Friday, October 10, 2008

To Return

WOW!

How long has it been since I've last posted?!
Answer: TOO LONG!

I just finished another 2000 word Essay for one of my subjects in Degree, and I'm happy with where its at, and glad its in on time, and done as best to my knowledge.

To play a bit of catch up, I've had nothing short of an "interesting" last few months, going on borderline quitting everything I came to Australia for, simply because I nearly lost all funding to be here. Not only that, I was robbed many months ago of my laptop, which played a vital resources in communicating with everyone back home, and also for assignments as well. I was blessed enough to have a tax return to help pay for a new laptop and an extra month of rent (unexpectedly). Also, I've been blessed with a job, I'm now working at Kmart as a loading dock employee, and also tend to filling stock while a few team members are away on vacation. This week alone, since I'm considered on "break" (which really means no classes, but heaps of studying), I've been scheduled over 40 hours. How amazing is that! Praise God!

Its been so long that I don't really know where to start in comparison to what all happened. We had Hillsong Conference at the beginning of July, and it went over really well. I was surprised to find my role in a larger leadership position than expected for serving, the Production team wanted me to keep in charge of lighting, power, and sound for all external venues of an arena that holds over 30,000 people. I will admit that the learning curves were very overwhelming, but once the swing of things were in motion, things did gradually get better and easier to run and solve any problems (if there were problems).

Since Conference, I've been enrolled in the Bachelor of Theology: Degree program hosted by Southern Cross College at the Hillsong Campus. Its a lot of words to really describe that I'm not a regular Hillsong College student anymore, and that a separate institution is educating me at Hillsong Church now. The lecturers are incredible, and I absolutely love the context and subject material we're covering now. The other side of this story is that I have more essays and assignments now than I ever had in previous educational institutions ever before. My 1st semester alone has exams worth 60% and papers to be submitted worth 40-50% of the subjects value. Each paper takes about 14 days of preparing and typing combined to submit a proper essay. Still the process is helping me learn so much more than I could ask for. My favorite subject is Church History.

I'd like to continue more on catching up, but at the moment, I have to catch some much needed rest to start another working shift tomorrow morning at 9:00am.

Until next time, loved ones,

Sincerely,
Paul Ross