By
helen on February 20th, 2009
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Sun-
gettting to know Jon more by hanging out with his friend Steve
lunch at Coogee Bay Hotel (yes that’s right THE Coogee Bay Hotel…but we didn’t have ice cream)
spontaneous piano playing
Mon -
first contemporary class at Caramell just a few blocks away
pizza & gelato @ Haberfield (fond memories of times with Swans)
buying a lamp from Thai Potong - yet another piece of furniture from King St 
a lamp-lit night at home
Tues-
fruitful beginning for Fairtrade Fortnight
dinner with Sarah at Stephen’s house…I mean their house!
Japanese exchange students at Hip Hop, go the wordless langauage of dance! Much fun.
enough students for Ballet to run
Wed-
meeting up with Liam on his way to the airport 
successfully bussing to Rozelle to meet bus to Ryde
flourishing week 2 class at Ryde
Thurs-
stumbling across Jo K online on facebook
overcoming fears of difficult phonecalls
spontaneous request from V-Gen for O-week
Fri-
First day at new venue in Annandale
writing poetry about the profundity of 2 men hanging with Jesus
stimulating creative brainstorming for fair trade piece
meaningful moving mourning movement (dance)
By
helen on February 11th, 2009
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So I’m blogging in celebration that my computer is working today on wireless upstairs. it doesn’t always. It’s nice when it does and I’m not bound to a cord downstairs. I love Vista. I’m not completely sure if Vista’s my problem…but he seems inanimate enough to cope with my blame.
I’m also procrasting the act of having breakfast. For some reason I rarely feel like breakfast. So I have to summon up determination to look ahead to 10 or 11am when my stomach will be grumbling if I don’t in fact feed it now. Toast? Meusli? Coffee? Water? Life is full of so many decisions.
Week 1 of Breakthru is full of so much uncertainty. I generally spend the week on a roller coaster of nerves, disappointment and excitement. It’s quite an odd experience putting down some ideas of activites and times on a piece of paper in Dec and waiting till Feb and just sitting back and watching people turn up. You never really know who’s going to turn up to what. And you never really know why some things are more popular one year and not the next. I’m learning you just have to put it out there and be ok with what it is. Thankfully I’ve had more encouragements than disappointments so far. We’re on day 5. 2 to go.
Highlights so far:
First creative worship & community lunch on Sat - so nice to watch people stay late and come early and connect
Watching boys arrive for boys hip hop
Teaching our first class at Ryde
Starting to create with Core