Solomons here i come!

WOOOHOOO!!!

This Sunday i fly out for the Solomon Islands! Yay!!!!

Snow chasing.... to delivering phonebooks....

Well I am getting in trouble for not posting, so I’m going to post!

Clinton and I went snow chasing on the weekend. My cousin from Glen Innes called and said it was snowing there. About an hour or so later Clinton and I decided we wanted to go and see if we could catch the snow.

Friday Clinton had a bus run at 10am, which he couldn’t get out of. Thankfully, it worked out really well because I had to get my Hep A & B and Typhoid injections that morning. So, once we’d done those things, we packed the car (the commodore) and took off for Glen Innes! We got in at about 6pm (I think… Correct me if I’m wrong Clinton).

But….

There was no snow :o( We decided that the trip was worth it anyway. We stayed with my cousin who is the minister for Glen Innes and Tenterfield. We went for a walk around the town after tea, even though there was no snow, it was quite cold! Quite a cute little town really.

The next morning my cousin was heading off to Tenterfield to preach, so he left us in charge of finding our own breakfast. Only after he’d left he remembered to tell us that that Sabbath School didn’t start until 10am. The church was really lovely! Only about 20 people there, quite a few visitors apparently. Take out the visitors, and the age range would have been 65+! So, as you can imagine, Clinton and I were begged to move there and go to their church. They were lovely people, a few certainly stood out as real gems. We stayed for the lunch and then went for a quite drive to the standing stones.

The Standing Stones 



Aww, isn't he cute! :o) 


They were pretty cool, and I learnt that there was a local druid! I never realised we had ‘real’ modern day witches and stuff! I attacked Clinton which questions about her and the stones, not quite sure if I still get it all….

Then we stopped at Armidale for a quick look around. It is such a cute place! I love it! The churches there are so beautiful.

The streets were all so looong and straight! It really amused me! 


The buildings looked really cool too! 


I loved the colours of the LEAVES! 


One of the gorgeous churches 


And inside.. 


Another church 


Then we went for a walk in a park....

Look at all those leaves!!!!!! 


Then the long drive home again! We took a tourist drive for a little bit though.

The trees looked so cool! 


Clinton found this gorgeous little church that he remembered from a while ago. It was so cute, all overgrown..! Plus the sunset that day, it was just amazing! The pictures do not do it justice! The pink was a solid pink and was just so nice...

The cute lil church! 


The sunset.... 


The amusing thing was that we’d gone all that way to find snow, and on our drive back, we found a bit of hail instead! Not enough to worry us, but there was a nice big black cloud that we were wanting to keep behind us.

After arriving home at what time I have no idea, I said goodnight to Clinton and just went straight to sleep.

The next morning Clinton and I were going to deliver phonebooks. So, up at 7am… breakfast…..to the factory to get his dad’s car… out to Russel’s place to get a trailer…..back to the factory to get the phonebooks. We had Kat to help us, so the 3 of us went off to our territory. By midday, we were cold (it was raining) and hungry and almost out of phonebooks, so we headed to my place for lunch.

We tried to recruit more people, as Clinton driving and Kat and I delivering wasn’t making things happen very fast, but no one came to our rescue. In the end, after lunch we convinced dad to drive while the 3 of us delivered. Again, it rained… no! It poured! It was freezing! And we had a new sub-division that wasn’t on the map which was huge, so 2 pellets of phonebooks later (and at 4pm mind you) we decided we’d had enough! Hadn’t even finished our territory!

That was the majority of Friday to Sunday… Sunday night the linux club thing was on (ie. Geek Fest!)…..went to that but had no idea what an earth they were all on about!




Muffin: I hope you liked the pictures that were taken just for you! ;o)

Kids in Church

KIDS IN CHURCH


A little child in church for the first time watched as the ushers passed the offering plates.
When they neared the pew where he sat, the youngster piped up so that everyone could hear:
"Don't pay for me Daddy, I'm under five."


A little boy was attending his first wedding.
After the service, his cousin asked him, "How many women can a man marry?"
"Sixteen," the boy responded.
His cousin was amazed that he had an answer so quickly.
"How do you know that?"
"Easy," the little boy said. "All you have to do is add it up,
like the Bishop said:
4 better, 4 worse, 4 richer, 4 poorer."


After a church service on Sunday morning,
a young boy suddenly announced to his mother,
"Mom, I've decided to become a minister when I grow up."
"That's okay with us, but what made you decide that?"
"Well," said the little boy,
"I have to go to church on Sunday anyway,
and I figure it will be more fun to stand up and yell, than to sit and listen."


A 6-year-old was overheard reciting the Lord's Prayer at a church service:
"And forgive us our trash passes, as we forgive those who passed trash against us."


A boy was watching his father, a pastor, write a sermon.
" How do you know what to say?" he asked.
"Why, God tells me."
"Oh, then why do you keep crossing things out?"


A little girl became restless as the preacher's sermon dragged on and on.
Finally, she leaned over to her mother and whispered,
"Mommy, if we give him the money now, will he let us go?"


After the christening of his baby brother in church,
little Johnny sobbed all the way home in the back seat of the car.
His father asked him three times what was wrong.
Finally, the boy replied,
"That priest said he wanted us brought up in a Christian home,
and I want to stay with you guys!"


