Its been an AMAZING week here, we've broke the records for this summer since Friday it was +42 here!! Cooking hot I must say, but with a cool breeze running through my hair while sitting under the shade of a palm tree, I still enjoyed hours of reading in the park!
I have officially found my long lost twin - Ashton (I may have entroduced him to you before as Ian from Utah, but he's now going with his middle name so to all of you who wonder who is Ashton, that's Ian!) and I met up and immidiately just clicked perfectly. We are so alike and we have so so much fun together, we just laugh until our ribs are sore and we can talk about anything! I feel like I've known him all my life! We instantly created such an unique bond that I know this is one of those friendships for life! I am so blessed to have found such a friend!! Ashton was supposed to study at Hills campus but when we met here in the city campus he decided to transfer and now lives here in the Meritons too! It's awesome, coz I really enjoy hanging out with him!
I felt so sick yesterday morning, since I have been taking medication to prevent whooping couch (my host dad was diagnosed with it after our holiday together so everyone has to take the medication as a preventative precaution) and the side effects were really getting me. But Ashton came over, and so we prayed and man, after like 5 minutes I felt a lot better and within an hour I was totally well again! God is just so capable to sooth our pain and bring relief in our discomfort! Praise the Lord!
I really needed to burn out some extra energy last night - I went jogging for a good hour and a half, ran all the way down to Bondi and then back! We went to the park with Ashton after that to just share our life stories and get to know each other a little better, and we talked for hours until we realized it was 2a.m and really time to go to bed if we did want to go to sleep before sunrise! It’s just so easy to talk to him and we really enjoy each others company, so I am just really blessed to have found such a friend here! I believe our chats really build us up a lot, and that’s what it’s all about anyway.
I am seriously way too energized here during nights - one night we watched a movie with the blokes and after the movie had finished and guys gone to bed I got this prime idea to get ridd of all the ice that had stored up in our freezer for the past few years… So there I was, chopping huge stacks of ice with a knife from our freezer at one o’clock in the morning! And the craziest thing is no matter what time I go to bed, I still wake up by 8a.m all by myself!
We went down to Bronte beach the other day and it was so much fun – the boys have bought boogie boards and we also brought along an American footy, which me, Ashton and Keith played heaps! Colby also bought a second hand surf board, which I hope to have a go on SummerRetreat! Seriously the best part of going down to the beach with the boys is that they don’t just lay down on their towels but we swim and play around, which Im all about! That’s the way to go :)
Something really scary happened there too – I was about to get out of the ocean and right on the breaking point for the waves, I got a massive cramp on my right calf and just dropped down. I got damped pretty bad and I couldn’t get up, so I tried to cry out to Jason who was only a few feet away from me, but got just damped over and over again. Lucky enough my friends soon realized something was not right and dragged me to the beach, where Ashton gave a somewhat of a sportsmassage to my calf until the pain eased. It was scary, since for a while down there I thought I was not gonna make it…
Im really excited for the night – we are going to celebrate Australia day tonight at church! The real thing is actually on tomorrow, but we’re gonna jump the gun at church which is awesome! So I’ve just had an awesome picnic with Ashton and Keith and then I went down to pick up some facepaint and other materials to get ready for tonight and tomorrow… You’ll see at the next update how it all turned out!
So it’s going to be an awesome week – tomorrow celebrating Australia day and also Chinise New Year, and Tuesday the kick off for College! So after orientation on Tuesday and Wednsday we’re gonna hit Central Coast on Thursday! Sunday we have Vision night, where our Senior Pastor Brian Houston is going to share his vision for the church this year! So Im trying hard to update before we leave for the Retreat, since that will defenitely be another great chapter in itself! Im so excted!!
I wish you all a great week and will be updating soon again!
Lots of love,
-P
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