prayers :)

with ash, nay, amy and me (friends from my school last year)

i am in sydney at the moment visiting friends here and hoping to go home in a week! its been a bit of a transition.. going from bangladesh to perth .. staying in perth for a few weeks... and now being in sydney .. and hoping to go home soon and see family and friends i havent seen in a long time and catch some rays from sunny san diego!

if you could keep me in your prayers! i have just about enough for my plane ticket home but still need $200 asap since flight prices are going up every day. my family has been amazing and has really blessed me in helping with funds for me to come home.

on another note i would just like to add that i am so grateful for all that God is doing right now in my life and how he is really giving me a vision for the future and a plan and a desire to partner with Him in what he has spoken over me... i am excited to see everything unfold.

i am also excited to have this upcoming time at home with family and friends! bless you!

Liz

gnome news is good news.

ive been down in bunbury this week visiting my amazing friend mandy! its been pretty chilled out since im in a country town.. but today we did some exploring and discovered gnomesville.. i was ecstatic because i collect gnomes and have heard of this place from only one other person. it was a pretty epic experience. then we visited an old gold mine and the beautiful fields nearby with its ponies and trees.

im planning on heading to the east coast of Australia on sunday but keep hearing reports on the news of volcanic ash from chile delaying flights.. i really wasn't worried at all a few days ago when i heard about it, but theres still ash blowing all sorts of directions now so im more aware of the fact that i could be in perth longer than intended. praying my flight goes out as planned.

still needing some finances for flight home...praying for that to come in. yeah...i spent some much needed Jesus time this morning and read about the lost sheep... i have been feeling like that little lost sheep and God just kept reminding me of how much he loves me, holds me, looks after me...simple things that i often forget.

back to reality?

"it is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. the credit belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly... who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never known neither victory nor defeat."

-teddy roosevelt

after experiencing a year of 'being in the arena' and reading the great quote from teddy, i am encouraged and inspired of how i spent this last year. it also makes the present time quite normal...quite bleh...a place where i don't necessarily feel needed. but i know that every place God puts me at is an important one and grasping hold of every moment as a golden one is a good perspective to have. and treasuring the lives of people he has placed in front of me.

i was gonna say something else but i forgot. tata for now!

BAS fin!

today was a special day. i fully completed BAS 2010/11! an exciting day for many and will be going out to celebrate in a half hour. thought i would send a quick update to all yall. i will be in australia for another 3 weeks and then plan to head home for the summer! which i am excited about. i still need finances for my plane ticket home so if you could keep me in your prayers. bless you!