Saturday, January 8, 2011
Flooding in Maryborough
Backyard around 9am
Backyard around 9am
Carpark under Woolworths near Queens Park
Backyard around 1pm
Prickett Park near Lamington Bridge
Queens Park below Golf Club
Relocatable home on Queen St (moved out of caravan park)Thursday, December 30, 2010
Christmas 2010
Wow I can't believe that it is a year since I last posted on my blog.
We went to Vietnam in May with Dave’s sister’s family and his sister’s husband’s family. We only did the southern half of Vietnam but the scenery, culture and food were amazing. Would love to go back and do the top half.
Well here is my Christmas newsletter for 2010.
As usual I have not managed to get my Christmas letter out prior to Christmas and this year I have not sent a single Christmas card. I had a look at my blog yesterday and the last entry was my Christmas 2009 newsletter.
This year has not been overly eventful.
Dave and I have spent the year mowing. The business has grown enormously and we are unable to handle the work ourselves during the summer months. Fortunately one of Dave’s mates finished up work to do some studying so he has been coming 1 to 2 days a week to give us a hand. The current record is 19 lawns push mowed in a day. I did relief teaching at the Christian College during the winter which helps with the financial side of things when the mowing slows down.
Patrick finished up at Hungry Jacks and has been coming mowing with us. He is enrolled for next year in a Pre Apprenticeship Course in Automotive at TAFE. He got his Learners in October so we are busy trying to give him lots of opportunities to drive.
Nicholas has finished Year 9. We are not sure at this stage where he is going to school next year. He spent the last 4 weeks of this year being home schooled because he made a police statement about an attack that he witnessed and the attackers now want to kill him making it unsafe for him to attend school. Nich has become a bit of a hermit.
We went to Vietnam in May with Dave’s sister’s family and his sister’s husband’s family. We only did the southern half of Vietnam but the scenery, culture and food were amazing. Would love to go back and do the top half.
We moved mid year and now rent a Queenslander on the river (you can’t actually see it) with a pool and a separate room with bathroom underneath for Patrick. It is very easy to get the work trailer into and out of which was the major problem with our last rental.
Health wise we had a bit of a scare during the year with the GP telling Dave that he thought Dave had bowel cancer. After much waiting and a large amount of money to have the tests done privately we were very relieve to find that he didn’t have cancer. Otherwise we are all well.
Hope to do some travelling again this winter. Not sure where yet will depend on how good a summer we have.
Hope this finds you all well and that I am able to make contact with you before next Christmas rolls around.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Merry Christmas
Christmas Newsletter 2009
The original has pictures. Will try and get them posted here soon.
Well here we are at the end of another year. It has certainly flown by again.
The mowing business in Maryborough has continued to grow. We do a fair bit of work for one of the largest rental agencies and have a good private client base. We haven’t done a lot of mowing over the last 3 or 4 months as it has been so dry. But we are still working doing clean ups (for the real estate), pruning and there are still some customers who like their lawn mowed regularly (even if you are just mowing a few spindly weeds). Nicki did some relief teaching at the boy’s school through Term 2 and 3.
Patrick has finished Grade 10 and is looking to get a carpentry or furnishing apprenticeship. He enjoys going to the gym and is looking at taking up boxing. He has just started casual work at Hungry Jacks and the Walker St Store and is looking forward to having an income of his own. We moved Nicholas at the end of Term 3 to Aldridge State High School. He is loving it, particularly the lunch time sports. His behavior and marks have improved along with his attitude. Nich played cricket again and really enjoyed it. Nicki played netball with a group of ‘old girls’ who were playing for fun. They had an absolute ball and finished the season 2nd (pretty good after starting the season losing by 30 or 40 goals a game). She then had a few weeks at Indoor Netball. We spent most of the year at a small Nazarene Church but are currently wondering around churches. Really struggling to find somewhere with something to offer for the boys, who have no Christian friends.
The first house we were renting sold in March and we moved into town. This house is now also up for sale (possibly something to do with us mentioning that the shower leaks around the bath down through the floorboards and under the house and the tiles in the bathroom are cracking due to floor movement). We have a lease until April 2010 but have told the real estate that if it sells and we can find something else we like we will move sooner.
We had 7 days in Vanuatu in April and 13 days in New Zealand in October. We are planning 10 days in Vietnam in May 2010.
WANTED Study Guides – New or Used. I am starting a drive to collect these to send to Vanuatu. If you would like a copy of the flyer I am putting out to distribute at your church please let me know. We are also looking for Study Bibles and Sewing Machines.
P.S. If you are interested in having a look at Nutrimetics let me know and I will send you out the catalogue.
HOPING THAT YOU HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THAT 2010 IS FILLED WITH THE JOY, HOPE AND PEACE OF KNOWING GOD AS YOUR SAVIOUR. MAY WE REMEMBER HIM THIS SEASON.
LOVE FROM THE HUTLEYS
The original has pictures. Will try and get them posted here soon.
Well here we are at the end of another year. It has certainly flown by again.
