NT booze ban impacts on city

I was reading the local rag (newspaper), and one of the head lines stood out to me (well actually 2, this is the second one).
The article talks about the number of aboriginals that have come down to Adelaide from the Northern Territory, where bans on alcohol where imposed by the government at the time, in a reaction to a report that kids were being abused in the aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory.
Now usually in summer there is a migration of indiginous people to Adelaide from the north, for medical checks, ceremonies and some other reasons, and then when the cooler months come they go back home.
However the Aboriginal Sobriety Group says that there is more than normal, and that is putting a strain on their services.
The local paper also talked to a few of the "campers" in the parklands, and they said that tension and fights have risen among the homeless community.

Now i know i am not on the streets all day, everyday, however i have noticed more indiginous people about, and a number of them from up north. I have also noticed that it is a little noisier around the streets at night, mainly cause some of the indiginous people from the bush don't know how to talk quietly, they also talk in their native tongue, sometimes it is hard to work out whether they are just chatting (loudly) or if there is a fight. Even when you see what looks like a fight sometimes they are just mucking about.
However a lot of the indiginous people that i know drink, they drink as much as what they can afford or get their hands on, some of them become abusive once they are drunk (the only time i have had trouble with indiginous people was when one of them was drunk, they appoligised the next time they saw me). I know that it is the same with all people, once drunk emotions fly highier, and fights can break out.
N0w i love the indiginous people of Aus, i always have.... as i was growing up an aboriginal guy taught me how to box, and play darts.... I have fond memories of him and his family and the time i spent there.
What are we to do with this information, how do we help, what help do they need.
They need Christ, They need His healing. Pretty much all aboriginals in Australia have heard and know about Jesus Christ. Many were raised at missions, or with the Stolen Generation were taken away and placed in White families, where they were forced to go to Sunday School. There are many aboriginal people who know the Bible very well, however they are not "alive", they don't seem to have the relationship with Christ, that makes them alive. (and i say seem, cause i don't fully know and it is not my place to judge). All i know is that so many need healing, i see the hurt in their eyes, and experience their distrust.

On Wednesday the Government is going to Apologise to the aboriginal people for the acts of the government a number of years ago, that resulted in the "stolen generation". I pray that this will be the beginning of the healing for the Aboriginal people. However i know that words along is not enough, so i pray for wisdom for the government in the steps after the apology.

Sorry this blog has been long (nearly as long as my mate Kurisu's blogs) and all over the place, i have just been typing what comes to my head about this article.

Lux