I am going to share with you something that happened to me the other day...
So, Sunday night after a very long day at church, a group of gals and I went to the Outback for a late dinner (I know... we went to the Outback...);
we had to wait for 15 minutes to get a table.
Ok, we are super hungry at this point... finally we ask (ASK) for our waitress...
20 minutes later...
Now, we finally order, Tash and I ordered soup and Anna ordered a burger...
30 minutes later we get our soup....
We finish our soup... still waiting on the burger...
20 minutes later the burger comes... RAW!!
We are not happy... another waiter comes by, we stop him... he says "Eww, gross!" (exactly what we were thinking), takes the burger, gets us a new one... which is cold...
Being avid Outbackers we are usually happy with the service... not today!
Tash makes our waitress cry... not on purpose...
We get half our meal free... we'll be back...
We love you Outback... we just don't like you right now...

I've been here in Oz almost 5 weeks... and it feels like 5 months..

This past week I found out what my areas of service in the church were (as apart of college, we are required to be involved with 2 weekend services (church life), and 1 church ministry a week (fieldwork)... ) and I'm still in shock...

Let me explain:

So, I am here studying Worship and Creative Arts (W&CA)... and have been really debating, and wrestling with God about possibly changing my majour to Pastoral Leadership with a pathway of Events. After lots of prayer, God confirmed that I'm here and doing what He's got planned.

Well, when it comes to church life and fieldwork, the college places you in an area that goes along with your majour (ex. W&CA=choir, Pastoral youth=youth etc.)... So, I'm expecting to be placed in choir or an extension service for my church life, and I was shocked when I found out that I was placed in... EVENTS!! I'm the only W&CA student doing events... all of the other kids doing Events are Pastoral Events students. THEN I find out that my fieldwork is none other that... Creative Events!! 

For those of you who don't know, my passion is behind-the-scenes work. My Events team makes sure the church services on the weekend go smoothly; we do everything from making sure the communion servers are there (and if they aren't we do communion!) to personally escorting the pastors and staff to their seats. Creative Events on the other hand, is the team that (pretty much) RUNS the special events in the church... My next big events: The Colour Conference, Album recording (!!!!!), and Hillsong Conference. 

I'm still in the clouds! God is such a provider... I'm where I'm suppose to be, and now doing what's been in my heart for so long!

Well, I just had to share that... I'm off to an all girls Valentine's Day party... I've got to be at church at 7 tomorrow morning... that means leaving at 6.30!

But I love it!

Be blessed, and have a fantastic Valentine's Day

Stina