Wednesday, August 20, 2008
I finally have time to sit down and blog a bit. ok...so i lied last time coz i never ended up posting up photos the next day. So here are some reeallyy overdue photos.
It was Cam's 21st must be about a month and a half ago now and the theme was zoolander/safari. ok...so here's the truth: i have never watched zoolander in my life but i figured it must be somehow linked to a safari theme and that ain't so hard to do :D I remember it was the first time i had seen church people since my albury/melbourne trip and nothing could wipe the smile off my face that night. Even though I had barely known any of these people half a year ago...after being away for 2 and a half weeks i found myself thinking about wesley ppl and it was so great to see everyone's faces again and catch up with my newly adopted church family =)
birthday girl!
my signature wave! (we should do it on video) It seems to be catching on..
dave, my future mission trip buddy-winner on the catwalk that night
my brother wearing sexy red heels..here's an upclose:
yes..i'm rather scared as well..
our life group!!
A week later it was Antony's birthday..my dear friend from uni. I got off at Townhall and just assumed that ppl from Sydney would know the city back the front and decided to follow their lead. Little did I know... they had no idea where they were going and I came to the realisation that I seemed to know the city better than them. I don't know whether that's a good thing or not. lol. Anyway...despite it being just down the road from the station we decided to take the scenic route and walked a huge circle around the city before getting there. It was freezing cold that night and Dennis thinking he was so used to cold weather and all..being Melbournian..decided to wear a t shirt..so poor Dennis was suffering hypothermia while we tried to navigate our way around.
Anyway..we ate..and watched as Wai downed half a bottle of rice wine or wateva it's called in Japanese. Thinking Japanese rice wine might taste a touch better than the gross, throat burning stuff I had on mission trip in china..i decided to take a sip and found out the hard way that all rice wine tastes the same. Don't take it from me though..Wai loves it..and we figured it's probably coz I don't seem to like any form of straight alcohol anyway.
good japanese food!
wai and her new found friend...no i'm not talking about edwina
The uni bunch! (some of us anyway)
Sorry for interrupting you lovely speech :p
happy birthday antony!
Anyway...I just have to say..Antony's speech was so touching. It was seriously the best birthday speech I have ever heard. It's so encouraging to see the way he treats each of his friends with utmost respect and the way he genuinely treasures each and every one of his friendships. I have learnt so much from you. Thank you sooo much for your amazing support..for going out of your way just to see how I am..for helping me through it all...for your words of wisdom that always seem to come at the right time..for helping me believe in myself..for teaching me to respect myself..for helping me see things clearer..for helping me learn more about others and myself. God bless you.
A couple of weeks later it was Hendy's 21st. hehehe parties with church people are always fun. Theme was red and white and there is a story behind that theme so it wasn't as random as it first seemed. As always...crazy games..funny speeches..a lot of food..great fellowship and a lot of cam whoring.
life group girls!
seeing red!
hehe happy birthday hendy =)
lol...a hendy skit
life group!
Anyway, I'm feeling so isolated from the msn world at the moment because as sad as it is...i go to sleep at 9:30 on most nights which means I have to pretty much kiss goodbye to late night conversations.
My rant starts here so you can click that cross on the top right hand corner if u wish not to read any further.
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I guess away from uni...away from church..away from cheering Australia on in the olympics..I have been preparing myself for the end of the year. Yes i have song ideas...yes i try and exercise my vocal chords on a daily basis but most importantly I need to prepare my heart. To be perfectly honestly, if i had to go mission trip tomorrow..I would not be ready and that's definitely nothing to be proud of. My prayer is that I bring to china a heart focused on God and his work, a mind focused on God and his work, a love for china and its people..my clothes..and nothing else. Right now I feel like I'm distracted by a lot of other things, weighed down by a lot of other things and though I have come a long way, I know there's still a lot to work on. I've been reading a book titled "the unquenchable worshipper" by Matt Redman, a worship leader I obviously respect a lot considering my blog is named after his song. In this book he talks about how as we worship God, in all His greatness, it is then that we our weakness and just how broken we are..just how unclean we are and it is so true. As i draw myself closer to God the more I'm disgusted at the person I was, the more i see how flawed I am but it is at this time as I worship that I also experience his amazing grace stronger than ever and it is as i worship that i realise just how much I need God. God teach me how to be the worshipper you want me to be.
posted @ 2:45 AM
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