still in the south...destination unknown :)

alright,
im in a bus that was transfered into a computer place in frans joseph (its all so different here)
the sun is shining and there are BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL mountians in the background. Me, Jill and Gloria are in a pink rental car which=hilarious, we all burst out laughing when we saw it.
thats it...no pictures yet ...sorry

DAY 3

Alright quick update:
TODAY WAS SUNNY WOO HOO and it made such a difference!
after we woke up we went to this free dance workshop(with a friend we have made, lena, who is german but is living in aussie and a sweetheart) at the art gallery and it was hiphop and we learned a routine and it was soo funny, but really good too.
then we spent the day around christchurch again and in the big markets that they had just looking and cool things and watching silly street performers and there was also a break dancing thing. overall a wonderful day. God is good and tomorrow we are going to Elim church here, so that will be nice :)

Day 2

I dont know if i will keep this up of doing a post everyday, but I am going to try. alright today we all got caught up on sleep and woke up around 10, which was real nice. Ate breakfast and then did some work out stuff hehe like abs and some pushups. it prolly looked kinda funny with all us girls but it was fun and good to do, you know? then we packed lunches and set out town. We walked around and went into this antique store and jewelry store where i met the coolest lady ever. she had her own little store and i was admiring the artwork on her wall and asked who the artest was and it was her! She was really good and of course that was art and so we had something in common to talk about and that got us both going and we talked for a good 30 minutes. God came up a few times which was good, but mostly I think she just saw the joy in my heart i have for God and that was enough. I took a picture with her and so i might get that developed and give it to her with like a verse on the back or something, but i havent decided yet. then we walked around more and went to the big art gallery and saw some sweet exibits and then split into 2 groups (me, glor, and jill) and walked thru town some more. it is beautiful here and im excited for the next week. Um i read 2 corinthians 12:7-10 today. so good. read it and dwell. and ill leave you with that :)

SOUTH ISLAND

Today i arrived in Christchurch! woot woooot. I woke up at 3:30 this morning and hit a shuttle to auckland then kinda barely made our flight and quick hilarious story: soo there was a really long line for security that was on top of the escalator soo once we realized that there was no room at the top of the escalator for us it was too late to turn around...soo funny because there was like an awkward bumping into people situation and a bunch of "oh um sorry, oh " dude so funny. anywayssss once we arrived it was kinda gloomy out and we were all tired BUT we worked through everything. we just finished up a very well budgeted dinner that was tassstey! and just nice to sit around a dinner table together and pray and eat. very nice. later we are all going to read 2Peter 1:3-9 seperatly and then come together and just talk about it. horay for Bible studies. looking forward for tomorrow and all God has in store.

Soccer!

Alright so this week we are spending all our time in the town of Cambridge. Each day we (me &jaryn are rooming together) and go to our home church (Elim) and we have done all of cleaning inside the church to helping set up for events and then we started building garden boxes this morning. Oh and yesterday we walked through near neighborhoods and put fliers in mailboxes and it was sweet. It was a BEAUTIFUL day. wow so great so we walked for 2 hours and it was a great quiet time and also important for spreading the news of a thing they are having at the church. But anyways...at noon all the ministry groups meet at a church that hosts a lunch for us all to meet and eat. We eat and then talk about what has happened and pray for the rest of the day. Thennn our specific group either has time off or a little prep time and then we have soccer! and man has it been awesome. We started off with 14 kidsish and now we are up to around 30. The weather has been great and the programs are running smoothly and yea its all working out. After our soccer we have different events for the community each night and so far so good with those too. As for me I am well. Its nice to be in a different setting although I miss our homestead at Monavale... After this week we go back there for a week and then off on 2 week break!!! keep that in your prayers. love you all:)

Hello!
so this week is ministry preparation week so me and 8 other sweet student are all on a team together and we are sent to a specific church to help them with whatever they need(like with lawn care, ministry work, etc.) and then in the afternoons our team gets to do soccer with the kids. and some of you might be like what? you soccer? BUT im getting better haha. plus i like working with kids so its all good. :)
Other than that ive been hanging out in the beautiful sunshine and thinking about my 2 week break. (Sep. 26-Oct. 10) which is some exciting news because i am going to fly down to Christchurch in the lower east coast of the south island WOO HOO! Its me, gloria, jill, corina, debbie, and rachel. We got our roundtrip tickets for $115, which is an AMAZING price, (give thanks to God for sure)While we are down there we are going to spend some time at a hostel and using their bikes to get around and then other times staying at churches and maybe the public transit, like get a metro pass? Also we will be on the beach, going to see live music, festivals, and just taking every good opportunity that comes our way :)

Side note: October 12-November 23ish I will be on ABS(Adventure Bible School) and pretty much adventure=hiking, waking up each morning and exercise, Bible stuff, its only 18 people so its like growing a family, and the rest is surprise (so each day we dont really know whats going to happen, and previous students that have been on it are sworn to secrecy). Also very little communication with the outside world!!

ministry week

Hello!

so this week is ministry preparation week so me and 8 other sweet student are all on a team together and we are sent to a specific church to help them with whatever they need(like with lawn care, ministry work, etc.) and then in the afternoons our team gets to do soccer with the kids. and some of you might be like what? you soccer? BUT im getting better haha. plus i like working with kids so its all good. :)

Other than that ive been hanging out in the beautiful sunshine and thinking about my 2 week break. (Sep. 26-Oct. 10) which is some exciting news because i am going to fly down to Christchurch in the lower east coast of the south island WOO HOO! Its me, gloria, jill, corina, debbie, and rachel. We got our roundtrip tickets for $115, which is an AMAZING price, (give thanks to God for sure). But we are planning on staying a few of the nights at an all-girls hostel that has free bikes for us to use and then the rest of the time we are there we might stay at churchs or other peoples houses that are connected to Capernwray. Also there should be some cool live music things we want to check out and other local art things...sounds like a dream right? Thats it for now.

Life update!

Yesterday I went on a hour and ten min. run! It was soooo good. Something that I have been praying for lately is that God will open my eyes, heart, and ears to what he has to say to me or show me. So my little rule for myself is not to wear my ipod while I run 1.)Because if I am with someone else I want to talk with them and get to know them and 2.)If I am by myself I want to open my self up to God and just be in his nature and glory…im not saying my music is bad, its just nice to set apart time for quiet too. So going on this crazy run I start to sing out loud while I am running (all praise music) just because its nice and it works on my lung capacity but im sure that if someone saw me running they probably laughed out loud to see this random girl running and singing off tune and out of breath but anyways… so I sang for a while and then started just talking out loud to Him and man was that crazy too. I begin thanking God for all the things in my life and I realized I could keep this up running everyday for long periods of time and thanking God for things and never run out of things to be thankful for!! Heres an example to get you started thinking about it…so while im on my run im thinking thank your for legs to run, and lungs that work, and roads to run on, and great weather to run in and beautiful scenery to see, and cows, and agriculture, and farmers, and people in general, and people at Capernwray and the opportunity to be here and the list goes on and on and on. You get the picture ☺. And then I remembered that yes I can thank Him for everything now but I most importantly have to remember to thank him when times are hard. That’s the big challenge. Hmm what else here? OH! It is finally spring! Officially on September 1st. the sun is shining as I type! Amen for that! Alright More coming later...love you all, keep praying :)