Its about time I blogged.

My blogs have been full of birthday's, and there is still one yet to come for this fabulous month of February.
Other then birthdays, I thought I would write a normal everyday blog for you guys. Lately I have been doing the normal day to day life, which could consist of less blogging. Considering I usual come home, and try not to move until the next morning.
I have been really enjoying work, filing and updating databases...sounds pretty great. I really love all the people I work with, its so crazy how you can all be so different, working in the same places. Most of the other people I work with have desks, and they sit there all day, answering emails, talking with students, fixing problems. While I on the other hand, am desk less. So I run from place to place, filing, and chatting, and doing mail room runs. So by about 4pm my legs are telling me that I should sit down, and have someone carry me all the way home. I find it hard to complain about being tired at work, because I feel like everyone else does so much work! Though I came to the conclusion we are all doing loads of work in different ways. So they are mentally tired, and I am physically tired. I don't quite know if you want to know all about my deep work thoughts...but I have typed them...so its too late now. I'm working away, which I forgot to mention I got more hours. This month, and March are pretty busy. See in New Zealand their schools start the First of March. So we have all the students coming in right now, and wanting courses changed...and so on. Which in the states, our schools start in August. I usually get really confused, and have to have someone explain to me what is happening. ha

Funny Work Story: The other day, we had a wild bird get stuck in our office! I video taped us all running around the office, and opening all the windows. It was hilarious, it finally found its way out, after some intense drama. It kept hiding around in the office plants, and we had to go and scare it away... It was my favorite day at work.

Other then work, work, work I have been learning how to cook from Jess, and we have been watching the Olympics ( Go AMERICA!!!) Hope you all are enjoying your winter Olympics as well. Its funny watching them from here, considering its summer time here...so the sun is out, and we are in shorts, while you are all bundled up, and its snowing!

As I have spent more and more time here, I have realized that it is so important to have Christian fellowship. Its important to have people around you that believe the same as you, and you can share your God stories, and talk about the bible. God created us to be in fellowship with not only Him, but with others as well. So I have been on a church search, looking around and trying different places. I always seem to be quite the spoiled one, I love my church back home. Along with trying to find a fantastic church, I have been reading and trying to learn from the bible everyday, or as much as I can. I find it so important to continue to grow and learn more and more. I find myself sometimes in a place where I don't actually want to read, or worship. Though I know it is the best thing for me to do. I want to keep moving forward, and doing more and more of what God has in store. I don't want to fall behind because I chose to, by not spending time with Him. See I think that God loves me regardless of what I do or don't do, but I also know that for me to be all that He wants me to be, and has in mind, it will take effort on my part. Not effort in being perfect, but effort in learning about who I really am in Christ, and believing those things, and then start walking them out. See if I never spend time with God, and He is inside of me, how will I ever know who I really am?

I guess what I am trying to say is that, I want to leave a huge mark in this world that says, " There is something better, much better then you could ever imagine for your life, and you can be apart of it right now...its called Jesus." I want my life to matter for Him, not for me. I think it can be hard at times to wake up, and walk to work, and try to smile at strangers, when all I see is heads down and look aways. Its funny how I can so easily get eased into a life similar to what is being lived around me. I heard this teaching from my church and the first thing that was said was, " Its not because their surroundings were good, it was because they made a decision to serve God." They were talking about Samuel. I also found this verse in John, that reminding me of what God has given me here in the world.

John 16:33
These things I have spoken to you, that in ME you have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.

In God we have peace, but if we are in the world we have tribulation. We are suppose to be IN HIM, and therefore have peace. But if we choose to be in the world we will have tribulation. But even in that God says to be of good cheer, He ALREADY overcame the world. We have the choice now to be IN HIM and have peace, instead of being in the world and having tribulation. That i why we have a reason to have good cheer. God created a way for us to have peace in a world that has tribulation. That is by living in Christ, instead of living IN the world.


That is good news! ha. Well, I hope you are all doing well, and I hope to blog more. Sorry for the lack of blogging.

Blessings!
Laura