Hey everyone! I am still alive and doing well! I've had some people wondering when the next update would come along so here it is! Alrighty, what have I been doing since I last wrote...
I've definitely been enjoying having an apartment with free internet and AWESOME roommates! Tonight I cooked my roomie some dinner cause I really hadn't cooked an actual legit dinner since I came to Sydney. I made some pasta with pesto and basil, bruchetta, she made some salad with veggies and we had to have some Aussie ginger beer to go along with it!(it's a brand of pop they have here for those of you who don't know) It was so nice to have a cooked meal and to be able to enjoy it at the table with someone instead of just eating in front of the TV.
I've been helping out with kids stuff at church which I have been LOVING! They've had me do the offering message a few times, so it's cool that they're getting me really involved :) I help with a lot of the set up as well since I'm on Saturday service which is actually really fun! I set up the video games every week (my cousins would be proud) Other than that, I have connect group every other week with some people from Powerhouse, Sisterhood (women's group) Thursday mornings, KDG's (kids discipleship groups) every other Friday and church all weekend! I LOVE it! Hillsong is such an amazing place to be. All of the college students try to convince me every time they see me to do college next semester haha. I really do love the way they do church. It focuses so much on the relationships and community and building each other up. It just incorporates a lot of what I love which is why I think I enjoy it so much! I am definitely taking in a lot that I'll hopefully be able to use at camp and other future events!
My roommate, another friend and I went to the Manly Australian open of surfing a few weekends ago! IT WAS AWESOME. I loooove surf culture! We went Saturday before lunch- watched some surfing, went in some surf shops, watched some skating, loved life... Bethany Hamilton and some other rip curl sponsored surfers were doing a signing but sadly we weren't there early enough so we got all the way to the door and they had to leave! Bummer :( But there was a church at Manly that was playing Soul Surfer and then they interviewed Bethany Hamilton so we got there super early and just sat in line so we could get a good seat. It was awesome and it was so cool to hear Bethany talk! God is really using her in incredible ways. We went Sunday again and watched the skating finals. I am in love with Manly. It's such a small little surf community. Right by the beach, surf shops all over the place, people longboarding and skating with their board shorts and surf boards. If I was here longer term that is probably where I would live! My roommate and I are a little obsessed with this whole surf competition thing now (especially since we both secretly want to get incredibly good very fast to be able to join one, like they would in a Disney movie haha) so we're going to take a train to Newcastle on March 17 cause there's another surf competition going on and we'll be there all weekend. Stoked! Bethany Hamilton will be at that one as well and they're doing another signing so we're going to make sure to be in line SUPER early this time!
Another amazing thing about Hillsong is they have a surf ministry! It's every Monday morning at Bondi beach and I've been twice so far. It's cool because backpackers hear about it and come as well! The first time it was really windy so I was hardly able to get out, let alone get up, but this past Monday it was much calmer. I got up for a short short time! I'm getting the hang of it a little more though- with what waves to wait for and the feel of them when they pick you up. It's hard because the ministry doesn't have too many boards for the amount of people, but it's free which is goooood. So hopefully I'll get a good ride in soon :)
I am still jobless, but there is some hope glistening in the horizon. I must say, this job thing has been way harder than I was expecting it to be. Coming in January is not exactly the best job season in the world. But I do have a lot of people who have been encouraging and lots of people at church who have been praying. I know God has a plan and I'm just trying to enjoy the time that I do have to do different ministries that may have been harder for me to do if I had a job. I know He'll bring me exactly where He wants me (before I run out of money lol) and I did say I wanted to be able to really rely on Him during this trip. Yup, that is sure the case. I may hopefully be able to start babysitting a family next week which would be perfect and on Tuesday I have an interview for a catering business that would be needed in Sydney from March 22-April 14. So if you could pray that those could work out I would greatly appreciate it! I really want to be able to have a good amount of money so that I can travel up the east coast to Cairns for a couple of weeks in April to go diving on the Great Barrier Reef! I would love to see more of Australia than NSW. It's amazing here, but I want to be able to experience more of this beautiful country because I've heard that so many places are absolutely incredible!
So yea, it's been good. I'm more settled now which has been nice. Been doing lots of fun stuff with people like going to the pool, eating dinner in the park, having coffee, lunch or dinner with people... we're also going to go to the open air cinema sometime next week because they only go until March so that should be fun! Trying to do as much as I can without spending a whole lot of money. It's been great and I am undoubtedly blessed to be here. God is good! All the time!
Miss all of you very much- I wish I could fly you all here to experience Australia with me! I would definitely recommend it if you every get the chance to come :)
Shout out to Johnny who has his last Les Mis shows this weekend! Last big musical of high school. I'm sad I can't be there, but I've heard from so many that it's an AMAZING show! Way to go little brother :)
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