A NEW DAY HAS COME

Dear Wallabes,

You guys are on my mind today. We have five days until we leave!!
Car-azy...

I hope you're prepared for the time of our lives becuase I know God has awesome things in store for us. I'm so excited to share the gospel and see Harry Potter. Perhaps even at the same time. I feel like I should warn you... I'm scared of butterflies and I'm what you might call a "cry-er". Whew, I'm glad I got that off my chest. Now you know the real me : )

I know some of you guys are scrambling to get the last of your support money in and I just wanted to throw this out there...

2 Kings 6:24-7:20 

Consider it thrown.
I know this passage is a little intense and possible just a touch crazy (Old Testament, what's to be said?) but I always think of it when I think about "impossible situations" like ours. Overnight God completely changed EVERYTHING in a way everyone thought to be impossible. I think He can do the same for us. The least of our worries is money. So don't worry. He has a plan.

Can't wait to meet y'all!

A THOUSAND MILES

Only six more days! So you know what that means...

PACKING. 

The good thing about a trip that lasts six weeks is you know doing laundry and taking one or two trips to the drug store while you're there is going to happen anyways. It takes the pressure off. But the bad thing is you feel like you're leaving for your entire life. I don't want to forget ANYTHING! I've found it's helpful to make lists.

Things I know I have to take... 

-socks

-toothbrush

-Justin Bieber album with bonus tracks, poster included

Things I wish I could take...

-my overalls ("Over all" they are awesome! Buh dum chhh! Drum roll. That was a drum roll. They're shorts though... so you know... probably won't work with the climate.) 

Things I know I can't take...

-fireworks

-lucky rock collection
-all nine seasons of Little House on the Prairie (probably going to have to pick four or five)

-egg salad sandwiches  

Things I know I probably shouldn't take...

-Justin Bieber album with bonus tracks, poster included 

And thats all I have so far. 
Oh! That's not true. I also have this helpful visual aid. 

Any advice for me, reader?? 

ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR

Did you know...
For at least 40,000 years before European settlement in the late 18th century, Australia was inhabited by indigenous Australians. 


You probably didn't. 


And did you know..
Australia is the flattest continent. 


You do now. 


But did you know...
I leave for Australia in one week!

One week.

Seven days. 

10080 minutes.

604800 seconds. 

I found all this information on wikipedia. Except I did all the math on yahoo answers. But I searched for both those sites on google. So google wins. But that is not the point right now. By the way, I did try to ask yahoo how many moments were in a second but it told me not to push it.  

UPDATE!

I have officially reached the $5000 goal! Thank you so much to all those who supported me with prayers and/or money and/or encouragement and/or hugs and/or cake and/or snuggling. I LITERALLY couldn't do it without you. Especially those who offered snuggle support. I require three times more snuggling then the average person, I think... 

You know what I'm looking forward to? In Australia, I will be the one with the accent. I can't wait to be the one to smile and pretend I don't know how strange I am pronouncing my words. 

I will be doing my best to keep all y'all at home updated. (I say y'all now) But who knows? 


It's been a long day and my brain is mushy. So I'll have to post more tomorrow. I just wanted to take a moment to let y'all (see?) know that operation summer project is a go!! 


side note:
The Australian national anthem's title is way more B.A. then ours. We need to work on that. 


I love you, reader.

