That's the sound of opportunities!
Well, as many of you know, I've been working on videos for my blogs and doing some random other videos with new friends here at Hillsong, and with that, comes opportunities... but I'll get to that in a moment.
I'd like to share the news with everyone that I've been baptized! as of October 28th, 2007, I made my own public declaration to take the dunk and make my commitment that much more publicly known that it has ever been before. I know that I was previously baptized in the catholic faith as an infant, but my conviction came when I realized that being alive for 2 months of my life and than being baptized does not imply it was my own decision. Another factor for myself was that baptisms represent burying the old self and rising the new by declaration, and that as an infant being 2 months alive and being baptized didn't leave much room for "the old" to even exist. I also must apologies since very little people back home knew that was my plans, but the truth be told, I signed up for it and kind of forgot that I was getting it done, until about three days before going I received an email from Hillsong about it. So please forgive me for not saying anything about it earlier, but out of love I'm letting everyone know the day after it happened. Hopefully by next week I'll have pictures and videos to share with you all.
As for the opportunities in my life, first of all, I may have found a cheaper and bigger house to live in with some great guys who are second year students. Also I'd be moving in with a good friend of mine, Michael from Michigan, where we'll be living a nice 10 minute walk away from Hillsong Church. This blessing is huge for savings on fuel, bus fare, rent and time between days and classes. Its not 100% official yet, but it has been worked on, and we've met with the people that want take up the lease coming this December.
The next opportunity is that working with the video guys here at Hillsong, first of all has been loads of fun, second of all a great experience. The word thus far is that the three main students that do the videos for United and for Wild-Life youth, are leaving and need someone to take over and carry the torch. Thanks to working with some of these guys, they want to put in a good word for me to work with some of the worship pastors and video crew people to help make the cuts they want. So I've been blown away with this as an opportunity, praising God for it immensely, and loving life!
Well as promised, I'd have the Blue Mountain video ready for you by this post, so enjoy the Blue Mountains, and I'll send the pictures and videos of my baptism next post.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Mountains and Lightning
Hello Friends and Family,
I send my love and best wishes to all who read this, thanks for being so faithful in hearing the news from this Crazy Canuck in the land down under. I have great news to share, I've started working again This Thursday already and will have more work this coming Saturday and possibly have an interview with an elderly home to work there on a more scheduled basis. I'm absolutely loving life here, and enjoying my time with great new friends.
Last Monday I had the opportunity to take on a 5 hour hike at the Blue Mountains not far from Sydney (about a 2 hour drive out of town). The adventure was with 3 friends from our "ONR" neighborhood, Diego, Hannah, Sandra, and myself. I carried the backpack with our 10 bottles of water and some hiking snacks the whole way down and back. We found a place we called "Paradise" at the bottom of the valley of the Blue Mountains at the 2 hour mark of hiking. It was an incredible place to see, and makes me want to go there again to camp out. We ended up finding 3 main sources of fresh mountain water that ran past our path, and it was so cold and refreshing to drink. The water was naturally filtered by the vegetation up stream, and was crystal clear and so pure and so delicious. I question why we drink tap water after drinking that... and to answer anyones question, no I did not get sick after drinking the water. I have some pictures to share with everyone from the hike and I should have a video ready next week from the Blue Mountains. As for a video this week, I have some incredible footage of Lightning in Sydney as of last week, so I hope you enjoy it, and be blessed.
I send my love and best wishes to all who read this, thanks for being so faithful in hearing the news from this Crazy Canuck in the land down under. I have great news to share, I've started working again This Thursday already and will have more work this coming Saturday and possibly have an interview with an elderly home to work there on a more scheduled basis. I'm absolutely loving life here, and enjoying my time with great new friends.
