2nd Week
Alright, so i made it through the second week of classes - it was really good - tuesday and wednesday are really long, but once i hit thursday, i'm golden!! thursday all we do is have hillsong women, which is a service totally devoted to women, to let them know they are valued and treasured in the church here and it's also an outreach for women in the area - i serve on the hospitality team for that so i get to serve coffee/tea, or be at the toast station or walk around with platters of fruit, it varies from week to week - this week i was on toast, i love the toast station, it's so much fun - it's funny because we are only there for 1/2 serving and even in that time they give us a 10 minute break - we are there at 8 am to help set up, and then there's a prayer meeting at 9 and then we start around 9:15 getting everything going - the actual meeting itself starts at 10am - this week was really amazing - the message just really spoke to me - it was about us being pioneer women - really stepping up and leading the way - we are to cling to Jesus, be persistant, give our finest, love people and love God, and be a warrior - and for some reason while i'm writing this i can't think of exactly what it was that spoke to me, but it was amazing message - this is nothing new for me though, people would ask me all the time how was service and i would say "great" and they would ask what was so great about it and i couldn't remember!! haha so yeah that's just me - anyways thursday afternoon was weekly ministry and we were preparing to go onto our uni campus next week for their orientation week - we are going to have a booth there - our club is called Hillsong United Campus - and so we were trying ot figure out what kind of atmosphere we want to have and stuff like that - it was rather fun - i'm really excited for the impact that we are going to have this year there - oh and then for my weekend ministry i found out that i get to be involved with powerhouse which is our youth aged 18-25 here on friday nights, i'm on door greeting and last night i helped usher people to their seats if they couldn't find them - it was fun - got to meet a couple of guys who were new and i was trying to get them connected into a connect group and stuff and i don't know for sure, but i think the one guy might've went down to the front for the altar call for giving their lives to Christ, because i looked over and he wasn't in his seat for that part - so that was rather exciting, super nice guys and they are hoping to come to church and come back to powerhouse next week - also i get to do car park as they call it here on sundays which is directing cars to their parking spot - those of you from Windsor Christian Fellowship will understand what that looks like! so i get to work on my tan at the same time! Today is Chrishan and Danielle's wedding - they are the powerhouse leaders, and i'm telling you - what an example they are - they are so passionate about the youth and seeing young people's lives changed, Chrishan, the night before his wedding was at powerhouse do the leader's meeting, like i'm telling you, we need more people like that who are totally dedicated to their youth and really living the example - they are getting married on some beach today and we were all invited but without a car, it would be really hard to get there! Anyways God's blessing on them!! so yeah that's all that's really new, it's really hot out today, i'm roasting buckets just sitting here, i wish i could've went to the beach, but in a couple of weeks i think we are going so it's all good!!! well i'm going to Paramatta on monday to get my label put on my passport so i can work, so i'm going to look for jobs - oh that reminds me i need to get my tax file number as well!!! hope everyone is well - please feel free to email me any time all the time!! luv y'all
First Week of Classes
Alright, so i had my first week of classes - i have no classes on monday, tuesday is a long day i go right from 8:30 - 5 but i have one hour break between 10:30-11:30, wednesday is the same thing - thursday i have no actual classes but i have hillsong women in the morning, so i'm there at 8am to help set up - i'm on the hospitality team, so we serve toast, coffee, tea and fruit etc - we have prayer meeting at 9, then people come in around 9:30 for food and drinks, then the meeting starts at 10 and is over around noon - the beauty of me serving on hospitality is that i actually get to be in the meeting, where some people who serve in kids etc don't get to see hillsong women at all which is a bummer for them - then in the afternoon from 2-5 is our weekly ministry which i just found out, mine involves going to a university campus and serving people there - making relationships and just being there to serve them for the most part and then eventually getting them connected with our youth ministry etc - fridays all i have is chapel and then tutorial so i'm done at noon on fridays - so if you are thinking of good times to call me, best for now would be your sunday nights and thursday nights, friday nights so that's pretty good
we got bombarded with a million assignments this week - like i have like 6 due in april, one due next week and one due in march - plus the colour conference is coming up in march and they say that you are so busy that week that if you are not on top of your assignments now, it's going to be tough after that because you get so busy
so i've been feeling a bit overwhelmed - during breaks at school, it's hard to find a quiet place to go, there are people everywhere because we all have the same schedule and it's great to have people to talk to and all, but sometimes you just need your own space etc - anyways no worries - funny story though, man, God is so good - he is totally directing my steps - like i was totally planning when he directed me back to youth ministries - i thought for sure i was going to be doing wildlife age which is gr 9 -12 people and then i get put in powerhouse which is ages 18-25 and i was like "what?" and then when i went to the meeting on thursday to find out exactly what i would be doing and then told me university ministry, i was like "i don't want to do this" but as i listened to it, i got so excited, i knew it was exactly where i was supposed to be, it reminded me of when i was in Edmonton and the outreaches and stuff we did there, so i just realized that God is just continuing on with that stuff with me - and i heard it's a pretty stretching experience so i'm stoked for that - if you could just pray though - only one person on our team has a car, and since the university isn't exactly close to us, we need a way to get there
i don't know what else to tell you about this week or what's happening here i'm just really excited about what God is doing, i just can't believe how amazing he is and how he is just totally in control, he so knows me better than i know myself and where my strengths lie etc its fantastic!
