Friday, December 26, 2008

Merry Christmas!

Greetings to all!

Hoping everyone had an incredibly Merry Christmas, and enjoyed the festive holidays in a beautiful White Christmas back home in Canada. Yes, I miss snow, I know it doesn't make sense, but on Christmas day it does!

I'd like to share with you a small example of what Australia's Christmas looks like...





On that particular day of photos, I was hanging out with a good friend of mine from Germany named Matthias, and we both were a little burned.

I hear Manitoba is having a cold snap at this time of the year of -40C weather with the wind chill. I'm experiencing the opposite with +35C heat, and rising as we get closer to mid January.

The past 2 weeks have been incredibly busy, with 10 hour working shifts, 8 of them in a row one week, and a Christmas Spectacular at Hillsong Church during the 2 days off from work, serving in 5 different services. I was in charge of a team of confetti droppers from the 4th floor overlooking the crowd below for the "snow effect" for the play. I found it ironic that I miss snow from back home, and I was asked to make snow happen! My first thought was, "ya, lets make snow happen... fly me back to Canada." So with all the busy days behind, maybe I'll be lucky enough to have a few less hours this coming week, and hope that I can enjoy a FEW days off during the weeks to come, and enjoy the odd day here. Until then, I'll keep focused on my priorities, and work to save up for another semester of Degree, and continue strong in my studies. In that regard pray for me, with favor, and good will, integrity and strength to work hard, but not TOO hard!

I just wanted to let everyone know that I really miss you all, and love you all so much. Thanks for those that sent Christmas cards and Birthday Cards to me in the past 2 months, and thanks as well for the emails from friends and family during this season. You all mean so much to me, and I thank and love you all. I have been blessed with the best friends and family the world could ever ask for, and I'm truly grateful for you all in my life.

Well, till next time, I'll hopefully have some video footage of what New Years looks like, but I'm not sure exactly what my plans will be from this point.

Love Heaps!