4 months ago....

I left my beloved friends, family, & home to begin a year long journey in Australia....

It has been an amazing 4 months.  I can't believe how quickly it has gone, yet at the same time I feel like I have been here for so long.  

Lets recap the first 4 months.... here are some of the highlights!

January 

I arrived on Jan 16 @ 9pm.  

I was taken to my beautiful home and started off on my journey in Sydney!

I spent the first few weeks settling in and meeting heaps of new people.  My roomate, Jillayna and I had a pool party with about 40 new students at our house and had a fabulous time!

We spent the afternoon in Sydney with a few of our housemates and I experienced my first Australia Day!

Powerhouse retreat was at the end of January.  We went away for the weekend, met tons of people, spent a weekend away at the beach and received more from God!

February

The first week of February we started school.  The first two weeks were intensives.  I got to meet more amazing people & my expectations for the year became so much more! 

On Valentine's Day, I got to have a lovely valentines day dinner with my lovely, beautiful, amazing housemates! 

March

March was full of fun, I got to spend a day in the city at Manly beach.  Soaked up the sun and a some long walks on the beach!

The first part of the new Hillsong album was recorded at the beginning of march.. Above is some of my choir friends and I!

Colour was the first conference of the year I got to experience.  It was on the last week of March and was an action packed week!  It was amazing to see 13,000 women come together for a week to worship God and to honour and bless them!

In between the 1st and 2nd Colour conference we had the 2nd recording for the new Hillsong album (it comes out in July)  It was an awesome night of worshipping God!

April

I spent Easter with some of my lovely friends.  We ate amazing food and spent time listening to each other play/sing songs we've written.

I Spent a day in the City with Daniela, Jillayna, & Lisa.  We went to Circular Quay, the Opera House & then went to the city campus to go to Powerhouse (the young adults group here)

May

Here we are! In May.  I am currently on mid-semester break.  I went to the Taronga Zoo yesterday with a few friends & then headed to Manly beach for the evening.  We got to watch the sun set and then had dinner at a restaurant near the beach.  It was soo beautiful!!

(I miss you Andrew & Peter!!!)

(Here I am just hanging out with the Kangaroos!)

(Renny, Jillayna & Sarah)

(Manly Beach)

Overall I have had a phenomenal time! God has been amazing.  The journey has just begun and I am so excited and expectant to see all that God is going to do in the remainder of my time here in Aus.  I am so thankful for the amazing opportunity and privilege to be here.  I have been blessed with an amazing house, awesome housemates, incredible friends, and a fun, crazy, and amazing roomate!

God is soo good!!