcare, to assess a young girl in a group setting. The children were very cute and fun to interact with. We then coincidentally met with an OT and Physio from the Rural Allied Health Team. It was helpful to chat with the OT and again see another side of OT. We then went to Broadwater State School, which I believe some of the Sweet girls attended. It's another tiny 2 teacher school. This was a really exciting assessment. He was a 6 year old boy new to the program so we were showing him sensory tools and we had to discuss whether these helped him learn by keeping him calm or if they made him tick faster or slower and hence not be at the optimal learning condition. So while Geraldine chatted with his mum about some other issues I assessed him. That was great and Geraldine was very happy with me, and said I showed very mature initiative. I was with the Siblings group in the afternoon and we took them for a swim in the pool.
I went to Michael and Alison's place for dinner, which was really lovely :) They are another great couple who I'm very stoked to have the opportunity to meet and spend time with.
Today I was in the hospital again with Penny. We went and did a home visit for a couple who live about 20 minutes out of town. It was one those properties with old cars everyone, some half pulled apart and dozers and stuff kinda everywhere. And the house didn't get much better. We were met by a 6 foot 8 rough bloke and his budgie Freddie, who got a smooch from the giant when we left...gross!! We couldn't really do much for them, they have already adapted to life with the changes that have come. So we made a few suggestions and went on our merry way...2 hours later! We then went to check on our inpatients and I was all geared up ready to let this man know what we could do for him and how we were going to approach it etc etc and we got to his room and he had been discharged a few hours earlier.
Anyway, so it was a quieter day today, and hopefully I'll have some fuller days to tell you about shortly, talk soon :)
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