This is Bundaberg, a
city in Southeast Queensland
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almost 400 km north of Brisbane.
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The city boasts a
population of over 70,000 people
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and is well-known for a
variety of different reasons.
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Including some of the grand
old historic buildings that
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beautify and grace its center.
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Bundaberg was named by
surveyor John Carlton Thompson
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and its name is loosely derived
from the name of one of the
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local Aboriginal tribes.
The traditional owners of the
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area were the terrible Umbanda.
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The first European to visit
the area was an escaped convict
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from the Morton Bay Penial
Settlement, later Bundaberg was
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populated by pastoral squatters
who established sheep stations
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in the area.
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The city was established
in 1867 on the northern banks
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of the Barnard River
which is still spanned today
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by a magnificent 100 year-old
metal-truss road bridge.
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Most of the early settlers made
their living from the timber
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in the area but sugar
later became the lucrative
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business venture too. Bundaberg
is known to be the home
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town of several known
Australians, but arguably
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the most famous son of
Bundaberg is Bert Hinkler.
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There's a large polished
monument of him that holds
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quite a place in Bus
Park in downtown Bundaberg.
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Dubbed as the Australian lone
Eagle, Hinkler was an aviator
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inventor, and designer.
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And the first person to fly
solo from England to Australia
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and also the first
person to fly solo across the
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Southern Atlantic Ocean.
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In many ways, he wasn't
afraid to explore unchartered
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territory and go where
no one else had gone before
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despite the
inherent risks and dangers.
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Join us this week as we take
a look at the remarkable life
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of Bert Hinkler and
others who had a similar focus
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and drive. As we consider their
adventurous spirit, dedication,
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and passion, we may be
inspired to question how we can
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better live lives of
purpose and significance.
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Bert Hinkler was born
on the 8th of December1892
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at Woodburn Villa, Gavin
Street in Bundaberg, Queensland.
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His father was a mill
worker and Hinkler grew up in a
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modest home, he was born
Herbert John Louie Hinkler
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but the name was shortened
to the much easier nickname
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of Bert. In January
1898 young Bert was enrolled
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as student number 685 at North
Bundaberg State School you can
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still find his name on
the school admission register.
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Bert was a good student
but his mind was often outside
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in the sky. As a child
Hinkler was fascinated by flight
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and would spend hours
watching Ibis in flight near a
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local lake. By the age
of 19 Hinkler had built his
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first flying machine,
a man carrying glider,
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each rib and spare was
skillfully handcrafted in his
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backyard workshop.
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In 1911 and 1912 Hinkler used
horse-drawn carts to transport
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his glider to the nearby beach,
the beach which sits inside the
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Monroe Poe Conservation Park
is the nesting ground for the
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largest nesting
population of loggerhead turtles
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in the South-Pacific Ocean.
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Hinkler shared the beach
with the turtles as it was the
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ideal place to test his
new flying machines to see if
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they were aerodynamic
and worked correctly.
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The flimsy glider was an ironing
board serving as a cockpit
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took to the air with him aboard
and launched young Herbert
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John Louie Hinkler into the
exciting and developing world
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of aviation. After
the successful test flight
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of his gliders, Hinkler
set off for England in 1914
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where he worked for
the Sopwith Company.
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Sopwith manufactured aircraft
that were mainly used by
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the military and both
the Royal Naval Air Service
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and the Royal Flying Corp
later they were used in the
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Royal Air Force
during World War I.
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When World War I broke
out, Hinkler served with the
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Royal Naval Air Service as
an Arial gunner and an observer
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responsible for manning
air- craft guns and performing
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in
reconnaissance during a mission.
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Hinkler was deployed to
work in Belgium and France
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and was awarded the
Distinguished Service Medal
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for his work there.
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Then in 1918, he was posted
to the 28th squadron of the RAF
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where he served
as a pilot in Italy.
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Hinkler was lorded as an
exceptional mathematician
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and inventor by his peers,
in fact, he is known to have
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invented a significant number
of aviation instruments which
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were in use up
until World War II.
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After World War I in 1919,
Hinkler got a job working as a
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Test Pilot for AV
Roe in South Hampton,
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the company manufactured
and designed aircraft which were
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used by the
military in both World Wars.
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Hinkler bought a quaint English
home in Thornhill Estates
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South Hampton, he named
the home Mon Repos to celebrate
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and remember the beach
where he first learned to fly.