Terri asked her Sunday School class to draw pictures of their favorite Bible stories.
She was puzzled by Kyle's picture, which showed four people on an airplane,
so she asked him which story it was meant to represent.
"The flight to Egypt," said Kyle.
"I see ... And that must be Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus," Ms. Terri said.
"But who's the fourth person?"
"Oh, that's Pontius - the Pilot.


The Sunday School Teacher asks,
"Now, Johnny, tell me frankly do you say prayers before eating?"
"No sir," little Johnny replies,
"I don't have to. My Mom is a good cook."


A college drama group presented a play in which one character would stand on a trap door and announce, "I descend into hell!"
A stagehand below would then pull a rope, the trapdoor would open,
and the character would plunge through.
The play was well received.
When the actor playing the part became ill,
another actor who was quite overweight took his place.
When the new actor announced, "I descend into hell!"
the stagehand pulled the rope, and the actor began his plunge,
but became hopelessly stuck.
No amount of tugging on the rope could make him descend.
One student in the balcony jumped up and yelled:
"Hallelujah! Hell is full!"

Pastor Dave Charlton tells us,
"After worship service at First Baptist Church in Newcastle, Kentucky,
a mother with a fidgety seven-year old boy told me how she finally got her son
to sit still and be quiet.
About halfway through the sermon, she leaned over and whispered,
'If you don't be quiet, Pastor Charlton is going to lose his place
and will have to start his sermon all over again!'
It worked."


A little girl was sitting on her grandfather's lap as he read her a bedtimestory.
From time to time, she would take her eyes off the book and reach up to touch his wrinkled cheek.
She was alternately stroking her own cheek, then his again.
Finally she spoke up, "Grandpa, did God make you?"
"Yes, sweetheart," he answered, "God made me a long time ago."
"Oh," she paused, "Grandpa, did God make me too?"
"Yes, indeed, honey," he said,
"God made you just a little while ago."
Feeling their respective faces again, she observed,
"God's getting better at it, isn't he?"

Weekend photos!

Friday night:
Trying to work out where we were on the map on the way up the wattigans.... we evenutally got there... 

I took the video camera, so most of the memories are on tape!

Saturday night:
Clinton cooking his turkish pizzas... or, Clinton attacking my kitchen! :o) 


So that's what went into them! 


Muffin and Teacake 'fighting'.......... ;o) 

This is the least incriminating photo i have.... honestly!!

Our wonderful icecream dessert! 


Sunday night:
Our wonderful icecream dessert! 


Carla's dessert - yummy!! 


The results of carla and i shopping! New serving plates - aren't they great! :o) 




Again, most of fri night and some of sat were on video camera, might see if i can get some stills off that eventually...

Life with a capital L!

Life has been so full on lately, but sooo much fun too!

Camping out {freezing at the same time}, Cooking and having a tea party, Shopping!!!

Carla and I had an awesome time shopping, we found so many sales and didn't even get through Tuggerah shopping center in 4 hours! We were quite impressed! And, quite exhausted by the end of it all!

I have some photos that i'll post later, so keep your eyes open!

Sleeeeeep.......

It's 11.55pm and i'm still up. Why you ask? - Just simpler if you don't... trust me! Plus, i have to get up early tommorow to go shopping.

Sleep is calling...... but i can't yet. *sigh*

Hmm, did i mention that i'm really tired? Ooh, lookies, it's not Midnight! Only 9 hours until i'm meant to be shopping - you know that sounds really depressing!

Don't you just love it when you suddently realise how much you have to do, and the little time you have to do it in?

Meh - i think sleep is calling me again, honestly i'm sure i can hear it!

Instead of dwelling on how big your storm is, instead tell your storm how big your God is!

Wooohooo!!

Exams are officially over! Did you catch that, OVER! :oD

It's such a great feeling, only everything else to do now! Less than a month until i go to the Solomon Islands now! Wow.

Looking forward to the weekend so much already!

Keep smiling!

Why?

Why is it sometimes hardest to trust the person you actually trust the most?

Life is intersting isn't it?

Just not in the mood

Isn't it funny how sometimes your just not in the mood....

Not in the mood to talk
Not in the mood to eat
Not in the mood to study
Not in the mood to socialise

Not in the mood for anything except getting away.

That's kinda how i feel at the moment. Just want to go and visit my old friends back home, want to go camping and just stay there for a good week or two.

Just am so wanting to get away from it all....

The moodyness
The whingeing
The put-downs
The blaming

Everything.

Life goes on

Apparently, reading my posts is the only way to find out how i'm really feeling. Heh! That has been amusing me since i was told that. So here's something just for you. Feeling: Bored with uni and frusturated with *something*

Hehe! Had a really nice weekend. Really enjoyed Saturday night. Went up Sugarloaf with Cara, Braden and Clinton. It's amazing how nicely lamingtons toast over the fire. And i must admit, Braden did a great job of cooking the garlic bread - not burt but warm all through. We'll have to do it again, except sleep there.

Have an exam Friday and Monday then that's it for uni for the semester! yay! Meh, then start preparing for the next one......

God of Wonders