“Supporting drought affected families in Queensland”
Can I just say a huge thank you for all your assistance and help. You have brightened up our out look for the future in so many ways. We are ever so grateful for your financial assistance you have given us, it’s means so much more in so many ways than I can ever put […]
To Lutheran Drought Aid, With grateful hearts we thank Dale and Tracey and the group that came out to our property to see first hand how the drought is affecting us. Also for the beautiful gifts we received from your team. Our eldest daughter couldn’t believe how much people from ‘the big city’ cared so […]
Lutheran Drought Aid Qld wish to thank a well-known manufacturer for supplying a 10,000l tank and a 130l round trough to our drought affected families
I often get asked: Why does God let bad things happen to us? So, I ask you this: Who hopes for what he already has? I am not fully convinced that people understand hope. Hope is not bargaining with God, “this for that”. Hope is not something you see. Hope is not something you have […]
Drought isn’t something people usually think of when it comes to “disasters”. We can instantly see the damage done by a cyclone or a bushfire, but drought is often a long term series of disasters that progressively impact whole communities. I grew up in tropical North Queensland with “flooding rains” but learned a lot about […]
He walks into the kitchen at the end of and another day
And as he sits down at the table, he has not much to say
He ponders what’s to happen, because of the long enduring dry
And it makes you wonder why you never see him cry
The depth of drought is hard to gauge, as it affects so many people in so many different ways. Let’s look at the grazier and his situation when it comes to drought A farmer loves to see his animals fat and healthy, grazing in green fields of grass up to their bellies. Their fat backs […]