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Miracle on the Huon |
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During January, 27 campers and 13 leaders spent seven days camped on the banks of the Huon River a few kilometres upstream from Judbury. Most days involved canoeing on increasingly difficult sections of the Huon River. Each day also involved a different leader or leaders sharing their insights and experiences of various aspects of the Christian faith. This was followed by everyone dividing into small groups to study and discuss relevant sections of the bible. Some campers said that they would find it easier to believe in and follow God today if Jesus did the miracles that they read about in the bible in front of them. PoppedThe final day's canoeing culminated with Judbury Falls, a one-metre drop just upstream from the campsite. Several campers negotiated the falls without a problem. Then Oliver headed for the falls in a small 'play boat' and capsized. He held his breath upside down in the water and waited for Glenn to manoeuvre the nose of his canoe so he could pull himself up on it. During the rescue, Glenn reached over to pull Oliver's boat up and dislocated his shoulder very painfully. Oliver realised that there was a problem, popped his deck and swam safely to shore. ParallelGlenn was completely unable to put his shoulder back in himself, and was resigning himself to having to leave camp and go to hospital. Meanwhile the campers had organised themselves into a group upstream to pray for Glenn. As Glenn was being helped from the water he slipped on the rocks and his shoulder popped back in. The next morning Oliver shared his side of the story with the camp. He told of how he felt sick when he saw that Glenn had injured himself trying to rescue him and drew a parallel with Jesus dying on the cross to rescue him. |
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