Hello my dear friends from the States!
Oh traveling how I adore thee! Took me a good three days to make it to Australia, but oh was it worth it! I started my escapade at the Norfolk Airport, I decided that day to completely tire myself out so I went to a rope swing at a lake and swung on that all day until I actually took off on my plane.
It was a brilliant plane, because as soon as I got on my flight to DC I was KNOCKED out. And then once I transferred to San Francisco, the whole 6 hours I slept. But of course that one was delayed, so lucky me missed my plane to Sydney, Australia by an entire HOUR. They couldn’t put me on a flight until the following day at the same time, so I had a good 24hours to wait in California. They couldn’t put me in a hotel, so I slept on the airport floor.
God has blessed me with friends EVERYWHERE so my friend Renate came and picked me up. I hung out with her adorable family all day, we even visited the golden gate bridge! It was amazing, quite eerie though. They have a Coast Guard base designated to rescue people that jump off the bridge, the people that jump off to commit suicide. Didn’t exactly fancy that.
I’ve been chilling and getting over jet lag now that I’m safe and sound in the base. I live in a cute two bedroom apartment with a mini fridge and a water boiler. Oh and a toaster! Everyone here is SO sweet and welcoming. I love it.
I can not believe God got me here, I still have only half the money for the school but I know for a fact that God is still promising me He will provide. So please pray that God gives me the rest of the funds.
Oh traveling how I adore thee! Took me a good three days to make it to Australia, but oh was it worth it! I started my escapade at the Norfolk Airport, I decided that day to completely tire myself out so I went to a rope swing at a lake and swung on that all day until I actually took off on my plane.
It was a brilliant plane, because as soon as I got on my flight to DC I was KNOCKED out. And then once I transferred to San Francisco, the whole 6 hours I slept. But of course that one was delayed, so lucky me missed my plane to Sydney, Australia by an entire HOUR. They couldn’t put me on a flight until the following day at the same time, so I had a good 24hours to wait in California. They couldn’t put me in a hotel, so I slept on the airport floor.
God has blessed me with friends EVERYWHERE so my friend Renate came and picked me up. I hung out with her adorable family all day, we even visited the golden gate bridge! It was amazing, quite eerie though. They have a Coast Guard base designated to rescue people that jump off the bridge, the people that jump off to commit suicide. Didn’t exactly fancy that.Then on the way to the airport I realized I left my bag with my tickets at Renate’s place, so we had to turn all the way around and got stuck in traffic. I JUST barely made it on the plane. After getting through security I
walked onto my plane without waiting. It was scary, but God helped me make it!
walked onto my plane without waiting. It was scary, but God helped me make it!
I sat next to a fascinating Australian man, he told me all sorts of interesting facts about Australia. And I got to tell him about Jesus! He told me He didn’t believe in anything. That gave me a nice smooth transition to telling him all about what I believe in.
After that, I knocked out. Honestly slept the entire time. The flight went by super fast. I was so lucky.
I’ve been chilling and getting over jet lag now that I’m safe and sound in the base. I live in a cute two bedroom apartment with a mini fridge and a water boiler. Oh and a toaster! Everyone here is SO sweet and welcoming. I love it.
I can not believe God got me here, I still have only half the money for the school but I know for a fact that God is still promising me He will provide. So please pray that God gives me the rest of the funds. I miss you all already!
-Ellie
