We Are Alive

Wow! I've lapsed on the blog. Sorry! I came down witha nasty Aussie sickness and have been under the weather fot the last couple weeks. I've got antibiotics now and things are looking good so here's what's been happening.
Saturday before last was David's birthday (October 7th) and we had a blast. I surprised him with a trip to the Blue Moutains with our Connect Group. It was funny! He had no idea what we were doing so on Saturday morning the questions were coming regularly..."Are you sure you know where we're going?", "Have you looked at the map...Why aren't you looking at the map?", "Are we going to the beach?"...anyway, I packed our beach stuff just to throw him off and then packed our lunches. I had him drive to a few miscellanious places to mix him up and then ended up in a packing lot were our whole connect was waiting with smiles and a Birthday song. We followed them to the Blue Mountains and had a day of hiking and playing in waterfalls and rainforrests. It was great. I should have pictures to put online soon. Then Sunday I put on a huge bbq at our house for David and Matt Wood and his lovely sister showed up. They blessed us with their presence for two days and we had a blast. They got to go to a Hillsong service and camp out on our floor. It was so incredible that they came when they did (A God send) because our little car started dieing randomly on us while they were here. It was sad. We took it in to the mechanic and bummed around with Matt and his sister Monday. The bad news is that something was really wrong with our engine and unfixable...so David went out to see what he could do about it Tuesday (I babysat all day that day and then started coming down with a bad cold). Anyway, he found a deal on a car and they said they'd take our car on a trade in. Not for as much as we bought it for of course, but a good deal non the less... David drove the new car and everything seemed to be in order... We went to get the car on Thursday and before we drove it of the lot we prayed over it and that GOd would cause it to be a reliable and useable car as we are over here. We also prayed that it would be of good use for Him at a school were cars are much needed....we drove it off the lot...it broke down about 2 Kilometers down the road. Ahhhhhh!!!!!! I think it was an answer to prayer though because the owner of the car dealership came out and got the car and had it fixed. It's running great now and they payed for everything. Praise the Lord!!! I am just believing that GOd made the problem show up quickly so that we could have a car that was really in good condition. I am driving into Sydney on Wednesdays to babysit two kids and it will be so nice to have a car I'm not afraid will break down on the M2(freeway).
That's another story. I babysat two kids for the first time on wednesday at their house in Sydney. Their mom pays 100 dollars a day so it was worth it. Wow, kids are alot of work when you watch them all day. I broke a sweet on a number of occasions. Not only that, I was getting sick so it was alot of work. And then there was driving into Sydney part. WOw, I'll be fine driving in cities after I leave this place I think. Well, maybe not. It's scary!!! People are so crazy! David and I drove in together before I went alone and I was grateful for that. It ended up not being that bad because I stay on the freeway most of the way, pay a couple tolls... the only scary part is when I have to get off the freeway...city roads here are tiny, and people crazy! I got there and back just fine and feel more confident about the whole thing now. It's good and the money is good too.
Speaking of money, I got a job! Praise the Lord! It's at a mall down the road from us and the store is called Colorado. It's only for the hollidays (summer break) but it pays good and I'm sure God has been getting me ready for the people there. Pray for me as I head into the working world:)
Also, I've been asked to help with the start up of a better married college student program here. One that will get the married people at Hillsong College more plugged in and before they come, more aware of what things are really going to look like here. It would be good especially for the couples who are coming in with kids. There are quite a few who come with like 2 or 3 or 4 kids. It would be good if they had someone watching out for them...looking for their arrival, taking them shopping, knowing where to get them housing as fits their family needs, making sure they understand the family programs, being in tounch with them before they come...It could be a full time job just in it's self, but it's volunteer which I'm actually really happy with. I want to have a season where I'm not payed to serve in the church. I just want to do it because I love the Lord, no money attatched. The couple that's kind of doing it right now is leaving in Dec. so I need to step up to the plate soon if I'm going to do it. Pray for that too.
Last but not least...God has really been confirming in David and I that He has a call on our lives for village ministry back in Alaska. He is opening doors even now for us to do that and we are very excited about the possibilities and what our heavenly Father has in store. He's a wild, awesome Dad, and you never know all He's got up His sleeve.