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[email protected] Will Graham Goes Outback To Share The Hope Of Christ Evangelist Will Graham returned to Australia in May to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Outback. The three‐ day event, Reality, Alice Springs, was held from 20‐22 May at Blatherskite Park in Alice Springs, NT. Out of a population of 28,605, nearly 6,000 people attended the weekend event. ‘Some of you have a broken life, and God doesn't use band aids. God wants to completely change you,’ Will Graham de‐ clared. ‘Salvation is a person and His name is “Jesus”. Jesus can change everything in life. He can change your life tonight!’ At Graham’s invitation, a total of 549 people made a commitment to Christ. An additional 297 responded for prayer and spiritual support. Reality featured five different events over the course of the weekend, including evangelistic out‐ reaches on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, a KidzFest program for children on Saturday morning, and a combined church service for the city on Sunday morning. Reflecting on Reality, Graham referred to another evangelist who traveled the same territory more than 45 years prior. Dr Ralph Bell, a longtime ministry partner of Billy Graham’s, spent two months preaching in and around Alice Springs in 1969, and – Graham says – paved the way for the success of this event. ‘In Alice Springs God harvested fruit that we did not sow. Particularly among the indigenous people, Dr Bell and other missionaries planted the seeds of faith in Jesus Christ decades ago, and we are able to see the result this weekend.’ This was Will Graham’s fourth time preaching in Australia, dating back to 2010.