Orientation Week
So this week we had orientation - it was tuesday-friday from about 8:30-2 - it was pretty cool - it was basically like being in church all day - there was worship, then a message, then a break, worship, message break, worship, message go home!
Thursday was Hillsong Women, which i don't really understand yet what it's all about but it's every thursday at 9:30am and i'm in hospitality for it - so i think i get to serve food and drinks and stuff, sweet deal! my weekend ministry at this moment just says youth-powerhouse - powerhouse is aged 18-25 but i haven't figured out exactly what i have to do for it - i have to serve 2 services on the weekend and then attend one - and then on top of that i will have a weekly ministry which i don't know what it is yet - that could be anything like street teams, or visiting the elderly, working with single moms etc
i met with my connect group leader on friday - her name is Bec - she is really cool - so our connect group is going to be every other tuesday night
right now i only have classes from tuesday-friday i have mondays off - that is cool
saturday i had a weird day, i all of a sudden felt like i didn't really fit in here at Rosa Crescent which is our apartment building complex - there is like 100 students living here - i haven't had that feeling yet - but everyone here is like 19-20 age group pretty much and i have a hard time hanging out with them - actually it's really weird because i've just been desiring to read books or the bible and stuff, just spend a lot of quiet time which i know is exactly where i'm supposed to be, but i had that weird feeling which was weird - i'm meeting alot of people and everything though and say hi to tons of people but outside of my roommates i don't really hang out with many here in this building - but that's alright once classes start i will meet lots of people so that will be good
i've been crocheting my blanket - it's like half done - i will have to take a picture when i get done - my mp3 player broke, it doesn't work if you put a battery in it - it just flashes green nonstop but if i put it into my computer then i can play the songs
went out for pizza saturday night with a few people and then played scrabble - i lost - man i'm not good at that game - kinda makes me want to play more though
Robert Ferguson has been teaching us a series on praying - he's been going through Paul's letters to see how he prays it's really neat
so i went to the gym 3 times this week plus i think i jumped rope on my balcony one night - that's pretty good!! i like the gym and i found a couple other people who go to the gym as well - actually the one girl it ends up is in my connect group - i'm excited - she is an exercise specialist -so we basically studied the same thing so that is good
anyways don't know what else to write right now, i'm sure there was more but it's late and my brain is shutting down - all my roommates have class tomorrow and i don't so i guess i can sleep in - be a weird day all by myself
goodnight
i know what i wanted to write - they found a solution to our bus shuttle situation - we have a bus now - but we have to sign up for a spot because the bus only holds 20 people - some people have bought cars so it lessens the people that need the bus - and the bus is free!!! praise God!!
the church
Okay so i realized that i never really wrote about what Hillsong Church is like! well it's awesome - it's huge, i don't know how many people it fits, one of these days i will take a picture of the auditorium - it's cool to be there, it feels like you are in a concert all the time - everyone jumps to any song thats jumpable!! especially at night on sundays because they are more casual
i don't really know how to explain it - except it's really hopping! the messages are always very challenging and inspiring and they bring in lots of the best speakers for us - the color conference is coming up in march and it's for women only - lisa bevere will be here along with other great women - we will have to serve at that so we don't register for it - don't know if we actually get to hear much of it - but they always have the cds ready after for us for $5 each if we miss a session i suppose
i don't know what else to say other than tomorrow we have orientation - finally - i joined the gym today - called Fitness First - it's $60 per month which kinda sucks but i really need a gym so i'm going to go - they gave me a backpack and waterbottle, headphones and a towel as well so i thought that was pretty nice of them - it reminds me a lot of Goodlife back home - they have all the same group ex classes etc
i also finally got my own internet so i can take it and use it anywhere i go - it's expensive as well - but i'm supposed to be able to use webcam etc with it - so hopefully everyone will get on board and talk to me lots through that so everyone can save money
well that's all that's new right now - i'm hungry (what else is new) i'm going to make dinner