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Around the time that
Hinkler moved to South Hampton
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the Australian government
offered a 10,000 pound prize
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to the first pilot, what
was able to successfully fly an
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aircraft from England to
Australia. Hinkler threw his hat
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into the ring, but his aircraft
ended up crashing in Europe
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during a violent storm.
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In 1921 Hinkler
shipped this small Avro baby
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one of the smaller aircraft
manufacturers to fly AV Roe
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to Sydney. The aircraft
was topped off with fuel
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and then flown over 1,300
km non-stop to his hometown of
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Bundaberg in Queensland.
The 1920s proved to be
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a fruitful time of
adventure for Hinkler,
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it was during these
years that he took on numerous
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aviation projects and
set a significant number of
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world records but Hinkler's
most notable achievement
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was his solo flight between
England and Australia in 1928.
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It was the first solo
flight between the two countries
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and was a feat that
was applauded on both sides
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of the world.
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Hinkler departed England
on the 7th of February 1928
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and arrived in Darwin, Australia
on 5 p.m. on the 2nd of February
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there were plenty of challenges
and daring escapes along the
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way. After the first few legs
of his journey he arrived in
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Indonesia and spent some time
in the heart of a local resident
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battling mosquitos
and unable to sleep.
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When he departed from Indonesia
he had a full load of fuel
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and maneuvered a tricky
ascent over the mountains before
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he flew nonstop over the ocean
between Indonesia and Australia
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for roughly 11 hours
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His first sight of
Australia was Bathurst Island
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and it led to
celebration in the cockpit,
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he was given a hero's Welcoming
Darwin after an exhausting
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but ground-breaking
18,000 km flight.
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He later flew to Brisbane
where swarms of well-wishers
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thronged him at his plane.
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He was welcomed with a triumphal
parade through the city in an
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Armstrong Siddeley open vehicle
which is being immaculately
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restored and is on display
in Bundaberg Hinkler Hall
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of Aviation today.
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After Brisbane Hinkler continued
his record-breaking flight
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on to his hometown of Bundaberg.
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Initially his flight
between England and Australia
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didn't make any headlines
but when he reached India
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the media interest
rammed up, he was nicknamed
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The Hustling Hinkler by one
newspaper and became the subject
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of a popular song titled
Hustling Hinkler up in the Sky.
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Hustling Hinkler up in the sky
fair or windy, he's flying high.
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Hinkler continued to gather
accolades throughout the course
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of the1920's, he picked up
two Britannica trophies, a gold
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medal from Federation
Aéronautique Internationale,
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a second Oswald Watt gold
medal and an air force cross
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for the finest
Ariel exploit of the year.
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Hinkler's life is interesting
because it is a study and
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passion, focus, and drive.
He was a man who had a genuine
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interest in aeronautics
at a very young age and he
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channeled that interest into a
lifelong mission that ultimately
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impacted the aviation industry
in both big and little ways.
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Then in 1931 Hinkler
performed his most amazing feat
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He flew to de Havilland Puss
Moth is a three-seat lightweight
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monoplane from Canada to
New York and then on to Jamaica
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non-stop clocking a
record breaking 2,400 km.
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But that wasn't enough of
a conquest, he then took the
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Moth from Jamaica to Venezuela,
Guyana, Brazil, and then across
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the South Atlantic to Africa.
The leg of the journey between
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South America and Africa
was undertaken in extremely bad
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weather. Yet, despite the gale
force winds and poor visibility
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Hinkler managed to
complete the journey.
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Then from West
Africa, he flew on to London,
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when he completed the journey
he was awarded a slew of medals,
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trophies and accolades.
His flight had been the first
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solo flight across the
South Atlantic and at the time
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Hinkler was only the second
person to cross the Atlantic
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solo after Charles Lindberg
accomplished the feat in 1927.
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In 1932 after a decade
of exploration and breaking
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barriers in the field of
aviation, Hinkler married
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Catherine Rome, he was 39
at the time and still full of
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energy and drive continually
drawing up plans for his next
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grand adventure.
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Not long after he got
married Hinkler was also game
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pushing the limits of aviation
and breaking new frontiers.
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This time he set out to
break a flying record between
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England and Australia
which was held by CWA Scott,
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the record was eight days
and 20 hours and Hinkler was
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determined to do better.
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He left London air
park in Hanworth England
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on the 7th of January 1933
in his de Havilland Puss Moth,
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he wasn't heard from again
until his body was discovered in
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the Tuscan Mountains in Italy.