Last Monday I had the opportunity to take on a 5 hour hike at the Blue Mountains not far from Sydney (about a 2 hour drive out of town). The adventure was with 3 friends from our "ONR" neighborhood, Diego, Hannah, Sandra, and myself. I carried the backpack with our 10 bottles of water and some hiking snacks the whole way down and back. We found a place we called "Paradise" at the bottom of the valley of the Blue Mountains at the 2 hour mark of hiking. It was an incredible place to see, and makes me want to go there again to camp out. We ended up finding 3 main sources of fresh mountain water that ran past our path, and it was so cold and refreshing to drink. The water was naturally filtered by the vegetation up stream, and was crystal clear and so pure and so delicious. I question why we drink tap water after drinking that... and to answer anyones question, no I did not get sick after drinking the water. I have some pictures to share with everyone from the hike and I should have a video ready next week from the Blue Mountains. As for a video this week, I have some incredible footage of Lightning in Sydney as of last week, so I hope you enjoy it, and be blessed.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Home Sweet "Over-Seas" Home
Hi Everybody,
I want to share some great news today, I found some temporary work today with two other College students unpacking and delivering furniture in a warehouse. The job is great, and the pay is decent, but the hours are few. I can't complain, it will be the first time I've been paid to work here in Australia and that's something to praise God for!
I've also compiled this video to commemorate our amazing family here in Australia in our wonderful community of Old Northern Rd from Hills Campus.
Enjoy:
I want to share some great news today, I found some temporary work today with two other College students unpacking and delivering furniture in a warehouse. The job is great, and the pay is decent, but the hours are few. I can't complain, it will be the first time I've been paid to work here in Australia and that's something to praise God for!
I've also compiled this video to commemorate our amazing family here in Australia in our wonderful community of Old Northern Rd from Hills Campus.
Enjoy:
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Palm Beach Sunrise
Greetings friends & family,
I love you guys so much! I've been understanding more and more lately how blessed I truly am with God inside of me and my friends and family at my side. I've received great encouragement, words from God that have shaped my life, and a passion that continues to burn brightly.
I received a great blessing last week, and I won't say who it was from, but I will say that God will not hold back his blessings in your life for what you've done, that your financial aid was a blessing at the most opportune time, and that because of your faithfulness, other students have a "second chance" and helping each other with our struggles in daily living. I only pray that God can continue to bless others as they search God for answers in the same manner, no matter what the heart's request is.
I want to share with you all a video and some great photos that my room-mate and some neighbors of mine took on an adventure that will not be forgotten. I'll start by introducing what happened in the beginning and the photos and video will help see what actually happened.
It all started at 1:00am October 1st, 2007 when a small group of us thought how amazing it would be to see the sun rise here in Sydney on the Pacific Ocean. With very little influence, we all knew that would be something crazy and awesome to do, spontaneously, and take the plunge. We packed what we needed, some warm blankets, pillows, towels, and some snacks, and left for the beach at 2:00am in the morning. When we arrived at the beach it was roughly 2:30am, and we unpacked what we needed to keep warm during the midnight sky, and rested a while to anxiously witness a glorious sunrise. The rest of this story will be taken care of with the pictures you'll see and a video to watch.
Link to the video:
I love you guys so much! I've been understanding more and more lately how blessed I truly am with God inside of me and my friends and family at my side. I've received great encouragement, words from God that have shaped my life, and a passion that continues to burn brightly.
I received a great blessing last week, and I won't say who it was from, but I will say that God will not hold back his blessings in your life for what you've done, that your financial aid was a blessing at the most opportune time, and that because of your faithfulness, other students have a "second chance" and helping each other with our struggles in daily living. I only pray that God can continue to bless others as they search God for answers in the same manner, no matter what the heart's request is.
I want to share with you all a video and some great photos that my room-mate and some neighbors of mine took on an adventure that will not be forgotten. I'll start by introducing what happened in the beginning and the photos and video will help see what actually happened.
It all started at 1:00am October 1st, 2007 when a small group of us thought how amazing it would be to see the sun rise here in Sydney on the Pacific Ocean. With very little influence, we all knew that would be something crazy and awesome to do, spontaneously, and take the plunge. We packed what we needed, some warm blankets, pillows, towels, and some snacks, and left for the beach at 2:00am in the morning. When we arrived at the beach it was roughly 2:30am, and we unpacked what we needed to keep warm during the midnight sky, and rested a while to anxiously witness a glorious sunrise. The rest of this story will be taken care of with the pictures you'll see and a video to watch.
Link to the video:
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