Has the Drought broken?

Farm near Griffith

Watching the television or listening to the radio in Sydney, it would seem that with all of the recent rain here in New South Wales and in Queensland that the drought that has affected our land for so many years has come to an end.

As I visit some of the Parishes in Western New South Wales that BCA are helping with the Religious Education Grants it is clear that a number of communities are still struggling. Around the Riverina water restrictions are still in force and the rain has been sorely lacking. Griffith was hit in early April with a dust storm rather than rain and much of the farm land surrounding it is red and dry. Driving through the south west plains around West Wyalong and Temora, the grasshoppers were thick through the air, plastering the car. Even where the rain has fallen close to the coast, there is still a great need. The rains we’ve been seeing need to extend further inland and continue regularly for some years to give many farmers and pastoralists a fighting chance in the long term. There is much that we have to be thankful for in the recent rains and the relief they bring and yet we still need to pray for many parts of our nation where the lack of rain continues to hurt communities and parishes along with a number of other issues this Real Australian is highlighting in a climate of change.

Michael Stuart
Development Officer

FIRE...FLOOD...DROUGHT

Our country is in pain and our people
are suffering.
The climate may be changing … but God
never changes.
BCA is there amidst a climate of change
– our Field Staff are there to bring God’s
comfort and practical assistance
AND - we are only able to do this
because of the generosity of our
Supporters who recognise that the earth
is groaning, that people are in pain and
desperately need to hear the gospel
message.
As our earth groans, as our climate
changes, as people suffer … and search...
please support BCA as it continues to
support those in our vast land who need
the assurance that God loves them - and
that there is more than fire, flood and
drought.

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