Coober Pedy doesn’t have much going for it from what I can see except the opal mining that is pretty much what the draw is to it. The underground buildings are a pretty awesome thing to see in Coober Pedy. We pretty much stopped because Jamie wanted to see the underground buildings and when we drove into the town he saw that there was this church where you can go in and visit. The church really was very impressive and the temperature difference from the heat outside and inside of it was outstanding. I can really see why they would have it underground because it is like having an air conditioner on with how cool it was.
The entrance kind of reminded me of a cave entrance and I suppose that is pretty much what it is in essence. I don’t know what I was expecting when I was walking into the church. I haven’t actually been inside a church since I was about six years old and this was not a regular church that I was used to seeing. So, when we walked in I was pretty blown away with how gorgeous and natural it was.
They had a few chairs in the outside of the actual church part of it and Duncan had to go and sit in one, of course. Chairs and toddlers is like a magnet more or less. That wasn’t the only thing that was outside pf the main room though, they had some information and pictures as well as a table set up where you can pay for a magnet and postcards of the church if you wanted to. We didn’t because I would just lose them, however, Jamie did drop a few coins he had in his pocket in the donation tub.
It was kind of like being in a museum with the information set up and from the time we spent on the outside while Jamie was on the phone, they get a lot of visitors.
I was quite happy that we were able to take pictures because this is a place that I want to remember we went to and not just inside my head.
When we opened the sliding glass doors to step into the actual area where they held their church sessions the temperature was even cooler, if you could believe it. They had artwork on the walls as well as the chairs set up and the area for the pastor stood.
Since it was so quiet, if I had been there by myself I may have gotten a little creeped out but I loved that everything was made with wood and natural (besides the chairs where the people sat of course).
This is where the people are baptized as you can read about in the sign (with the horrid glare) below. How gorgeous is it?
At first I had reservations about even going in and looking inside the church, I thought it was a weird thing to do. Go gawk in a church, who does that? I am really happy that we went and I think I’d love to take my Mom there and show her when she comes out here to visit. It’s something that she would really appreciate.
