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Freddy’s Fun Facts Meet Auntie Shirley
• Australians speak English with
their own accent. They say “g’day”
for “hello,” call their friends
“mate,” call themselves “Aussies,”
and call their country “Oz.”
• Australian Natives are called
Aborigines. They have rich
traditions and their own
culture. They paint using a
unique style of dots and were
the first to use boomerangs.
• Ayers Rock is a giant red-
orange rock formation. It is
also called Uluru, meaning
“shadowy place.” To walk
around the rock would be a
six-mile hike.
• The Great Barrier Reef is a string
of islands made almost entirely
of coral reef skeletons. This reef,
found along the northeast coast
of Australia in the Coral Sea, is
the world’s largest coral reef.
• Australia has two national animals:
the kangaroo and the emu. Both
can run up to 30 miles an hour.
• The word “selfie” was first coined
in Australia.
• The Outback is a large, dry area
that takes up two-thirds of the
country. Not many people live
here, as this area can be dangerous
due to its animals, weather, and
how desolate it is.
• Because they could become extinct,
koalas are protected by Australian
law. Some zoos have koala adop-
tion programs that allow people to
take them home and raise them.
Take a trip to the country that
is also a continent in this
interactive book that
introduces kids to Oz.
Kids’ Travel Guide Australia
By Angie Droulias
ISBN-10: 1910994545
Missions to the MAX is written and published by One Mission Kids. No unauthorized reproduction. © 2021 One Mission Society.
How many countries have you lived in?
Although Auntie Shirley is a kiwi (born in New
Zealand), she grew up as a missionary kid in
Australia. Her parents helped translate the
Bible into a Solomon Island language and
create an alphabet to put an Aboriginal language into written
words. The Aboriginals only spoke their language, and
they had never written it down!
Auntie Shirley came to the USA to study the Bible,
which is where she met her husband Uncle Greg. Greg
was working as missionary with One Mission Society
(OMS) in Colombia and Russia. They moved to
Costa Rica for Shirley to learn Spanish to prepare for
their missionary assignment in Colombia.
In Costa Rica, Uncle Greg became sick with leukemia. They
returned to the USA for chemotherapy to keep him alive. God
Auntie Shirley’s nursing degree to take care of Uncle Greg and
their baby.
After a couple of years, Uncle Greg was a bit better. God sent
their family of four kids to Mexico City, Mexico; Bogotá,
Colombia; Montevideo, Uruguay; and back to the USA to work
with OMS in Indiana.
While living and serving on the OMS USA campus, Auntie Shirley
helped train new missionaries and lead the OMS prayer ministry.
She also wrote three of OMS’ Champions of the Great Commission
kids books!
Auntie Shirley and her family are moving to Australia to be
missionaries with the OMS Australia team to send people from the
Land Down Under to all parts of the world.
Fairy bread is a traditional
Cook’s Corner:
snack in Australia. Parents like
to make this easy spread on toast for their kids as a snack
or for breakfast. Some Australians even serve it at parties.