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ndani kyema, My Story - Ray Moore 114

mysterious and miraculous accompanied the arrival of each new member of the
family.

Andrew never saw himself as an academic, but in my judgment has a very capable
and discerning mind. He has experienced a lot of different jobs in different parts of
Australia. He joined the regular army for three years and was based near Brisbane.
He worked on a semi outback farm and gained experience in working on fencing and
other tasks a long way from civilization. He has worked at Uluru as a bar hand in the
resort there.

He has always been fascinated in Harley Davidsons and has owned a couple. This
brought him to the outskirts of the outlaw bikie gangs. He has been scuba diving,
and finally has found his niche in skydiving. He too is a loving and warm parent who
brings a lot of fun into his family life. He has been working on developing a skydiving
drop zone and other jobs for a boss who owns a number of drop zones around
Australia.

Karina is a very beautiful person whom Andrew loves deeply, but it has not all been
smooth sailing. Karina has had to face a number of personal and family problems
which have taken their toll on her. This has meant that Karina and Andrew have had
to work on their relationship more than most. Here too I am immensely proud of
Andrew and what he has achieved over the years. I am also very proud of what
Karina has achieved against great odds.

In Ballarat, the last of our four churches, Tracey Lee first saw the light of day. In fact
she was born on the day that I heard that I had been accepted as the first director of
Ballarat LifeLine. This was the first time that I was asked if I would like to be present
at the birth. I was a bit apprehensive about it as it was only just beginning to become
common practice. But Bev was not keen so I passed on the offer. Bev says she has
always regretted that she did not encourage me, but it really was a whole new
procedure for us men who, up to then had been relegated to the waiting room, while
we smoked endless cigarettes and walked up and down with a pocket full of cigars to
celebrate the occasion after we had heard the news.

Tracey grew up with a desire to care for children and soon became a much sort after
nanny. Families who enlisted her services did not want to see her move on. This
career took her to Sydney and then around the world. She took part in the summer
camps in America for one season and then went across to Ireland to work for a family
there. While in Ireland she met Wilfred from Amsterdam. They soon became close
and eventually she moved to Amsterdam to be with Wilfred. We visited them there
and they organised the itinerary for a trip through, Belgium, France, Austria and
Switzerland, which the four of us did together.

Wilfred had gained a couple of degrees in engineering and was an IT expert. He was
interested in moving to Australia, so they came to Melbourne and were married here.
After many heartbreaking years trying to have family, they were finally blessed with
twins. Two beautiful girls, Charlie and Abby.
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