OWeek

OWeek was two weeks ago now. We ran a watermelon stall, another stall more for information but it also had watermelon, had heaps of chats and ended the week with a walk along the breakwater at Nobby's.

This is Steffi (my housemate), feeding watermelon to a bird. I don't know what the bird was trying to advertise.

I chatted to some Iraqi blokes who were interested in the ESL course we are starting up. There were a few people who said they are interested in finding out more about Christianity, so hopefully next week I will start meeting up with some girls to read the Bible with them.

The most encouraging thing about the week was seeing older students getting involved and working hard to make sure everyone knows about Newcastle Christian Students, even as the week dragged on. Sam is an Engineering/Business student who was there every day, setting up the stall, handing out leaflets and striking up conversations. By Friday afternoon, he and I were the only ones still on campus, manning the stall and meeting quite a few people, even up to 2pm when we packed up. Ben is a second year Education student who organised the leafleting, getting up at 6:30 most mornings to be there at 8am, ready to leaflet the 9am orientation sessions. Jasmine and Juliet came from the central coast on Tuesday and were really proactive in striking up conversations with people walking past the stall.