Home Again

Well I have been home now for a while. Back in the great, very green country of New Zealand. It seemed very weird at first to be back in my house, back in a place that is so familiar, a place I am so very fond of. I could tell you of all the adventures that I have been on since being back but the truth is, I haven't been on many. My favourite journey that I have been on since I have been home is getting large amounts of sleep. I didn't realise how tired I was until I got back and just crashed into a sleepy, sick version of me. I arrived home and almost immediately I was full of a cold and just wanting to sleep. I think now I may have crossed the line of having too much sleep and being exhausted for the fact that all I have done is sleep.

Chilling out in the garden and enjoying the warm weather

Enjoying the beautiful sunset behind the misty mountains

I suppose I have been having a whole lot of 'me' time since being home, spending time chilling out at the library, St Mary's chapel, home. I have been sat in this bliss of nothingness. Until I go back to Australia I have nothing to do, no aim to achieve, nothing. I have never had that in my life whatsoever, I was always at school, preparing for exams or assignments and then on NET I had to minister, fill out paperwork etc, but now I can just sit back, relax and enjoy the beauty of God in the small things. The small things that we miss when we are always busy, when we are always on the go.

I was able to help out with a retreat on Wednesday with the year 10's from my old high school, it was such a blessing to do so. I remember last year, when I was asked to help out I had no idea how to do things and I was nervous and unsure of what to do. I'm not saying that now I am perfect at running a retreat but I am certainly a lot more confident and have an idea of how to do things. To see the difference between helping run a retreat when I had no idea what I was doing to now is great, it was much more enjoyable and I felt like the young people got a lot more out of it. But God can work with anything so you never know what he did with the previous Aquinas retreat I helped run.

Whilst I am enjoying the huge amount of 'me' time I am also looking forward to a little bit of crazy time with two of my team mates who are coming to stay with me for a while. It will be awesome to spend some time with them.

Well this is just a short update on life