Week Three

     So I’ve been keeping up with both of my sisters blogs and they’re so insightful and deep! I’m going to attempt to put some thoughts together about some stuff I’m learning about God, myself, and culture…. but not right now. J This past weekend was packed full but a lot of fun. Friday was another field trip into the city to visit the “Hyde Park Barracks” where we learned a lot about Australia’s history and saw the places that some of the convicts stayed in when they first came to this land. Saturday was an early morning start as my service placement at Hillsong started. I wasn’t sure what to expect but it’s an organized program where groups of “street teams” go to houses or apartments of various people (a lot of elderly for the most part) and either help them clean, or do something else to help out, or just sit and visit with them. I really enjoyed it and am excited to be a part of the program while I’m here. Saturday afternoon was spent walking around Sydney, seeing just a small part of the botanical gardens (I will be going back soon to explore them for sure!) and then visiting a church across the Harbor Bridge Saturday evening. Sunday was another early morning as large group of us students caught an early train to visit the Blue Mountains. It was about a two hour train ride and it was sooo nice to be out of the city for a little while! We even saw some wildlife including a Goanna (large lizard), some kind of bird (not sure exactly what it was) and then I saw two kangaroos on the train ride back! Well that’s all for now… thanks for reading!