DAILY SHE APPROACHED THE KING

SOMETIMES MINUTES, SOMETIMES HOURS

AND EVERYDAY HE'D GENTLY ASK

IF SHE HAD SEEN THE FLOWERS

SHE NEVER GAVE A STRAIGHT REPLY

HIS HEART WAS GREATLY HAUNTED

FOR SADLY SHE WAS MUCH CONSUMED

WITH ALL THE THINGS SHE WANTED

HER HEART WAS SELFISH, BLIND AND DIM

HER OUTLOOK OFTEN BLUE

SHE ALWAYS SAW THINGS HER OWN WAY

THE KING KNEW THIS WAS TRUE

THE KING WAS WORKING EVERYDAY

AS SHE WOULD MOPE AND SIGH

HE WAS PLANTING HER A GARDEN

FLOWERS THAT WOULD NEVER DIE

THESE FLOWERS WERE A SPECIAL TYPE

ON EARTH YOU'D NEVER FIND

SUCH PLANTS AS THESE,  REFLECTIONS OF

THE BEAUTY OF HIS MIND

HE LONGED TO SHARE HIS PLANS WITH HER

HOW FULFILLING THEY WOULD BE

BUT HE WANTED HER TO NOTICE

HE WANTED HER TO SEE

THE KING HAD WAITED PATIENTLY

A GENTLEMAN THROUGH AND THROUGH

BESIDES, HE LIKED TO HEAR HER VOICE

HER HEART HE FULLY KNEW

HE WOULD SMILE AND SHAKE HIS HEAD

WHEN SHE APPROACHED HIM WITH HER PROBLEMS

HE ALWAYS HAD THE ANSWER

BUT SHE RARELY LET HIM SOLVE THEM

SHE HAD FAITH, AND LOTS OF IT

THE KING SAW HER BELIEF

BUT SHE WOULD ONLY SEE HIM MOVE

WHEN HE BROUGHT RELIEF

THE KING TRIED TAPPING ON HER SHOULDER

HE TRIED A SCOLDING TOO

HE EVEN TRIED A LITTLE DISTANCE

IT JUST WASN'T GETTING THROUGH

THEN ONE DAY, THE TIME HAD COME

HE KNEW BECAUSE HE LOVED HER

AS MUCH AS IT WOULD BRING HER GRIEF

HE TOOK AWAY HER COMFORT 

AT FIRST THE GIRL WOULD NOT ACCEPT

THIS TRIAL COULD BE TRUE

 SHE HANDLED IT AS SHE ALWAYS DID

AND TOLD HIM WHAT TO DO 

HE OUGHT TO TAKE HER PAIN AWAY

HE OUGHT TO TREAT HER FAIRLY

AFTER ALL, SHE'D SPENT EVERY DAY   

SPEAKING TO HIM SQUARELY 

SHE HAD A VISION FOR HER LIFE

LONGINGS AND DESIRE

SHE DIDN'T KNOW OF THE SUFFERING 

ALL GOOD THINGS REQUIRE 

AS TIME WENT BY SHE DID HER BEST

TO BARTER WITH THE KING 

"I WILL DO THIS, THOSE AND EVEN THAT

IF YOU GIVE ME JUST THESE THINGS"

THE KING STILL LISTENED EVERYDAY 

BUT HE WOULDN'T SETTLE

AND EVERYDAY HE'D TEND AND GROW

EACH STEM, EACH LEAF, EACH PETAL

ALMOST WITHOUT HER NOTICING

ANGER FILLED HER HEART

SHE'D TOLD HIM WHAT WAS BEST FOR HER

TOLD HIM FROM THE START

AFTER SHE'D SPENT HER ANGER

CAME THE DARK TIME FOR THE KING

WHAT SHE THOUGHT SHE WANTED MOST  

SHE SAW HE'D NEVER BRING

SHE BECAME QUITE DISTANT 

CRYING NIGHTS AWAY

HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ME - SHE'D CRY OUT

I'M STILL HERE - HE'D SAY

TIME WENT BY, COUNTLESS HOURS

HER DISCOURAGEMENT STILL GREW

HOW AM I DIFFERENT THEN ANYONE ELSE

WHO NEVER SPOKE TO YOU? 

THEN WHEN SHE LOST HER WILL TO FIGHT

BECAME WEARY, BECAME TIRED

DOWN INSIDE HER SEARCHING HEART

SHE SURRENDERED HER DESIRES

SHE LET GO OF HER WISDOM

PAIN HAD MADE IT USELESS

AND SHE LET GO OF HER SELFISH PLANS

 INTROSPECTION = FRUITLESS 

SHE ALSO PUT HER DREAMS TO REST

THOUGH THEY PUT UP QUITE A FIGHT

SHE'D SPENT FAR TOO LONG DWELLING ON THEM

DURING LONG AND PAINFUL NIGHTS

AND WHEN THOSE THINGS WERE DONE AND GONE

SHE FOUND SHE MISSED THE ONE

WHO'D BEEN WAITING THE ENTIRE TIME

SO PROUD OF ALL SHE'D DONE  

SHE WANTED TO VISIT THE USUAL PLACE 

WHERE THEY USED TO MEET 

BUT SHE FELT EMBARRASSED KNOWING NOW

OF HER PRIDE AND HER CONCEIT 

THEN ONE DAY SHE HEARD IT 

AN INVITATION LOUD AND CLEAR 

COME AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH ME 

LET YOUR SOUL BE FILLED WITH CHEER 

SHE COULDN'T HELP BUT SMILE

WHEN SHE SAW HIS FACE

AND HE COULDN'T WAIT A MOMENT LONGER

TO PULL HER IN HIS TIGHT EMBRACE

AND AS HE HELD HER CLOSELY

HE CAUSED HER EYES TO SEE

THAT THIS WAS ALL SHE EVER WANTED

ALL SHE WOULD EVER NEED

CONTENT NOW IN HIS ARMS SHE KNEW 

SHE'D AGAIN STAY FOR HOURS 

WAIT A MINUTE - SHE ASKED THE KING 

HOW LONG HAS THERE BEEN FLOWERS?