Australian Holiday - Central Market Day - 26 Oct 2006

We woke up at the usual time; 5:30 AM for Dan and 7 AM for Rhonda, and read before breakfast. Brian and Sarah’s friend, Brigit, and her sweet son, JJ, visited us this morning. Brigit and her husband, John (Brian’s co-worker), plan a trip to Kangaroo Island this weekend, so they will miss the BBQ Friday night. It was nice to meet them after seeing pictures of JJ on Brian and Sarah’s web log.

We drove to Brian and Sarah’s church, Holy Trinity (see www.trinityadelaide.org.au), where Sarah met with music director Mark Peterson about the planned “Carols in the City” Christmas program while Dan and Rhonda toured the historic building. Holy Trinity was founded, along with the city of Adelaide, in 1836. The stone building is beautiful; the interior woodwork and ceiling structure are amazing. Since its beginning, the church has maintained a strong testimony to the saving power of God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

From Holy Trinity Church, we went to the Central Market in the CBD to pick up food for Friday’s BBQ. The Central Market, located under a 1,000 car parking ramp, and adjacent Market Arcade and Market Plaza house about 250 shops in a very outdoorsy and festive atmosphere. Rhonda was impressed with the beautiful fruits and vegetables – luscious greens! The cheese and butcher shops had great variety; whole rabbits, all kinds of lamb, minced (as opposed to ground) beef, pork, chicken, and so forth.

After Brian came home from work he and Rhonda took a walk around the neighborhood, snapping pictures of interesting houses, cars and vegetation, while Sarah and Dan napped.