Scuba in the Great Barrier Reef!

Hey everyone! Well, it's my last night in Cairns, and it's fabulous end to my travels for this semester! Kels and I took an old wooden sailing ship out to the reef with about 20 other people on an excusion! I signed up for an uncertified dive and went down for 30 min! A day was not enough to spend- you would need a life time to be sure! I saw schools of fish jump out of the water, a sting ray and coral that was colours that i didn't think were possible! Check that off my life's to do list! We've spend the day in the sunshine, chatting with our roomates and eating the most delicious food! (mango sorbet! best ever on the water!) I fly tommorrow at three, stay overnight at the brisbane airport, fly to NZ on friday the 19th, pick up my bags on a 4 hr lay over, jump the plane at 7:30pm to sanfrancisco, have a 5 hr lay over and finally land in Vancouver at 10:30 fri the 19! I love heading east! I look forward to seeing you all and sharing adventures and happenings over the yr! loves and see you all soon!

From Snow to surf!

Hey everyone! Well, I got back from Christ Church and headed up again to Oakridge on a long but lovely bus ride home. (I was driving the worst petrol stickshift of my life!) We did make it out snowboarding in an absolutely amazing series of events! I can't wait to tell the full story! So now I can say I've ridden in CND (which is still the best!), America, Austria and New Zealand! I made some SWEET AS connections as well! More on that later...

We kicked into high gear back on base with Mark Parker speaking on the Lordship of Christ, and that was phenomenal. Our last lecture went til 1:30 in the morning! I packed all day on Saturday and stayed the night at the Blythen family's place! It was so lovely and a perfect send off the next day, I went to church and then caught a ride back with Mark Parker. He wisely suggested to crash at the Auckland king's kids base instead of sleeping at the airport, and I could store my stuff here for free until I get back to Aus. He was super kind to me, and so are the people at this base. They are Americans from a school and they're doing a short term mission here in NZ. They totally have taken me as one of their own in only 2 hrs. I went to the equivalent of a hill songs church, and had amazing fellowship and a delicious and free latte with dessert! My journey has begun on such a high note, and I'm really excited to keep asking the Father for favor on this trip. It's a big stretch for me, but I'm game for the challenge. :) I was quite sand to leave my little log cabin, my swing and my beautiful flat mates, but it'll only be a fast 8 weeks before we reunite again! My next update will be (hopefully) in Aus!

Loves!