THANKSGIVING!!!!

:D YAY 


  Yesterday was so much fun. 


I am sure that all of my English readers are extremely confused at all of the updates on Thanksgiving, therefore I will give a brief account before I continue: 


When the first immigrants went to the US in search of the new world, they had an extremely hard first year(s?) and many lives were taken by disease, etc. The few remaining people that survived the hard times celebrated when they harvested their food because they survived, with the help of the native americans. Hence turkey, pumpkin pie, potato overload. :D no complaints.


        Yeah. I definitely have more than my fair share of blessing..
                                        Especially from all of your support and contribution :) 


Now it is the 30 day count down until Christmas :) 

Life is exciting. 

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Adventure!!

So last night I had a flashback and inspiration for what my next blog should be, here we go:

A few weeks ago one of my friends was preaching at church and it was amazing and so inspirational.
His topic was dreaming big and to respond to our passions and hopes. That got me really excited because it was just what I needed to hear. My dreams and visions were getting crowded out with doubts of finance and expectations. -Of course that is important but it shouldn't be dominant.

      Back in the summer of 2008 I remember very distinctly a prayer I made. I had caught the travel bug of short term missions and I wanted to see more of the world. I prayed: "God, add some spice to this life you have given me"... Ohhh what a dangerous prayer to say! I remember after that I kept having a deep burning desire to go to America, my second mother land. (Or is it first?) .. Every other night I would go into my parents room and tell them that I think we should move to the USA. A few weeks later my dad took my family out to dinner and he told us that he had been hearing from God that we should move to America and there was an opportunity to go to Hawaii. Ok.. Hawaii.. That was not what I thought of when I prayed for 'America' but I was excited.

     To cut a long story short, a year later we were on a plane to be gone for 10 months. Wow.
     
         God answers prayers.
                                                            Dream big. 

I never thought that I, a girl from Higham Lane school, would jet off to live in Hawaii?! Epic.

I also thought I'd share some more thoughts about my future dreams..

As I'm sure most of you know, I am a YWAM kid. YWAM (Youth With A Mission) is an organization where it disciples people to be equipped to tell people about God, locally and internationally. My parents have been working there for a looooong time and I have grown up in it. Living in YWAM is all I have ever known and it's inspired me to think outside the box :)

When I've finished high school (only 2 more years!!) I plan to do a DTS in either California, Hawaii or New Zealand. After that I would love to do the PhotogenX Track which is a 2 year course of travelling to 30+ nations and using photography as means to publicize the injustice that is happening around the world and in our communities. Sending good news to the broken-hearted is especially what God has put on my heart and I want to live out these passions :)

These are just current thoughts. And dreams.

          I believe that they can happen because our God is greater
                                     and no dream, passion or finance is to big for him.

-My second home. Airport terminals.

-Dream camera & lenses *____*

happy days,

      people of facebook. twitter. internet. world.    

                                                                                              hello :]

I thought I would write a blog this Monday evening, to simply lift spirits and tell people what's happenin'.

'Remember, remember the fifth of November'...

       wow. What a night :) basically 1/2 of the Lodge invaded the firework display on Higham on the Hill (a little village up the hill). It was epic. 'I think humans are drawn to sparkly things' - I agree.

but yeah. This last weekend was just really good. It consisted of; fireworks, v for vendetta, mcdonalds, unexpected encounters, encouragement, baking, good friends, lots of guitar playing, a sunday afternoon wander in a glorious forest, lots of sketching and an abundance of photo editing. amazing. =]

                                                                I have been refreshed with hope.

and I am excited to live life to the fullest!

     we only have one life here on earth, we might as well make it count
(cliche, I know)

                                     :)

   If I have learnt one thing from this life, it is that God is always good

and He is faithful to his children.

 He does not abandon. 

His love is extravagant and his grace has no bounds :) 

-sneak-peaks of my drawing

         Everyone listen to this song and fall in love :) by: Brooke Fraser
                              . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3hvHYF_Dp0


Ciao for now!