Working, working, working

Last Saturday, the 19th, we had a Bunnings BBQ.  It's great that Bunnings at Cannon Hill lets us do the BBQ there.  It's a good opportunity for fundraising.

It didn't rain on Saturday, but it was sure HOT under that little tent - no wonder the drinks were so popular.

We cooked sausages and onion all day.  We sold 65 kilograms of sausages!!!  That's a LOT of sausages. 

Thank you to all of our kind helpers.  If you came along you would have met some of our Members working hard to do the drinks and to help with the money. 

Bradley and Andrew started the day.  Sara took over from Andrew.  Kelly came at lunch time and Bradley took a break.  Lily finished the day singing while she worked.

We were all tired by the end, but Lily and Brad just went on and on and on.

See you all there in a month's time.

New Faces At TTP

Let me introduce a young friend of mine.  Let’s call him Ben. 

I’ve known my friend, Ben, for quite a number of years.  He’s approaching the end of his teen years.  Pretty soon he won’t be able to call himself a teenager.  Ben is a tall young man (or at least he’s tall to me, but I am on the short side of tall J) and he has very nice hair (I have straight hair so I do admire his set of waves and curls).

Ben’s an interesting conversationalist and he’s a bit of a deep thinker.  I think his mind is always full.  It’s not a simple thing for him to share his thoughts because it takes a bit of effort from him to get his message out and someone willing to spend time to hear what he has to say.

I think that sometimes Ben doubts himself and questions if people are interested in what he has to say.  I value his opinion and appreciate his thoughts.  I don’t always agree with what he says, and I tell him that.  I think he likes a bit of genuine discussion. 

Ben would probably tell you that I’m tough and make him work.  I hope he understands that my high expectations of him are because I do respect him.

I hope that Ben will share his thoughts, ideas, opinions and feelings with all of you through this blog.  I’m sure that you’ll enjoy them.  Here's his first post.  I hope there will be many more.

Ben in his own words ...

I have a condition which not everyone understands.

I need help to communicate.  I don’t speak.  I type.  It is called FC or Facilitated Communication.

The things that I need help with are to take care of myself and to go out into the community.  I like to go out but it can be stressful when people don’t understand my communication attempts.  I find the heat of the day and glaring light makes me feel tired and stressed.

I think that all sorts of people might read this.  I hope that we can all learn and share.

ben k