head out of the ground

Greetings friends who read this blasted BLOG! Oh man.. I feel blog starved... it feels like forever since I've posted anything. And it's not because I haven't had anything to say either... I've had plenty to say (mostly pointless, random gibberish, that I'm sure you're used to) but just haven't had the time to sit here and pointlessly hammer away at my laptop.

Firstly because most of my spare time - wait... most of? What on earth do I mean by that? Spare time is actually a rarity at the CYS house, and even my time off at home - which has been shortened to less than 24hrs a week - is usually spent asleep, with my sisters, neice, parents or muchly missed friends of the Western region! But yeah anyway... the spare time I DO have, is spent hammering away at my new friend Asher.

He's black, got good rhythm (provided I hit the right thing), can get pretty loud (much like me), lives in the upstairs common room and totally loves the ocean views.

Ehp... Ash is my new friend from Bambams - the beautiful new black shiny drum kit that totally bumped up the standard of all 21st birthday presents. Wow... wasn't expecting that one! Thanks to all the people who made my birthday so blessed. I don't have the energy to describe just how spoilt I was when I celebrated this year... but man... I have experienced gratitude at a level never before reached in my 21 years of living.

Hey... so... life in the missionary field? What to say? Today I witnessed the most awesome level of childlike faith I've ever seen. The REC actually got me teary at the end of the day when she so confidently, lovingly and sincerely proclaimed that she saw God in each of those 32 yr 6 students, and that she actually looked up to them because of their enthusiasm and excitement.

One of the many favourites of today was Paul, who, as a an answer to the question "why should we as leaders ask 'what would Jesus do?'," stuck his hand up in the air so quickly and said so matter-of-factly into the microphone, "Because he's our king and we believe in him!"

WOW.

Gotta love that innocence ay?

Today, the sunrise and the moon made my day. One of those natural blessings that I get to see when I pop my head out of the room... And speaking of my room... I better check it because atm I strung all my washing in there (undies and shirts gallore!) because of the rain this afternoon.

So to end it quickly, here's my "Golden List" for today:

1. The sky this morning - glorious blue, red and everything in between.
2. The yr 6 kids and everything about them that totally made my heart clucky and fuzzy today.
3. The purple Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toy from the McDonald's Happy Meal
4. I was walking around Bondi with a pink balloon and got to see a 3yr old girl smile so big just coz I gave it to her
5. Spending time with the girls on team
6. Laughing at the guys (esp. Boks and Joe)
7. Tuesday's conversation
8. Daydreaming about NZ in April
9. God's way of winning over my heart (esp. through Elizabeth Elliot's "Passion & Purity")
10. Singing Motown songs in the van.