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ndani kyema, My Story - Ray Moore 107
Now, let’s get on with the story again!
It had been six long years since Bev and I had first become 'an item' at that dawn of
a new year in 1954. Since then Bev had finished at Swinburne Tech where she had
been the school pianist and had achieved good academic results. She had worked
in the design department of Paton and Baldwin's, an English producer of yarns which
had an outlet in Melbourne for a wide range of knitted goods. She became an expert
knitter in the process. Then she had started her nursing training at Bethesda
Salvation Army Hospital. Meanwhile I had worked at the nappy factory, and at
Rootes Australia, and then changed direction by working at the Melbourne City
Mission.
My next step would be to go to the Melbourne Bible Institute, a live-in college which
offered a two year course with the primary aim of preparing young people for
missionary work.
It was housed in a magnificent old mansion in Kooyong Road Armadale, and I spent
the next two years achieving the first academic success of my career.
Melbourne Bible Institute was a very positive experience for me. I was living with a
group of people who were all driven by a similar motivation, so there was a sense of
purpose and an academic atmosphere that I flourished in. We also had the job of
keeping the place looking its best, so every morning there was a time just after
breakfast when we did various chores, including the gardening.
I was not so keen on some of the weekend activities. I had to head to Port Melbourne
every Sunday and run a Sunday School. There was a team of us and I became very
friendly with them as they were all hassling with the same inner struggles as I was. I
was also allocated to another team that met in Bourke Street in the centre of
Now, let’s get on with the story again!
It had been six long years since Bev and I had first become 'an item' at that dawn of
a new year in 1954. Since then Bev had finished at Swinburne Tech where she had
been the school pianist and had achieved good academic results. She had worked
in the design department of Paton and Baldwin's, an English producer of yarns which
had an outlet in Melbourne for a wide range of knitted goods. She became an expert
knitter in the process. Then she had started her nursing training at Bethesda
Salvation Army Hospital. Meanwhile I had worked at the nappy factory, and at
Rootes Australia, and then changed direction by working at the Melbourne City
Mission.
My next step would be to go to the Melbourne Bible Institute, a live-in college which
offered a two year course with the primary aim of preparing young people for
missionary work.
It was housed in a magnificent old mansion in Kooyong Road Armadale, and I spent
the next two years achieving the first academic success of my career.
Melbourne Bible Institute was a very positive experience for me. I was living with a
group of people who were all driven by a similar motivation, so there was a sense of
purpose and an academic atmosphere that I flourished in. We also had the job of
keeping the place looking its best, so every morning there was a time just after
breakfast when we did various chores, including the gardening.
I was not so keen on some of the weekend activities. I had to head to Port Melbourne
every Sunday and run a Sunday School. There was a team of us and I became very
friendly with them as they were all hassling with the same inner struggles as I was. I
was also allocated to another team that met in Bourke Street in the centre of
