3rd Week!!

So the third week was about repentance and forgiveness and it was awesome!! I learned so much about how much God loves us, what repentance really means and how to forgive those who have hurt me.  We got so much closer as a school and as a family.  It was such an intense week that we mostly just stayed around the base.  

Second Week!!

Hey Everyone,

     This week has been soooo busy.  For some reason I joined the intense running group for morning exercise, and now I"m thinking it wasn't the best choice for the first week. It's been a good week though I've already learned so much, this week we learned about the Character and Nature of God. It was so informative but it's not just head knowledge anymore it's become truth in my life.   God has been showing me that he is my provider and protecter this week, that I can trust him in everything.  

          I'm getting to know people better and it's starting to feel like home and I'm trying lots of new things too.  The girls I live with in "228" (the building that some of the girls live in) have become a little family of our own, our first party was a coffee and chocolate party last wednesday.  Thursday was my schools first night of evangelism with the rest of the base, it was really neat to see all these people go out in to the city to worship and just talk to people about God. Then friday was my first night out, I went to Hungry Jacks for a good burger and fries, and then on to the ice cream shop for a smoothie.  Saturday I had weekend work duties and got to cook dinner for the whole base. Thank you for all of you prayers and notes, I think of you all often.

My First Week!

  Hey Everyone!

I have now lived in Australia for a week and it has been crazy, good crazy :) I got into Perth around 9 p.m. last saturday.  It was a long, tiring, stressful trip alone but even in this first week I can tell it's going to be worth it.

Starting next week my schedule is going to be 6 a.m. mornings exercise, 8 family chores (I help prepare for lunch), 8:30 lectures start, 12:30 lectures end, 12:30-1:00 lunch, 1:30-3:30 work duties (I work in the kitchen again, cleaning up after lunch, then i have some free time until 5:30 which is dinner then every evening there is something different.  My weekends are free which is a wonderful time to sleep in, work on my journal, and explore the city!

In the first week I've met people from all over the world, made some great friends, eaten some very strange things, almost been hit by a car, bought a very cute sundress, sweated after walking only two blocks, been to the beach twice, gotten quite a sunburn (even with sunscreen applied more than once), listened to lectures by a guy from Denmark, saw the sun rise over the river, eaten tim tams, and tasted vegemite.

I'd love to hear from you, and if you want to hear about anything else just ask I'm sure I'd love to tell you!

Sorry if I don't get back to you right away, I have to take my computer to base to get internet so I try to check it every couple of days.