G'day! Howz it ga'in dudes?! Yes o yes we have arrived down under! That whole ' we at the bottom of the earth' thing makes me feel dizzy when i think about it too much. The weather out here is scortchio...na im joking, its actually been rain storms everyday since we arrived, which is actually making it feel a little more like Christmas for us!
We met up with my sister Caroline on arrival at the airport, its been 5 months since i seen her so the skies reverberated with high squeals and laughter when she found us lying on the benches sleeping our tierd little heads since we had decided not to go to sleep on the plane but do an 8 hour movie marathon. Can you believe that they show 'The Neverending Story'?! AND 'High School Musical'?! Im not ashamed of my film taste at all..cough cough! But we turned Malaysian Airways into broadway as we watched 'Hairspray' and 'High School Musical 2'! Yeah we got an encore, but our dancing had to calm down as the pilot thought the plane was going through turbulance.
So we have been in Oz for just over a week now and our days consist of, church, church, church, a day in the city and more church but when your local church is Hillsongs you start to cry when the services are over! To be honest with you guys, when Caroline was taking us to our first service which was last Saturday night i was nervus...yes i admit...i was nervus about going to church! I had seen Hillsong on TV and it looked massive, everybody uber confident and i just felt like it was my first day in school.
The first thing that i noticed about the church is that it was so welcoming for first time visitors. Outside the church they have proper coffee wagons, table and chairs and a burger stall where you can meet church members or just chill out before for what will undoubtably be a powerful sermon. When i entered into the main church it actually looked more inviting and homely than what i had imagined it to be, yes there is an overall congregation of 10,000 people per sermon - 4 sermons a day, but there was a seat for everyone and we weren't stuck right at the back at the fire exist doors but we comfortably founds seats 4 rows from the front, where we pearched on our seats eager for the worship to start! They have massive wall screens that boom on powerful versus in the bible that prepare your heart, mind and soul for hearing God.
So im standing there all hyped up, and then......( everybody get your air guitars ready) Hillsong United come on stage and bring you further into God's presence with their powerful worship! The legend that is Darlene Zschech was leading it also, i felt so blessed to be there. I looked around and saw that most of the congregation are youths. This church had done it, this church had made God more attractive than the world for young people and it was awesome.
We have plans made up for Christmas, we are going to Annette's Mum ( the lady that owns the house that Caroline is staying at) is taking us in for Christmas dinner and then we have been invited to Terry Scott's who is one of the worship lecturers at Hillsong College for a gathering! It looks all good!
Hope to update you with more later!
Lorna xx
No comments:
Post a Comment