The mowing business in Maryborough has continued to grow. We do a fair bit of work for one of the largest rental agencies and have a good private client base. We haven’t done a lot of mowing over the last 3 or 4 months as it has been so dry. But we are still working doing clean ups (for the real estate), pruning and there are still some customers who like their lawn mowed regularly (even if you are just mowing a few spindly weeds). Nicki did some relief teaching at the boy’s school through Term 2 and 3.
Patrick has finished Grade 10 and is looking to get a carpentry or furnishing apprenticeship. He enjoys going to the gym and is looking at taking up boxing. He has just started casual work at Hungry Jacks and the Walker St Store and is looking forward to having an income of his own. We moved Nicholas at the end of Term 3 to Aldridge State High School. He is loving it, particularly the lunch time sports. His behavior and marks have improved along with his attitude. Nich played cricket again and really enjoyed it. Nicki played netball with a group of ‘old girls’ who were playing for fun. They had an absolute ball and finished the season 2nd (pretty good after starting the season losing by 30 or 40 goals a game). She then had a few weeks at Indoor Netball. We spent most of the year at a small Nazarene Church but are currently wondering around churches. Really struggling to find somewhere with something to offer for the boys, who have no Christian friends.
The first house we were renting sold in March and we moved into town. This house is now also up for sale (possibly something to do with us mentioning that the shower leaks around the bath down through the floorboards and under the house and the tiles in the bathroom are cracking due to floor movement). We have a lease until April 2010 but have told the real estate that if it sells and we can find something else we like we will move sooner.
We had 7 days in Vanuatu in April and 13 days in New Zealand in October. We are planning 10 days in Vietnam in May 2010.
WANTED Study Guides – New or Used. I am starting a drive to collect these to send to Vanuatu. If you would like a copy of the flyer I am putting out to distribute at your church please let me know. We are also looking for Study Bibles and Sewing Machines.
P.S. If you are interested in having a look at Nutrimetics let me know and I will send you out the catalogue.
HOPING THAT YOU HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THAT 2010 IS FILLED WITH THE JOY, HOPE AND PEACE OF KNOWING GOD AS YOUR SAVIOUR. MAY WE REMEMBER HIM THIS SEASON.
LOVE FROM THE HUTLEYS
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Rainald's Passing
Thank you to all those who have been praying for Rainald Feldmeier. He has recently passed away and gone home to his heavenly father. Please continue to pray for the family who are glad that his suffering is over, know where he has gone, but are missing him terribly. Pray for strength for them to carry on without him as the head of their family. Pray for those close to them to be able to support them at this time. Thank you.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Latest Feldmeier Update
Here is an abbreviated version of the last update i received. Please keep them in your prayers.
Well, our family is in a battle again.
Rainald's cancer is back, 8 weeks after we got the all clear! Boy... does Satan know how to wage war. Yes... it was a shock Rainald hadn't been feeling so great, with stomach troubles. But he had just climbed a mountain, flown to Germany for three weeks and we thought it may have had been travel stress. However, the latest scan revealed cancer in his lungs, liver and lymphatic system once again.
(The treatment options were listed here. They have decided not to have chemo and go the alternative route).
This future spoken by a man can be easily overwritten by a God who made Rainald. Naturally, we are praying for his healing, the children and I desperately don't want to see him go home to glory, and neither does countless other friends and family who love him dearly. However, we also have to realise that all of us are only here for a short while and any day could be our last. We don't know God's plan, therefore we can only rest in the knowing that He has our lives in His hands.
Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the thoughts and plans I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.
So, with these last words I ask you to talk to our heavenly father and ask him for His best outcome in the Feldmeiers lives. If he should heal Rainald then heal Him but if not ,then strengthen all of us to continue to follow our saviour and have His peace that passes all understanding (Phillipians 4:7).
Also, contiune to pray that God will strengthen Rainald's spirit to fight as he is very weak and finds all of the tonics difficult to take. Talking plainly he is getting tired!
Well, our family is in a battle again.
Rainald's cancer is back, 8 weeks after we got the all clear! Boy... does Satan know how to wage war. Yes... it was a shock Rainald hadn't been feeling so great, with stomach troubles. But he had just climbed a mountain, flown to Germany for three weeks and we thought it may have had been travel stress. However, the latest scan revealed cancer in his lungs, liver and lymphatic system once again.
(The treatment options were listed here. They have decided not to have chemo and go the alternative route).
This future spoken by a man can be easily overwritten by a God who made Rainald. Naturally, we are praying for his healing, the children and I desperately don't want to see him go home to glory, and neither does countless other friends and family who love him dearly. However, we also have to realise that all of us are only here for a short while and any day could be our last. We don't know God's plan, therefore we can only rest in the knowing that He has our lives in His hands.
Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the thoughts and plans I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.
So, with these last words I ask you to talk to our heavenly father and ask him for His best outcome in the Feldmeiers lives. If he should heal Rainald then heal Him but if not ,then strengthen all of us to continue to follow our saviour and have His peace that passes all understanding (Phillipians 4:7).
Also, contiune to pray that God will strengthen Rainald's spirit to fight as he is very weak and finds all of the tonics difficult to take. Talking plainly he is getting tired!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Feldmeiers
To Gabriele, Have sent Rainald an email. If it doesn't get through I will ring them. Do you have an email that you can be contacted on?
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