May 2 - time keeps on ticking

May 2 blog entry

Hello everybody,

I am now 2 weeks into term 2 and there are only 7 weeks left in the semester (one of which is prac week and one that is grad week).

On Tuesday the 22nd i hung out in the afternoon and played soccer at night. We won all 3 games, it was lots of fun as usual.

That Wednesday was a busy day. We had work day, so Sean, Lisa and I fixed a drawer and worked on the sound booth in the conf. Hall. After work day i talked to my dad for a half hour and got some stuff worked out for U of C, then we had a prac meeting. My prac team of 17 of us is going to Pendle hill in Sydney on May 10 for a week. Prac week is when groups go out for a week on a mission, a practical ministry. We are going into a poor community where we will be running 2 church services, a kids program and a student lunch time ministry among other things. Its going to be great. There are also groups doing work with the Salvation army, triple care farm, up in Macai, and a few others.We had family group that night and we played ultimate uno, it was actually a really fun time.

On Thursday we had more great lectures on abiding life, Gods will, the self and a little on relationships, from Ray Andrews. Everyone was supposed to get a half hour meeting with Beck (who came with Ray Andrews) to find out more about ourselves and why we are the way we are. I missed mine by half an hour, i was quite disappointed because that meant i wouldn’t get my meeting. After that i worked on my devotion for a few hours and went to town with Kiwi and Forgie. I deposited a cheque at the bank (where i shockingly discovered the exchange rate is .985, meaning instead of getting $200 on $2000, i got about $25!). after dinner i went to the dock with Stacia, Daralynne, Kylie, Gabe, Nick and Lynden. Later we had guys night where Woodsy and I talked about Hong Kong, then i worked on my devo a little more.

Friday morning went great. I presented my devo on peace and it went really well. I hung out for a bit in the afternoon then worked on some computer stuff. We had guys night again and we played rugby for over an hour. It was awesome, and i was pretty sore afterwards. We had burgers and watched Casino Royale after. A few of us came back to the Hilton and watched Naked Gun later on. It was a great day.

Saturday was great too. I used the internet for a while in the morning after sleeping in til 10:30!!!. After spending the afternoon figuring out what everyone was up to, Sean and i went to Bowral and saw the superhero movie. It was funny, but not great. Then we got pizza and talked to a cabbie on the way back that was a former student 10 years ago, it was really cool and we had a great conversation actually. Later i watched Primal Fear with Kiwi, Andrea, Ian and Jenn. It was a great movie, but a little awkward with 2 couples watching (....5th wheel?). later i went to the fire for a bit before bed.

On Sunday i did snac powerpoint in the afternoon and i said my testimony during the snac service. I watched last semesters capernwray dvd with Kiwi later, im going to do the one for this semester.

Mon Apr 28 i got up and it was cold, it was 10 degrees in our room! We had a new speaker for the week, Peter Thomsett, he was a good speaker and had lots of cool stories, teaching on Evangelism, but i didnt feel like i got much out of it (along with a bunch of others). After lecture i went to Moss Vale with Sean and Forgie. I had fish and chips for the first time! they were Really good. After getting back, i went to Bowral with the bus to bring my glasses in to get fixed (Mark jumped on them on the weekend and they were flattened). i tried to work on my bible study outline that night but couldn’t make progress and i was getting a little annoyed with all the assignments.

Tuesday we had a guy come in from Hillsong to talk to us about Youth Ministry, but he wasn’t great, i was looking forward to hearing from him but he didnt teach us much. I woked on my bible study for about 4 hours in the afternoon and finished it. I went to briars that night with some people and we were going to play soccer but Maxy couldn’t find the keys for the gym, i was disappointed. I hung out with Forgie and Mark for awhile later.

On Wednesday i sent out some postcards. Then we had workday, i put some worship songs into powerpoint for the morning, then i cleaned up a fire pit and worked on a Hong Kong video for church later. We had a bible study on God’s strength later and i shaved off my beard for moustache mayhem. (so that picture above is of me before shaving off my beard)

On Thursday we had a meeting for Pendle Hill planning and then we had funhouse. We also had a meeting for a mission trip to Queensland which would happen the two weeks after the term. I would join them late after spending a week in Brisbane.

Today there were some awesome oral presentations and we had dance lessons, a Pendle Hill meeting and i went to Briars with Tyler C, Sean, Kim and Daralynne.

Thats about it, having good times here, spending time with friends and learning more each day while trying not to worry about the future.

Thanks for reading.
From Down Under,
Adam