Trip to the Zoo!

Today Angelique and I decided it would be a perfect day to go to the zoo! So we trekked to the Harbour and took a ferry over to Manly Island to visit Taronga Zoo! Although it was a tad pricier than we thought, the experience was definitely worth it. We had such a good time, just us, getting out of the city and doing something new! We saw tons of animals, and neither of us have been to a zoo in SO long so we were really excited. The first animal we saw were the giraffes and we got VERY excited. That was definitely a highlight. What a cool creature! Magnificent and perfectly created. What an awesome God we serve.

Not much more to say about this, just thought I would include a picture and give a quick update to say that my break this week has been relaxing and fun! Hanging out with lots of friends and just building relationships. Back to school on Monday, but I can't believe it's less than 2 months til I come home for the summer break! AH!

New Season Approaching

Sorry that it's been a while since my last blog/update! I sometimes forget how many people are reading this to stay in touch and updated on my life! It's really encouraging, by the way. :)

It has been, as usual, very busy around here. After Easter, we had a week off and I didn't end up doing anything special like I thought I was going to. But it was a good week of relaxing and getting refreshed from a busy weekend. Then it was back to classes and normal routine, as well as some big assessments that were due! Angelique and I found a Christian bookstore and trained over to it on a Saturday morning and spent the day working on our assessments. There was a nice cafe in there as well, so of course we got some coffee and breakfast too! There was no internet there, so it was easy to focus ;)

Everyone is getting their plans in place for living arrangements next semester... Almost everyone from my intake are moving out of their flats and finding cheaper accommodation with different people! It's gonna be a hectic week when we all move out. I am planning on moving into a 3 bedroom flat with 4 other girls (1 girl will have her own room and the rest of us will share) and hopefully that will be happening mid-to end of June. We're all really excited about it, even though it will be a bit of a hassle. I think God is going to challenge & stretch all of us in this new living arrangement but I think it will definitely be rewarding as well. A time to grow new relationships and continue to water old ones!

The last couple weeks I've had some particularly good/challenging classes in Old Testament and Personal Leadership. Goal-setting was one thing that really stretched me. I had to plan out 4 weeks and incorporate things into my life that I felt were "necessity" and take out things that didn't fit in. It was hard to stick to my plan for the weeks that I scheduled all the time, but overall it wasn't too bad. I'm trying to eat healthier and exercise more too... It's so easy to eat here when there's nothing else to do! haha.

Otherwise, I think that's about all that's been new around here! Nothing tooooo crazy. Oh! I got a free iPhone from a friend who doesn't use it anymore! So that's been pretty sweet, not gonna lie! :) Yep, that's all folks! :)