I am begining to feel like the idea of having a holiday might just be real... It's been a long time in the making and is well and truly overdue.

This year has been quite hard work. My family has been quite sick and with Nan getting sick and dying so suddenly things got put on hold.

But finally I am getting to the end of playing this catch-up game that I have been playing for the past 3 months or so now. I'm getting excited at the prospects of being back ontrack with everyone in my year. I have now finished 2 overdue essays and my work from over summer (literally finished about 15mins ago). Now I have to prepare for my next essay which is due 2nd week back and I have a 10 min sermon to prepare and preach to 2 of my classmates... but before I really get stuck into all that... I'm going on holidays!!!!

So, Thursday I head down to Wollongong for the night, see some family and friends then I head to Canberra for the weekend to catch up with some friends who I haven't seen for a while (a couple of the girls I'm going to catch up with I haven't seen for 2-3 years). So that should be great!! Then I head back towards Sydney and stay 2 nights with a really good friend (who I have known since I was 6). I'm really looking forward to that. There is something amazing about friends that you have known for that long. No matter how long its been since you've seen them, things are always the same... It's such a joy!! I can't wait!!

I'm also looking forward to things in the future...
* Getting on top of study and getting the most out of the last 18 months at college
* The birth of my nephew in September
* Planning for a holiday to France next July (my first trip overseas)
* Working out what to do as a student minister next year

It's been a while since I've felt this excited about the future... But mostly I'm excited about the prospects of sharing the gospel with those around me and seeing people grow in their relationship with God... What a joy and a privilege it is be apart of God's amazing work. It's really amazing to see how God changes people's hearts right in front of our eyes. It is so humbling (and reassuring) too to know that it is God who gives the growth in people's lives. How amazing is He!?!?

We'll this is a bit of a long entry... sorry about that... I do hope that you are still with me... trying to make up for lost time I think :)

I'm sure there is so much more I could write right now but I wont put you through it... Thanks for reading...