19/20

Thats my first result for my first Bible College assignment! Im so happy! To get 19/20 has been a huge encouragement - I finally found something Im good at!! Anyway, it probably wont last for the next assignment!! EEK due this week, on the Pentateuch and Judaism!! aaahhh, I dont know much about them!

still shattered

I dont know whats wrong with me! Im still quite shaken up about Steve Irwins death. It is such a loss and I grieve for his wife. Im going to watch the interview with her tonight on Channel 9 8.30pm. I'll probably have tissues everywhere, and russell will come home to a panda bear, but I dont care. I still have tears in my eyes when I think of his family. *snif snif* to loose someone you love must be heart wrenching. It always makes me think what i would do if i ever lost russell or a family memeber. anyway, my sick dad sent me these pictures, some of them are funny and clever. I used to watch the crocodile hunter when i was about 6/7 with my brother and we always loved watching his adventures. this is my tribut blog :)

marriage article

I all this is a good read on how lightly marriage can be taken these days.

a religion of peace?

These are some photos i received via email of muslims marching through the streets of London. They are a little scary.

what the pope had to say

this is just a little info on the stuff going on with the pope, and here are a couple more links.
very interesting article. you should all read it.

not so wise

Want to know something that really makes my blood boil?
Old people who are so opposed to change that they would rather have church suited to them and compromise the salvation of the community around them.
Our church is currently having discussions about having a second service. We had a meeting on tues. night to discuss different possibilities. I was put in charge a few months ago to head up a small group to come up with different ideas. So you can understand how I feel when I see (majority)of older people turn up for this meeting and constantly talk about what THEY WANT for the service. It was like everyone was putting in their orders for what they would like to have in the new service.
There were a couple of comments that really got to me:
"I've had to older friends come to our church and say how great it is that we are so multi-generational" My response to that, "Oh, do you want me to stand up and give you a round of applause for that? Are you really that excited that we had christians join our church? I thought our aim was non-christians? You should be so proud of yourself that we are nicking christians from other churches!"
The second comment:
"What is so wrong with having a church service for ourselves?"
I just about shot out of my chair when I heard this. "Is that what Christ said to us when he ascended into heaven? Go and have fun in your little churches - dont worry about the nations!" NO!
Sorry if I am sounding really harsh, but I have had it up to here (for those of you who cant see, my hand is high above my head) with the older generation being so opposed to seeing the gospel spread in our communities. All I see these days is lip service. We are so quick to applaude ourselves that we have the 4 largest highschools around our church like its some big achievement! And yet we are doing NOTHING!
I see my husband working so hard, only to butt up against some strong stubborn people.
My biggest prayer is that I will never become complacent to a point that I no longer care.
You can tell me - its just young passion, you'll grow out of it. No, I never ever want to lose my conviction. It is Christ I am serving, and I never want to lose this passion.

those blasted green ants...

Yay it worked finally!!

Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of bek... part 2

In 1994 my family moved to Perth. I remember my parents going to Perth to speak at a church, and then after a few months was asked how we ((he kids) felt about moving to Perth. Since I was a huge loner at school I was up for it, my bro wasn't too keen first off but soon came round, the younger two were too young to understand.
You may have noticed I referred to my siblings as "the kids", we all call each other "the kids" I still call them "the kids" it's just our name for us all because we're too lazy to refer to each other singularly.
I was about to turn 10, robbo had just turned 7, kate 5 and little druth, still in nappies. Growing up in Cairns, we spent most our time in undies and that's it, it was just sooo hot. We headed off in our car (van) on an adventure to a new place. I had never heard of WA! I was completely naive. Whenever I look back on Cairns, I miss it. Don't you ever look back at your childhood and wish you could go back? My backyard was my world! We had a massive Mango tree I used to climb with Robbo and we would take a spoon with us and eat all the mangoes we wanted – I can now no longer even handle the smell on mangoes, I claim I overdosed on them and haven't touched them since. We also had 2 mulberry trees which had big leaves that created a cubby house, 2 lemon trees and a couple coconut ones ( I think) In QLD they have what you call "green ants" they are nasty if you get bitten by them! But my brother and I used to bite their bums off and suck on them. They were a kinda sour taste. This also helped eliminate them!! (haha – evil laugh – our plan was to save the world from them) They create these huge nests from the leaves and when the whole nest gets on you, theres no stopping them! I was helping mum one arvo by picking a few lemons and I must've upset one to many ants because a whole nest got on me, in my eyes, biting all over. We had people over for dinner that night and I couldn't even open my eyes, I just cried and went to bed. Here's a couple of photos of the nasty critters…when they bite you, their little bums go up in the air. The nest in the photo is a small one.


