at the airport…
Well here I am at Sydney airport very soon getting on the plane…woohoo.
Jsut been on a bit of a hopping spree…bought a digital camera, sunnies and 2 CD’s (Honey soundtrack and Latin compilation)…and I’m set.
Fly away…
I get on a plane today :)
Well, I’m off to Scripture and then the airport…
and then HONG KONG!
YAY.
I feel organised. Very strange.
Bye everybody.
See you in 2 weeks.
less than 24hrs to go…
Just wrote my last email for 2 weeks. Woohoo!!
Now all I have to do is pack. No worries.
I wonder if I’ll get any sleep…
The weekend as it was
Sat hmmmm casting workshop & stressing bout sunday mostly. Umm…ooo spontaneous Chinese take away with Phil, Guin & Sal. That was fun. Definately a nice break. Phil & Guin are locals at the moment. Wish they were all the time.
Sun hadn’t slept much. Did the good ol’ I’m scared of leading the service coz we’re doing something a little radical and know some people won’t like it and a lot of it relies on me tracking what the Spirit is doing and making on the spot decisions about what to do with a hundred people. Golly gosh, whoever gave me that responsibility?? Why am I always the one to break the box…
Anyways, met up with Kaye at 7. Drove into the car park and she got out of her car and had left the lights on. I did some sign langauge to convince her to go back to her car and she discovered she locked her keys in. Pretty funny. So we called the NRMA. Then went off on our prayer adventure round the church. And then went praying down the shops and oval. I got really excited about the day ahead and knew all was well in the world. Got excited about following God’s lead and sharing His word. It really is a privelege to do business with the creator of the universe. woah. Spin out.
Anyway, led the service. Got people to do different stuff. God spoke through lots of people saying really similar things which is always great to see ahd hear. I went into prophesying mode at one point which on the one hand felt scary and on the other just felt really right and easy and normal and ‘me’. Thanks Holy Spirit. I also got rathered fired up as I shared a bit from Acts. Theres’ quite a fire in that belly of mine. Gotta be careful about when i let it out. But probably should let it out a little more often for people to see. I love watching people pray. Spent some time at the end just singing worship with Matt while people prayed. I like God.
When you do something new and different you get people who love it and people who hate it. That happened again on Sunday. Lots of praise and lots of complaints. I always find it nerve racking and somehwhat painful.
But I still reckon its the best way to go. I’d hate to do the same thing week after week.
I’m into new things.
And I reckon God is too.
Keeps me on my toes.
The rest of my Sunday I had a headache..which I still have. Oh well. Just lots of loose ends to tie up before
I GO TO HONG KONG ON WEDNESDAY!!!
Had a fabo time with Sal dreaming up ideas this morning. Pity we might not use any of them…not for a while anyway 
Oh well. Twas fun dreaming anyway. Felt my creative juices return in the midst of tiredness and dryness.
Visited mummy Jones and Ruth this morning. I like visitng the Jones’. I always feel better afterwards. I was sent on an errand to find quality coffee for Helen & Mike at Dane’s in Wahroonga. I had lunch there and spent ages trying to decide what to eat. Had a chicken burger, but it was no where near as good as the chicken burgers in Belrose. So never again.
I get to sit on a plane soon and stare into space…woohoo!!
Well, what’s Helen been up to then eh..
Hmmmm…
Thursday night went to the Davo Season Of Performing Arts. (BTW I think Season is a very appropriate renaming. Dance companies have ‘Seasons’ which are a repetition of repertoire over a period of days or weeks). Felt like a proud mum spotting all the youth. Love em all. I know I’m biased but I thought they shone. Had a great chat with the dance teacher afterwards. Its nights like that that make me excited about being in youth ministry.
Friday was a good day.
Did coffee with Sal and had a big catch up. Its funny how you can see someone a fair bit but not really know what’s been really happening till you sit and have coffee. Felt very arty sitting down to coffee with a script to dicuss artistic options for our new show. If only I could spend all my life doing just that!
Small group was good. Small but good. Mel, Beth, Rach & I had a great adventure to Rach H’s place. Its like a ranch. Beautiful. Got really excited about teaching the Bible and throwing round discussions about massive questions. I love the Bible. It brings life.
I then had ‘coffee’ with Guin and Sarah. Been plannign it for montsh and it fnally happened. Twas wonderful. COnfession, none of us drank coffee. We had woodfired pizza and gelato and attempted to make a fire at my house. Managed to cover a whole spectrum of theological, social and personal issues. Loved it. Love them. I HAVE PEERS!!!!! 
Growing community
I have lots to do and I somehow just found myself in procrastination mode. I worked out how to add links. Yay. I now have 25. No wonder I can’t keep up with them all.
reading reading reading
I’ve spent lots and lots of time throughout today trying to catch up on reading blogs from the last few days and I still haven’t made my way through them all. Man. Means I haven’t got round to writing yet.
Still reading…
The Real World
I FINISHED WRITING THE BIBLE STUDY. finally.
It felt like I had an overdue assignment hanging over my head, except lateness didn’t lose me marks or a $30 late fee. In the real world I just had about 65 people relying on me to get it done. Sometimes I wish I didn’t have to live in the real world. Stuffing up is much easier when it only affects you. Much harder to deal with when there’s a whole chunk of other people it affects.
Kinda makes me wish I’d learnt to manage time better a long time ago.
I’m looking foward to escaping for a couple of weeks. A week from today I’ll be on a plane to Hong Kong
The first of better mondays
Today was definitely one of my better Mondays. Mostly because Jo helped me get out of the house. Picnicing at Centennial Park was beautiful, even though I did still feel like a zombie and wanted to curl up into a ball and disappear. I got over it though. I went for a walk and found a nature trail and took myself on an adventure. I had a vibey Helen & God moment with a sparrow and had a bit of a chat with God and a dance. So nice. Joined the group again. Couldn’t face frisbee at first, but later found myself initiating some throwing round. I tell you, I’m a new woman. Afterwards Jo & I had strawberries & cheese watching the ducks and sun set over Narabeen lake. I came home sufficiently unwound from a full on weekend. Good stuff.
Been looking at photos I took at Jill’s wedding. Fun Fun. Lots of memories. Might have to post some.
faith, films & frisbee
Sunday
Oh boy. Let’s keep going. Danced with Ernie Junior in church. Discovered when I got there that I had forgotten I was on prayers. Yet another faith building Spirit led experience. Oh yeah. I know He always shows up. But it never feels like He’s going to until He does, and I relax. I wish I could start out relaxed.
YOUR GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR ME, FOOOOR ME!
Tom, Matt & I met to discuss the new Breakthru’ film project. Exciting. Scary. Big and risk taking or conservative and practical. Hmmm. That is the question. Unfortunately with big and risk taking often comes stress. Pity. Its so much more exciting.
Oo, after church I played frisbee on the carpark roof with Ryan, Howie & David. It felt liberating. My first feat was 3 catches. I’m a new woman. Facing my fears. Changed forever.