‘It was my pleasure to invite Jakob and Josh to our meeting today. Both young men are outstanding and have a bright future. Jakob told us about his experience at the NSW Youth Parliament Camp, which he found confidence building, a bit challenging at times but made many new friends. We wish him luck with his HSC examinations which commence tomorrow.
Josh is a very interesting young man and has had many life challenges already thrown at him with his childhood and schooling interrupted by cancer. He has however made the most of his difficult life so far and I’m sure is going to achieve his goals to become a music therapist and enable him to help others. I believe Josh is a perfect candidate for RYLA especially as he plays two instruments, keyboard and guitar, I know RYLA will love his talents at their show/dinner during the camp which Brian and I will attend in January.
It was great to see the young men and Christian chatting away like old friends during lunch and they did have Mosman High School as common ground. It was also lovely to hear Christian’s account of his time in Timor Leste. He obviously had a great time and I for one as his counsellor am very glad to see him back in Australia in one piece.”