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His plane had apparently crashed
into the mountains in Italy
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after his departure from London.
He was given a state funeral
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and was buried with full
military honors by order of
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Benito Mussolini in the
Protestant Cimitero degli Allori
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in Florence.
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After his death, countries
around the world took steps
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to honor his memory. In
Italy a monument was erected
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to his memory by
Airotino Aero Club.
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In England several roads
and parks were named after him
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and a monument
was erected to him.
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In Australia, The
Federal Elective of Hinkler in
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Queensland was named after him.
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In 1983 his house in
South Hampton, England was saved
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from demolition and relocated
brick by brick here to the
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Bundaberg Botanical Gardens
which has since served as a
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Historical Museum.
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Bundaberg also erected a
beautiful seven-meter-high
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monument on The Hummock, the
highest point in the district
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overlooking the Pacific
Ocean, the sugar cane fields,
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and the city. There is
also an aeronautics museum
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The Hinkler Hall of Aviation
located in the Bundaberg
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Botanic Gardens
that is dedicated to the
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Pioneer Aviator and Innovator.
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The museum which was opened
in 2008 houses a collection of
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five aircraft that
played significant part in
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Hinkler's career, these
include a reconstructed glider
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that is the replica of the first
glider that Hinkler built and
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tested out at Monroe Poe Beach.
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Then there's
Hinkler's original Avro-Baby,
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he acquired this machine
and made two record-breaking
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solo flights in the aircraft.
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There's also a replica
of Hinkler's Avro Avian,
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the original aircraft is on
display in the Queensland Museum
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in Brisbane.
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Hinkler had considerable
experience with this aircraft
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he flew it in several
air races in 1926 and 1927,
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however, it was significantly
modified over the period
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for his much-celebrated
and ground-breaking solo flight
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between England
and Australia in 1928.
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The museum also
houses a Hinkler Ibis,
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the Ibis is a small two-seater
wooden amphibious mono-plane
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that Hinkler designed and built
while he was working in the
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United Kingdom and
there is a reconstructed
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de Havilland Puss Moth,
Hinkler flew the Moth during his
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his trip from Canada to New York
and then through South America
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and across the
South Atlantic to England.
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He also flew a Moth on his
final flight from England to
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Australia. Regretfully as
we've noted, he didn't make it,
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he and the plane met
an untimely end in Italy.
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There are many things that come
to mind when you think about
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Bert Hinkler, he was a pioneer,
an innovator, an inventor,
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and an aviator, but
perhaps most striking of all,
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he was a man who was driven
to accomplish his goals in life.
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Much like Bert Hinkler's
unabated passion and zeal for
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all things aeronautical, the
Bible profiles the lives of men
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and women whose drives
were driven by a singular zeal
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for their mission in life.
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Purpose in life is extremely
important, every human being
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on the planet craves a sense
of purpose and significance
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in their lives. A sense of
they are more than hamsters
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on a wheel, a sense that their
lives are making a difference
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in the world around them.
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One of the most mission-focused
and driven individuals
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in the Bible was Nehemiah,
an important government official
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in the court of
the Persian Empire.
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Nehemiah was a man who
was driven by a single purpose
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and he worked
hard to achieve it.
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There are a number of
things we can learn from
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Nehemiah's life that will
help us to understand how we can
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discover and fulfill
our own purpose in life.
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So, let's take a look at the
life of Nehemiah and the work
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he accomplished.
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The Bible Book of Nehemiah
opens with a visit between
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old friends who are
as close as brothers.
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Nehemiah was going about
his life at the royal court
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generally happy and fulfilled
but with an eye on what
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was happening back in Palestine.
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A group of Jews had relocated
to Palestine in the hope of
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restoring Jerusalem and re-
establishing the Jewish Nation
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70 years after they had
been taken captive by the
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Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar.
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The work was hard
and the terrain uncharted
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and the visit that Nehemiah
had from his old friend Hananiah
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included a report on
the progress of the group
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that'd returned home. Nehemiah's
heart was with his people
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though active in the Royal Court
of Persia, he longed to see his
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native land restored.
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Hananiah' s visit alerted
Nehemiah to a need in his
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community at home, the walls
of the city were broken down
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and they needed help
rebuilding them again
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Nehemiah's love for his people
led him to respond to that need.
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The first principle the Bible
teaches us when it comes to
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understanding a quest
with purpose is that the most
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fulfilling tasks in life often
revolve around meeting the needs
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of those around us.
