This week on the show, I am chatting with Tony Cosgayon who was born in the Philippines and migrated with his family to Australia in the 70's.
He has lived his life in Australia as a surfer and now runs a business building surfboards.
Interesting guy, and we delve into the details of building surfboards.
What a great joy it was to interview Bruce Blackwell, who has done so much in his life including being a missionary in Peru for seven years.
Along with his wife, Marsha, who also trained in nursing, and their three children lived and traveled around Peru, the Andes and the Amazon as missionaries.
He has built private hospitals, served as a Chaplain to the surfing community and even had his own face to face meeting with a shark..!!
Join me as we chat with Brice about his life and his experiences.
Des
This week we are chatting to the lovely Cherie Strudwick, artist, Minister, Pastor, wife, mother etc.
You can check out Cherie's art at artbycherie.com.
Great conversation about her life, her travels, her ministry, her trials, and now in retirement, her peace in her art.
I look forward to you joining me.
Des
This week on the show I will be speaking with Ronel, Karen, and Katelyn (after a lot of persuading) about Home Schooling and their upcoming Expo on 29th November 2025.
We talk at length about Home Schooling and Home Schooling Studio, and about the value of the Expo.
Expo is being held at Wauchope from 10am to 3pm.
I look forward to you joining me.
Des
In this interview, I chat again with Ian Brougham about his current life, his wife Kerrianne health journey, and his current role as Operations Manager of the Hope Shops in and around Port Macquarie.
Maybe go back and listen to the previous shows with Ian.....
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4iw8xzdJYyFH7dP0YGMkMu?si=6e1786f5cd9b4dbe
Cheers, Des
In this fascinating second show, we talk further with Jessica Korenic who, along with her husband, left the Jehovah Witness organisation and left family and close friends behind. We talk about Jessica's newfound Christian faith and how she deals with the hurt and pain associated with leaving such an organisation.
In this episode of Delving with Des, the first part of two, I will be chatting with Jessica Korenic about her life in the Jehovah Witness religion and her struggles with some of the rules and practices of that belief system.
Jessica, whilst nervous, opened up about her life and experiences.
This week on the show we will be talking with Jodie Lindfield, who grew up in Taree, and has three daughters and is now a qualified Counselor with the Australian Institute of Family Counseling (AIFC).
We talk about her life's journey and what brought her to his point where she offers online counseling. Her practice is called "Renewed Life Counseling" and she focuses mainly on helping women who need help.
Well worth a listen..!!
Des
This week follows on from last week where was chatted to Mike Woof, a man who has experienced things in his life that I, for one, have never experienced.
It would be worth re listening to the first show from last week, before listening to this follow-up show.
Mike talks about his factory accident and the impact that had on his life and perspective.
In this quite long first interview, we chat with Mike Woof who is a great character in Port Macquarie, and has survived quite a lot of Trauma in his life from childhood.
Mike is open and raw about what happened to him and the impact on the trajectory of his life.
** Note that this story is not suitable for young children as it cover some of the trauma that Mike endured. **
In this second interview with Ronel and Karen, we discuss the value of Home schooling and talk about their new venture to help families going down the Home Schooling path - Homeschool Studio which is a great innovation aimed at helping both kids and parents to navigate their experience.
Join me this week as we chat to two lovely ladies - Ronel and Karen about their journey to Port Macquarie from South Africa, and their decision to Home School their children. Great conversation about the struggles of coming to a new country and making it home......
Join me this week on Delving with Des when we chat with the delightful Shirley Cabon.
Shirley was born in Tasmania, and spent most of her life in Canberra with her husband Geoff.
Of recent years, Shirley has been serving with PMQ based charity "Every Daughter Matters" which seeks to free young girls and women from tragedy on the border of Nepal and India.
We talk to Shirley about what she has experienced in the mission field both in Cambodia and in Nepal.
I look forward to you joining me,
Des
In this show we chat with the lovely Julia Rose, who describes herself as a "Bible Worker". Julie works in the Port Macquarie region helping people to find a better path in life by providing a holistic view of the health and happiness - and that is based about a profound belief in Jesus.
Join me as we chat with Julia about her life and journey from Geelong to Port Macquarie.
Great lady and a great conversation
ON this week's show, I am being interviewed by Simon Goeshyl from Geelong, Victoria about Des's passion for Men's Ministry and Momentum Australia, a Ministry that reached thousands of men around Australia and the world.
Join us on "Delving with Des" as we chat with our new State member of Parliament, Robert Dywer MP. We talk about his childhood, his life in the Laurieton area, and him taking over from Leslie Williams as the State member for Port Macquarie. A great conversation..!!
IN this second show with Dave Davis, we chat about his continued work for God, and the good and the bad. The amazing growth of "The Saving Place" and tragic impact of the floods in Kempsey.
This week on "Delving with Des" I will be chatting with the interesting Dave Davis who was instrumental in creating "The Saving Place" in Kempsey, NSW. He has led an interesting and ofttimes exciting life stemming from Tasmania, and traveling the world before settling with his wife, Julie Davis, in Kempsey. This week we talk about his life, and next week we will talk about his more recent past and the future.
Join me as we chat with Lynne Logan Pye, the caring and long-suffering wife of my good friend, Blake Logan Pye. We talk about her life in the US for 4 years on a sports fellowship, and finding Blake shortly after her return, and then their traumatic life through to today. Great and interesting conversation, and getting message of overcoming adversity.
This week we have the amazing Michaeli Witney on the show, originally from Wagga, Newcastle, and Sydney, and now resides with her husband Paul in Port Macquarie. Michaeli is a professional Musician and has played her cello on many Hillsong Worship albums. We talk about her life and listen to two of the compositions.