aussie aussie aussie

hey there guys.

it is evening. i just wanted to say hello. i am snuggled up on our pleather, sea green couch. the electric heater warms the room inside the house without any central heating. i don't think australia is actually that cold, it is just that there are few warm spaces to be found unless you have a space heater. dare i purchase something so...permanent? for now i wear plenty of layers to bed and dread getting out of them each morning.

recently, i have been working with the other staff on the preparations for the new 17 students that are coming. we are still fighting for several students. we want to trust for all the lecture phase finances to come in before the students arrive so that it is just outreach finances we have to push for. there are 3 students who are still fighting this fight...up until days before their flights are scheduled to leave. thus far, 4 students have arrived.
four fresh minds.
ready to embrace the need for healthcare in the nations.
ready to immerse themselves in the call of mother and child healthcare.
sounds like i am in the business of indoctrinating. i'm not though.

if you think of it...you can fight with us... we are fighting hard for a nigerian couple's visa. when this is mentioned, the first words spoken out of most people's mouth who know anything about aussie immigration is: "nigerians never get their visas"...i rebuke this. i am, we are, trusting to see breakthrough, the beginning of many to receive birth attendant training who are from nations that greatly contribute to the 500,000+ pregnancy related deaths per year.

that's all for now.

G*d has been really good. I am making new friends. Even with the boys. I have been in an all boy inter*ession group twice a week for the past four weeks. I shared with them that this was the first time I prayed with boys in two years, they were shocked.

cheers.