Travel Mates

Ok, so for anyone who doesn't know my bestie, Chelsea, I figured I would put a little picture for all to see! We met our sophomore year of college and have been great friends ever since. She's so great. Love her!

Sydney

WELCOME TO SYDNEY!

Here's a few photos from our short trip to Sydney!

Sydney Harbour Bridge
Bondi Beach

Sydney Opera House.....seriously we took about a hundred pictures



The Sydney Harbour Bridge
but wait, if you haven't seen enough you have to see the Opera House at sunset....
Chelsea and me on the ferry

This is Sydney Harbour at night...
We really wanted to go to Hillsong, but we weren't in Sydney over the weekend so we decided to go to their Friday night Youth Service. It was really amazing. Chelsea and I felt a little odd because we were definitely older than everyone else, but I'm sure we looked their age so it was fine. They made us participate in all these crazy games and such. The funniest part was when a dance group got on stage and danced to a medley of rap songs. After it was over one of the girls told me that was Australians version of black people. Awesome!
This is the Olympic Torch located in Sydney Olympic Park
This is the monstrosity of a stadium that they built for the 2000 Sydney Olmypics. It was really amazing inside. The jersey in the back of the stadium was put up for a Australian Rules Football game or as the Australians say "Footy". The Rabbitohs is the team owned by Russell Crowe.

Sydney was absolutely gorgeous. I loved every minute of it! I'm really hoping Chels and I can go back and visit. We saw some cheap flights so hopefully we can!

I'm Here!

We officially made it to Australia last Thursday.  We spent a few days in Sydney and then flew over to Melbourne! I was exhausted when we first got here.  We are 15 hours ahead of everyone so we skipped an entire day on all our plane rides.  Once we got to Sydney we were non-stop.  It was absolutely breathtaking!  I was just in awe of how amazing it was.  The Sydney Harbour was so picturesque.  Chelsea and I were joking because we seriously took about 100 pictures of the Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge.  I'll definitely post some later.  We walked all over the place and then some. We went to Hillsong for a youth service, the Sydney Olympic Park, Bondi Beach, and so many other places.  If yall ever get a chance to go to Sydney, GO!  We only had a few days there but it was so much fun. 

So after all our adventures in Sydney we finally headed to Melbourne.  Chelsea's parent's best friends, Rob & Angie, picked us up from the airport, along with there two little girls.  We have been staying with them in Mt. Eliza which is a small suburb outside of Melbourne.  They even took their shed outside and turned it in to Chels and my own personal studio.  They put our beds out there and everything! So we have a little pad in their backyard. So fun!  We are really enjoying hanging out with them and their familee.  We also had another offer of a place to stay in Brighton, another suburb a little closer to Melbourne.  Another couple that the Williams know offered us to stay in their flat.  We went to visit it the other day and its a 3 bedroom apartment in a really nice part of town.  It's also very close to the beach.  They gave us the keys and everything.  But we haven't decided where we are going to end up living.  It depends on who wants to hire us and where we can find jobs.  We are also limited by the public transportation and bikes (which we might be getting soon).  So this week we will be searching for jobs and decided on a more permanent residence.  We are so blessed to have so many options! 

The culture is definitely taking some getting used to.  It is so weird because although they speak English everything is just a little different.  I feel like it's almost more weird than going to a completely foreign country.  You hear words that are English but I still have no idea what they mean.  The driving on the opposite side of the road is also really strange at first.  You feel like you are about to get into an accident every time you take a turn....which is a really great feeling.  The time difference is also hard to remember.  I've pretty much adjusted by now.  Although I get tired at like 10pm and that is definitely not like me. 

Ok, well I know I wrote a ton.  But I figured that my family would like to know what I've been up to especially Bethers.  I'll try to post some pictures to show everyone soon!  I am having an amazing time and am so thankful that I have this opportunity.  The Lord is so good!  Please pray that we can find jobs and really find ways to serve where the Lord wants us.  I really miss everyone and love you all! 

Here it goes....

Well.....I told everyone I would start a blog while I was off on my adventures. So, after much anticipation and countless sleepless nights.....I proudly present my new blog. Yay! Now I know what everyone is thinking. Why would you ever update your blog, you don't even have the attention span to post pictures or read/reply to emails. Well, I promise I will give my best effort with the help of Chelsea to periodically post what's going on in Australia. So here it goes....