Richard's blog

Just been out knocking on doors and giving out DVDs about Jesus with a keen group of youth. We all had stories to tell when we came back together. We came across some Christians even though our main purpose was to distribute DVDs to peoples of other faiths. Some of these Christians were keen to witness about Christ as well and were doing so in the suburb we were in.

What a cool movie. 3D, aliens, environmental and colonial themes. What is an avatar anyway? In Hinduism, Avatar refers to a deliberate descent of a deity from heaven to earth, it could be translated appearance. The term is most often associated with Vishnu, though it is also associated with other deities such as Krishna and Ganesh.

Tonight we spent a few hours talking to Muslims about Eid al-Adha. They were handing out brochures about it on the street so we asked them about it. The first explanation was "It's just like Christmas, a big day when Muslims get together to pray and be with family". Its the Festival of Sacrifice and I suggest you google it rather than I write an inadequate summary.

I'm Turkish and live in Auburn. I'm Australian and live in the U.K. I'm Assyrian and live in Iraq. I'm from there but I live here!