Update...

I have a few minutes on a computer, so I thought I'd just write a quick blog.

I'm on my third week of my program, Order 614. Things are continuing to overal go really well, although I've had a few struggles over the last week or two. Right now we're just getting a lot of training in, such as first aid, safety in the workplace, and just orientation around 614 and the various programs.

I think things that I need some prayer for right now is just continuing to get used to living in a house with about 17 other people, and adjusting to the many different dynamics that comes with that, and the lack of personal time and space that seems to happen. In the last little bit I have been making a real effort to spend time in prayer with God in the mornings and evenings, and that's made a real difference in my focus and strength, but it's still a bit of a daily struggle.

I know that there is heaps that God wants to teach me over the course of this year, and there is a lot of growing I need to do and things that I need to work on. I'm just realizing that it's proving to be a bit of a struggle to just allow God to have complete control and to break me down, mostly because I tend to get easily distracted by things going on around me.

Anyways, I should be off because we're having a big ball tonight at 614 for the community, so lots to get ready!

Blessings!

It has begun!

Well, it's been absolutly ages since I've posted, so I thought it was about time I did.

I have survived my first week of Order 614. I've taken a few photos that have some of my team mates in them, so check those out on my msn space. I'll take a video tour of where I'm living soon, and post that up as well.

One of my biggest worries was about having a roommate. I was bound and determined that I was not going to have one, and spent a lot of time complaining about it the week or two leading up to the start of my program (sorry Matt!). But, God is good, and took care of everything.
I am rooming with a 17 year old from Perth, named Chloe. She is an absolutly beautiful soul, and has already in the past week been such a huge strength for me. She is just totally on fire for God and is such an inspiration to me. She's really been challenging my way of thinking and keeps me accountable in my relationship with God. We knew that we'd get along just fine when it was realized we're both deeply in love with Anchorman, and the quotes work themselves into pretty much every conversation we have.

This past week there's been some team building days, and some training sessions. I'm starting to get to know downtown Melbourne a bit more, and can find my way around better every day. Starting on Monday I've got a week packed full of training sessions...so not too excited about that, but I know it's all things that I need to learn.

The team I'm on is great, and overal everyone has been a really good support making sure I fit in and that I'm doing okay. It's looking to be a very amazing year. I'll do my best to update when I get to a computer, and keep looking for more pictures as I post them.

Just to finish off, I have to give a shout out to an absolutly hilarious blog that deserves a read if you get a chance. It's from the brilliant mind that is Matthew Atkins, so click here to have a look. It's definitely not to be taken seriously, but is good for a laugh, and you've got some creativity in you, leave a comment.

Blessings!

Some Tag Action

Well, THE fantastic and fabulous Ashley Elliott has given me a little tag-a-roo....so here goes nothing.

Four jobs I’ve had:
Sales person at Crafters Marketplace - a vendors craft store that closed about 2 months after I started working there. Good old Warden Power Centre!
Sales associate at Old Navy
Working at camp for 6 summers
Subsitute and Relief worker at Richardson Residence for Children's Aid

Four movies I can watch over & over:
Ever After
Anchorman
Shag
Shawshank Redeption

Four places I’ve lived:
My townhouse in East York, Ontario where I've lived my whole life
Beaver Creek Camp in Saskatchewan for 2 months, summer of 2000
Camp Wabana for 5 summers (Sutton, Ontario..good ol' S dot)
A hostel in Sunshine Australia, where i'll be this year.

Four TV shows I love:
CSI
Law and Order SVU
Star Trek TNG
Amazing Race

Four places I’ve vacationed:
Vancouver, BC
PEI
Conference Centre at Jacksons Point...don't get no better then that!
Lake Placid

Four of my favourite dishes::
Chicken stir fry
Chicken wrap from Jawny Bakers..yummm...
Cashew Chicken and pad thai noddles from Green Mango
All different varieties of curry chicken

Four sites I visit daily:
Hotmail
Homestar Runner
My blog - then to all my friends blogs linked from it
Google

Four places I’d rather be right now:
Well...I'm in Australia...so I don't have much else right now lol
But I guess, either a very fast route home to see all the family and friends that I miss
Backpacking Europe
New Zealand

Four bloggers I’m tagging:

Jessica Hynes
Matt Atkins
Donna Halsey
Dionne Halsey

(P.S. VERY good trip to Apollo Bay this past weekend...check out the pix on my msn space. And yahhhhh..definitely forgot the sunscreen again. Upper arms burnt hard core..bringing the grand total to FOUR sunburns now. I think I've peeled more in the past 3 weeks then the past 10 years of my life. Gross....)