It is two months since my last entry. I can't believe it. What has happened? Where has the time gone? I look at my diary. The time seems quiet in Bangkok but who knows?
I was home in Australia for three weeks from Monday 19th July. I was in Sydney for Provincial Chapter. The time with my Province was reaffirming for me here in Thailand. I left feeling missioned by both my Province and Order to return to Bangkok and my work.
From Sydney, I went to Brisbane to spend time with now frail and elderly parents who need care and attention. In the midst of the fray that is the chaos of my family facing transition and the unknown, I would say that an insight gained or relearnt is that the human species is basically made up of good people who are doing their best as they cope with their own tough reality and set of dysfunctions - those shared and those peculiar to oneself.
Despite all change, the Brisbane Ekka remains in tack. A great find at the Ekka was Big Wal, the firefighter - what a man!
I am John Murray, an Australian, Catholic priest of the Order of St Augustine. I live and work in Thailand and have been here since October 2005. I have many stories from my life journey and would simply like to share some of them. So hope you enjoy and go away sometime with a smile or a helpful little insight.
We gather
to give thanks for my 25 years.
