We made it!

Hello from Australia!! Yes, we have finally made it here :) We've now been here for 4 full days and have loved every second of it. Right now we are just hanging out on the couch and watching Australian Rules Football (AFL) to relax from the craziness of the last few days. We'll fill you in on the last few days!

Tuesday:

Our Pastor and another man from the church picked us up from the airport and brought us to Yeppoon. We stopped by the church real quick to meet a few people, then they took us to our

new home. We got to meet the couple that we will be living with for the next 2 years. They are so friendly! The house that we live in is 2 stories. The couple lives upstairs and we live downstairs. They have 2 very cute dogs that we get to help take care of :) We have been so

blessed by their generosity and we are enjoying getting to know them. Later that night, a bible

study group met for dinner and we got to chat with them for a bit before we headed down to bed early because we were SO tired.

Wednesday: We slept in a bit and then went shopping with Sonja, the woman that we're living with. She showed us where the grocery store is and all of the places that we need to know. We had lunch at this coffee/sandwich shop. They drink lots of tea and coffee!!! We also discovered that their idea of iced coffee is very different than ours. Theirs has ice cream in it. It was a very delicious surprise :)

Thursday:

Our Pastor and his wife took us on a drive around the area and showed us some of their favorite

places. Sadly, I forgot my camera! Once we get a car, we will have to go exploring and take pictures of some of the beautiful places that we saw! Later that night we went to their house for dinner and got to know their son. We played a game of Mexican train to finish off the night. We really enjoyed getting to know them and we are looking forward to serving with them during the next 2 years.

Friday:

We spent the whole day at the church. The day started with talking to Pastor Ron about what

we'll be doing for the next couple years. We are very excited about what the Lord has in store

for us. There are a lot of very talented musicians at the church and Sean is really looking forward to meeting all of them! We will share more about what we're doing as we sort that out more in the next few weeks. On Friday afternoons they have XLR8 which is for kids between preparatory school and year 7 (aka kindergarten and 7th grade). It's kind of like youth group for younger kids. Sean and I helped out and really enjoyed spending time with the kids. They were so well behaved and a lot of fun! After that, there was youth group for the older students. It started out with a BBQ, followed by devotions and then Gladiator Games. It was adults vs. the kids. I brought my camera to take pictures for you all, but lost it and didn't find it until the end of youth group :( It was a lot of fun though. I think my favorite game was sock wrestling. We both have rug burn though!

Saturday:

This morning our Pastor's son invited us to go out into the bush and take pictures with a group of photographers. It was beautiful! I'm so glad that we went. Here are a few pictures from the morning. I hope you enjoy.

Thank you so much for your prayers. We are truly enjoying our time here and are excited to jump in and start serving!