The week that was

Well Fiji was lovely! Relaxing and fun and adventureous!

Some highlights...

Sailing on a tall ship to a lovely island where we snorkelled and ate a fabulous lunch and both Stephen and I had beach side massages!

Going on a long boat for an hour and a half trip up river to see a village of about 200 people AND discovering there was an AOG church in the village (and that the pastors of that church were in Suva at that moment attending the conference Ps Lewis was preaching at!)

Lying on a day bed in the Mercure resort overlooking the pool and reading a great novel

Going to the Sofitel, meeting Josh's uncle, using the facilities and having a DELICIOUS dinner

Discovering all sorts of eating places

Realising every day how very blessed we are in Australia..... thinking much on this...

I may post some pictures soon. I have had a small hiccup today at work with some changes to my computer and half my photos being currently unretrievable.... I am assured they will be fixed tomorrow...

And the craziness continues...

Sen Natasha Stott Despoja is concerned about some of the pregnancy counselling services provided in Australia, suggesting they are deceptive and not providing truthful information. In fact, she is so concerned that she wants access to government funding cut for counselling services that give women wrong information.

Do you know what some of these deceptive counselling services say, that Natasha hates so much? That terminating a pregnancy is akin to killing the baby!

**Ruth just shakes her head at the insanity of it**

Holidays!

Today has been officially (in my head anyway) the first day of my holidays!
While my annual leave started Tuesday, I was busy working on uni assignments Monday - Wednesday so wasn't really in relax mode. However, I finished off the ones due while I am away next week so am now relaxing!

I took our last little puppy out to the airport this morning and said goodbye to her (which made me feel a bit sad) and then to console myself I went to DFO where I picked up a few bargains.... gotta love a bargain. I then proceeded to make good use of our new Foxtel connection for several hours this afternoon... ahhhhh.

LOVED NYU camp last weekend. It was such a great weekend in so many ways. There was a real feeling of unity between the two parts of NYU - encounter and fusion - and it was wonderful to see God move in the lives of people there in very significant and profound ways. Honestly - it's life changing stuff. There is something about getting away for a weekend and spending it building relationships - with each other and with God. Moments of focus are vital in life.

It was also great doing fun stuff with fusioners too - like roller blading and enjoying the spa! (Although I wasn't at the 2am spa trip - which sounded like heaps of fun!) I have only just recovered from roller blading - my legs hurt for days!

I also particularly liked my new experience of being an 18-25's leader, which meant staying at a nice resort instead of dorms! After 10 years on high school youth leadership it was a very different experience - and one I relished.

All in all, a fabulous time and I am already looking forward to next year!