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If you want to live a
life of purpose and fulfillment
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look around you to
see and understand the
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needs of your community.
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After his friend Hananiah left,
Nehemiah was deeply affected
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and couldn't stop thinking
about his people and the turmoil
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they were in. At that time
in history, a city without walls
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was defenseless and
vulnerable to attack.
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His concern for his countrymen
began to weigh heavily on him
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and a cloud of
sadness settled over him.
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Since he was constantly
in the presence of the king
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the monarch notices his trusted
servant's sadness and inquired
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about the cause. Well, at
first Nehemiah was nervous
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he wasn't supposed to
show emotion especially sadness
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around the king but then
he relented and told the king
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his dilemma. The king generously
offered to provide the necessary
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resources for the
project and offered Nehemiah
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a leave of
absence to complete it.
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At that point Nehemiah found
himself not only inspired by
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a vision but also empowered and
equipped to make it a reality.
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The second principle of the
Bible teaches us about mission
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and purpose is the
importance of being equipped.
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In Nehemiah's case, he needed
physical resources and also
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time off work to
make his vision a reality.
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In other cases equipping
our- selves to meet felt needs
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in our communities might
mean learning a new skill,
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partnering with people who have
a similar vision and a diverse
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skill set or
finding financial resources.
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What other tips can
we pick up from the Bible
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about fulfilling our
commission and purpose?
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Well, once Nehemiah received
the king's permission and
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resources to re-build the walls
he made his way to Jerusalem.
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The first thing Nehemiah
did was tour the city to inspect
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the extent of the damage.
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The walls were broken down
in several places and the work
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looked challenging but
not impossible, then Nehemiah
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assessed the situation before
him identified the problems,
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and came up
with a workable plan.
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He then turned his
attention to gather the support
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of the people and
turning his plans into action.
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He made sure that news spread
quickly throughout the city
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that the walls of Jerusalem
were going to be re-built
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Nehemiah encouraged the people
that the task could be achieved
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and united them to work
with him to make it happen.
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In no time at all Nehemiah
had plenty of people to help him
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he soon had everything
organized and ready to go.
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But his plan didn't just happen,
it wasn't created on the fly,
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at the core of
Nehemiah's planning was prayer,
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he made prayer the center
of this plan and his plan was a
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splendid one. He divided
up the wall into sections
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giving one portion to one group
or family, and another portion
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to another group or
family, this way everybody
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had something to do and was
responsible for some particular
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part of the wall. With so many
people working the wall began
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to take shape. Some mixed
mortar, others lifted stones,
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others carefully measured
the distances to ensure that
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each stone was set
in the right place.
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Women and children brought food
and water to sustain the workers
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then, there were those
who checked the levels,
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they used a plumb bob or
plummet to establish exact
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vertical lines and ensure
the structure was centered.
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This was vitally important
because a few degrees out of
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plumb and the whole wall
could come tumbling down.
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Nehemiah's plan, his
strategy worked splendidly,
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with all this combined
and well-coordinated effort
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the walls of the city
were soon going up fast.
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Day by day the wall rose
higher and higher, more and more
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sections were joined
closing the gaps between.
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In just 55 days, less than
two months this great wall was
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completed all because one man
had vision, faith, and courage.
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So, in summary, three important
tips that we can glean from
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the Bible when it comes to
formulating a quest and purpose
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for our lives.
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Number 1.
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Be it our families or
communities, serving others
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is one of the most meaningful
missions in life that we can
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ever have.
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Number 2.
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Number 3.
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The Bible tells
us in Proverbs 29:18
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Having a clear vision and
purpose in life is an important
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part of living a
fulfilled and meaningful lives.
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Jesus often spoke of his own
mission in life, in John 10:10
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Jesus said...
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Jesus was always engaged
in serving others and we too
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can find abundant life when
it is spent in a life of service
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for others.
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Bert Hinkler's passion
was flying, he allowed it
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to drive him and he made
a significant contribution
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to the field of aviation.
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Jesus' passion was and still
is, people, He allows His love
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for people to drive Him and
this love is the greatest gift
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we have ever been given,
salvation, eternal life...
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Each of us was created
to live a life of purpose
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a life much like the life
of Jesus, dedicated to service
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and driven by a love for people.
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When you accept
Jesus into your heart,
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your life will be filled
with His spirit and His spirit
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will inspire you to
be a blessing to others.
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Dear Heavenly Father,
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of purpose-driven people
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Lord, you created us
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