Anyway, I'm getting sidetracked. I guess I'm just putting in little stories as I remember them because I feel they explain who I am a little bit more. I was always in another world. I don't think people will ever grasp how much of an air-head I was. I still day-dream most of the day, and I have trouble communicating verbally a lot because my mind is always another step ahead. Russell gets so frustrated when I'm trying to explain things to him. They make sense to me, but for some reason he doesn't understand my way of thinking and this has been one of the things that has isolated me the majority of my life.
Actually-I want to have a small rant here. All my life people have called me 'PK' . You may have even called someone else this? I still get called it and I am 22, and I get called it from people who are even 40 and over. PEOPLE! You don't know how isolating this is to the people you call this. I was an isolated person as it was, but people had to make me even more isolated by naming me things based on my fathers job. DON'T DO IT! You honestly don't understand how words can take an effect on people. This isn't just with Pastors children, but anyone who maybe different to you. I don't understand how even people we call 'wise' in church, can name call to this extent. DON'T DO IT – if I catch you, you better watch out.
Well this is kinda long, so I'll end it here (but continue later) Sorry it wasn't really about my move to Perth, but it is still part of my journey.
To be continued…
p.s ive tried and tried and cant get these blasted green ant pics up for you, sorry!

my little bro HAD a wedding

tough guys - sean, brett, robbo, dru, and russell (doesnt he look so old with that beard?)


From left to right: Sean, best man, brett, robbo, dru, and russ


no its not an older sister! its my mum and robbo! isnt she beautiful?


from closest to screen, brett hall, robbo, dru (check out his wicked emo fringe!), my beloved - russell


Flower pins to go onto suits and family members


Boys waiting for wedding to start watching footy


Big bro (robbo) helping little bro (dru aka. druth)


This is robbo...my bro that I used to go on adventures with...now hes all grown up *snif*

Overview of Go! Reachout

This was a jam packed weekend! There was so much information that by Sat arvo my brain was ready to explode. Russell and I also left with a daughter, just to add to our clan. But more on that later...
It started Fri. night, and I had to go straight from work (not really too pleasant) however it was held in Wattle Grove, so Russ and I decided that we would just go home and sleep in our own bed rather than stay at the campsite (10-15m from our place). We had two speakers for the weekend, Phil Nicholson and Neville Stanway. Phil started off the weekend with a few stats, and a bit of info on the work he is doing in Taiwan. It was interesting stuff, but I dont think he is necessarily a good public speaker. The night had your typical worship (non-denominational which was good, not just hillsong stuff) and was lead by James Bryant (the drummer was pretty hot too ;)!!)
The next morning was lead by Neville Stanway (my old teacher) and it was amazing!! He has soo much passion for mission. He took us to 2 Samuel...I cant think off the top of my head, I havnt brought my notes with me to work :) But I remember thinking to myself, "How the heck is he going to get a mission talk out of this" Now, he didnt twist Scripture to suit what he was saying. He spoke of David and Goliath and how David fought with God on his side. That when we go into the mission field, we need to have God with us, rather than cowering like the Israelite army, but to be bold in Christ. I will have to post my notes, because it really was an amazing talk and something I have lacked to hear for a while. It was good to hear someone speak with passion and knowledge of Scripture again.
Oh, on the daughter front, Russ and I are now the proud parents of Reethu from India 9yrs and lots of potential. She is now the sister to Antoine in Rwanda.
*Small prayer point* Russell and I are praying and planning to go to India at the start of next year (we might get to meet our daughter) so please pray we will be guided into what God wants us to do.
I will post my notes for you all from Go! Reachout as it was a great conference, and I think there was something for everyone to take away. Go! Nextyear :)