I survived ABS!!

Ok, so the obvious thing is that I haven't posted anything for quite some time. The short story is that I went down to the South Island for 5 weeks over Christmas break. I stayed with a friend's family near Christchurch and they were super sweet to welcome me into their home for 3 weeks and to include me in their Christmas celebration. [December 19 - January 8]

Then my sister came over and we traveled around for about 10 days and had LOTS of fun and adventures. I'll do a proper post on where we went and stuff really really soon. I promise :) [January 8 - 18th]

Then I made the long drive back up to the North Island and more specifically back up to Bible School. God provided me a place to stay at the school where I could help do some cleaning before school started and also got to help out with a conference that they had here. It was nice to be back at school because it's kind of been the closest thing I've had to a home here in NZ. [January 19 - 30]

Then I headed off to Adventure Bible School, which is where I've been the last 6 weeks. It was an AMAZING experience and I didn't know I could be stretched so much physically, emotionally and spiritually. I grew a ton and was humbled more times than I can count. I also can't wait to do a proper posting on some of my experiences and share them with you! [January 31 - March 11]

And now I'm back at Monavale (Bible School) and I'm about to start my graphic design internship. Time has really flown by and it feels like I was just down in the South Island not too long ago. There are TONS of students this semester and I have already been encouraged by their hunger to grow in their faith.

Thank you for all your prayers! Especially on ABS, I could feel the prayers from back home and I knew that people were thinking of me and it meant SO MUCH. Here is just a short list of some prayer request as I head into my next adventure.

- Time Management. That as I have lots of fun projects to get started on, I would prayerfully use my time and not do things to do them but really rely on God to show me how to be productive and not just busy. I really don't want to burn out.

- Community. I'm in a room with 3 girls (2 from Canada and 1 from Denmark) and I really hope to connect with them and other students here even though my schedule is different than theirs.

- Finances. I'm trusting God to provide and I've had a couple big expenses lately. I had to reapply for a student visa to stay here longer which came with a large expense I wasn't expecting and my car is up for it's "Warrant of Fitness" and I'm pretty sure I have to replace the windsheild. So, please pray that God would continue to provide and that I would be a good steward of the resources He has blessed me with.

Thanks and I'm looking forward to posting more consistently :)

Then I headed