Beach, Burnouts and Brumbies

Yesterday was one of the best days of my life!!
We drove down to the farm with a slightly miss led detour for a hay net, and loaded the horses onto the float.
Easier said then done... it was about 15 minutes of Sebby going in and then back out then in then out how fun... Sebastian, Sebastian, Sebastian. With the both Megs and Seb in place we were off to the beach.
A quick stop off at the Dublin bakery to get lunch then onward to the 'riding arena'.

At the beach we unload the horses, give them a brush and saddle them up. The horses owners went for a bit of a ride... then it was our turn!!
We jump on (some of us more skilledly then others, Americans are just show-offs).
And off we go for a bit of a walk and then before long we were off into a canter.
The wind in our.....helmets, the sand at their hooves, it was amazing....truly amazing, I've never felt such a rush...adrenalin pumping the feeling of floating and the little niggle of fear in the back of your mind telling you at any moment you could fall off.
They were driving the beside us (got some killa photos and videos) and they clocked us at 40km/ph awesome!!

I've told you about the beach and our so called brumbies (just needed another B word) so on to the burn outs...Well the others were off riding again and we wanted to get some footage of them so we jumped in Stanley (my car, yes its a boy) and took him for a spin on the beach. The crazy American was driving. They were riding the wrong direction for us to get good shots so I decided to sit on the window ledge and video them from over the car roof... talk about thrilling. Once we got a few shots we went for a joy ride. I hung on for dear life and the American drove well like an American!

Then... it was my turn! It was awesome it felt like you were gliding. The tide was out and the sand was hard with a thin layer of water covering it so we took advantage and went crazy.... I DRIFTED!! and didn't wreck my car, it was so, so, so cool and my car was caked in sand, seaweed and saltwater.

The horses were stuffed we were stuffed and we were ready for home... the horses had a roll in the sand, brushed them down and begun the rigorous efforts of loading the horses onto the float. We packed up everything else and were on our way home. We get back to the farm and get the horses fed. The make our way to the car wash. High pressure squirt a major foam scrub then another squirt followed by dinner at subway- for us not the car.

All in all an awesome day!!! I'm still recovering, and so is Stanley.

Blessings, Challenges and all the Rest...

So I haven't blogged in a while.... well since March.
And I haven't posted anything really meaningful and from the heart in even longer.
I guess a lot has happened in the last 6 months; some good, and some bad.

Gods been doing a real work in my life lately and I haven't really been listening, in fact I am sad to say that I have become accustom to shutting Him out. Despite this he has continued to challenge me and to bless me.

I was greatly blessed just recently when I was given a cheque from a very kind person at church - this was towards a new car (which I needed desperately, poor Geoffrey was on his way out to say the least). So with a lot of prayer and my dad for advice I went car shopping and came home with Stanley. Stanley is a 2001 red Hyundai Accent 5 door hatch back; a very nice car... (this one has power steering!!). Having Stanley has been such a huge blessing, I got a fantastic car for an excellent price. God is good!!

Another awesome blessing is Sunday School. At the beginning of this year I stared teaching the year 1/2 Sunday School class. I've been learning so much (ironic I know), about how kids learn and how much they actually remember and how building friendships with them is just as important as what you teach them. It's been a real blessing to watch them grow, and open up, and learn, and share, and love.

A resent challenge I encountered and I suppose still are encountering is my future. Doing the internship I suppose I assumed I would go into chaplaincy or youth work or something but it seems the more I pursue this the more doors that keep closing in around me. I went for a job interview maybe a month or so ago for a Christian Pastoral Support Worker's (formerly Chaplain's) roll at a primary school in the hills, but I was unsuccessful; this along with many other application rejections made me consider weather this is the career that God really wants me to pursue. At the moment I am looking at studying at uni, but I'm unsure and in prayer about my future.

Other wonderful news: My best friend is engaged!! I'm so excited for her and her fiancee. I love them both dearly and look forward to there wedding and there lives together. Congrats!!

There's so much more I could write about but so little space.
Headlines on whats been happening in the life of me!
- Horse riding, I've fallen in love with horses; and I'm really good at falling off.
- Music I didn't realise how much I missed playing music.
- Boys when are boys ever not a problem?
- My family; spending time with them.
- Hanging out and having a laugh with my Mum.
- My pets; teaching them awesome party tricks.
- OSHC the good, the bad, and the aaaaaarrrrrgghh!!!!!
- And so much more....

*Ok signing off now. Hopefully I'll post soon...