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Dave

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About Me


Summing me up:I love God and I live for Him.
The boy's out of the country, but the country's not outta the boy!
I am passionate about South Australia and love everything about this state.
I am a Christian.
I am an environmentalist.
I am a writer.
I believe in the power of youth.
I am a student.
I work hard.
I go to the gym.
I love the beach.
I love the country.
I want for my life to have a positive impact on the lives of everyone I meet. I’ve always felt that way and that’s one of the reasons why I went to Uganda in September 2007. I am a twenty-three year old student, I am fit and energetic and I know that this is the best time in my life to embark on an adventure like this one.
I know that I have been very fortunate in life. I have grown up in a fantastic country and I have been blessed with relative stability in my family life. I have had the opportunity to attend university and work a job I enjoy in the state government’s Office for Youth. My good fortune allows me to reach out to those who haven’t had the same blessed lives.
I want to be a catalyst for change. Change which reaches people. Change which builds communities.

My Interests

I love my church: Edwarstown Baptist Church and I recently became a member there after two years of attendance. I am a youth leader and I volunteer in Eddies Cafe, I never thought waitering would be so much fun! I love hanging out with my youthies at Resonate and my mates in Pivot (EBC's youth groups), I have some awesome friends there and so many people who I can rely on when the going gets tough (as it has done quite a bit in 2007). I hope that they can also get something out of me being their friend. I want to be a catalyst for change.

I am an environmentalist and I am constantly working to preserve the fragile environment upon which Adelaide sits. In mid-2006 I worked with local residents of Hallett Cove to set up Friends of the Lower Field River, a landcare group which looks after the final stretch of the Field River before it enters the sea at Hallett Cove Beach. The work I do through this group is incredibly satisfying and we're really making a difference. I want to be a catalyst for change.

I'd like to meet:

God. He is awesome. He upholds me. He blesses me. He holds me in the palm of his hand. I let him mould me and although I am a broken person, part of a broken generation, in a broken society, I know that He will triumph and with Him in my life, I can also.


Music:

Very eclectic taste! I love everything which is easy listening. Just stuff that gets me thinking. When I was some brevity I listen to Ben Folds. When I want to work hard I listen to classical. When I want to be uplifted and think about what God has done for me I listen to a whole heap of worship music: Matt Redman, Levi McGrath, Michael W Smith, Third Day, Hillsongs, Selah, Planetshakers ...

Books:

The Bible. Anything by John Grisham. The 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' series by Robert T. Kiyosaki. The 'Secrets Exposed' series by Dale Beaumont. C.S. Lewis.