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Holliday vacation with family friends is officially over and i've started my first day at Hillsong! Unfortunately school here doesn't start till the end of the month so my program is on hold until then. Currently my team consists of 2 other guys and hopefully theres more to come by the end of the month. Today we had a surfing lesson tho! I thought i would spend the whole time doing summer saults in the waves, but I actually managed to get up and ride some! The company was roxy so they fixed us up with some cool body suits, boards and t-shirts.
The program is a little different then I had in mind. One of the guys is doing a sport coaching program while the other is doing a surfing program, so i'm the only one going to the schools, orphanages and local communities. I know this is where God has placed me so i must trust Him with the schedule, people, places and activities. I am very excited to start in at Hillsong and begin working in the townships teaching, tutoring, feeding children, providing aid and anything else i can do. The weather is plus 35 degrees here right now...so a snow pile sounds quite good at the moment! Although i'm sure your all thinking a sandy beach is the way to go :) Yesterday I went hiking up Table Mountain with some guys and wow! what an adventure! The weather was really nice, a wee bit cloudy, but we thought it would be fine to hike up, but about half way up everyone we passed told us to turn around, to go home before its too late because the whole mountain was covered by a huge cloud. It sounds all nice and pretty, but when your walking through a cloud, extremely high up in the sky it is actually very dangerous! The whole way up is very steep and sore on the legs as it takes about 2 and a half hours to get to the top. About half way up the mist and hale and wind started picking up pretty bad. It got so windy that one of the guys gave me his big t-shirt to wear because I physically couldn't stop shaking so bad from the cold! Funny thing was he was actually holding onto the shirt i was wearing like a leash as I kept blowing to the edge of the cliff! Thankfully we ended up finding a cave to hide in as we attempted to warm up before making the slippery trek back down the mountain. We got 5 minutes from the top but figured there was no point in getting hyperthermia when the visibility was zero anyways haha. It was still great fun and a much better story to blog about then "we hiked a mountain and it was pretty" LOL I'll keep you updated as to what i'll be doing until my program starts. There's a few community projects in the making here that i'll be doing, although i'm not 100 percent sure yet what those will consist of. Thank you again for all your thoughts, blog comments and prayers! I've replied to all the blog comments although i'm not sure if they actually send due to the website i'm using. God bless! XO
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Aunty Rachel
1/14/2015 01:33:31 am
Hey Han, I think you thought you published a blog today, but it didn't go through. Try again sweetie x
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Aunty Rachel
1/14/2015 01:54:39 am
Hey Hannah - ok, thats better! So good to hear about how you are doing. Things aren't always what we expect...God has the whole big picture in front of him, and has only given you a teeny piece of that puzzle. Keep trusting sweetheart, and just 'work as unto the Lord..." in all that you do every day. Ask him to show you what his plan is for you for every day that you are there. It may be something completely odd and different and not at all what you had in mind! Be open .... sending you lots and lots of love, and constant prayers. xxx
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Aunty Rosie
1/14/2015 04:33:19 am
Loving your stories Hannah! It is disappointing that your programme is on hold until the end of the month : ( I have a good quote for you "Don't wait for the perfect moment, take the moment and make it perfect." So you use this extra time that you have to stay in the present moment and make it enjoyable and perfect for you : ) Another wee quote " the key to happiness is letting each situation be what it is instead of what you think it should be" Have fun and keep safe x
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mummy
1/15/2015 12:48:09 am
thanks for blogging again. i was missing the "good read" for a while hon. I can't wait to read your one about what you messaged this morning. look out everyone….here comes the real grit. I love you SO MUCH. xoxo
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Joy Dunmore
1/15/2015 03:36:37 am
Sorry to hear that your program wasn't quite what you had expected but I know that God will still use you and challenge you as you serve Him there. Looking forward to hearing about your time in the townships!
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