Updates...

So I'm case you don't know already I've now started my second year in Australia and I'm still residing in melbourne right now. I love it the culture, the coffee, the brunchs, the weather four seasons in one day, the countryside and best of all the amazing people. I've very much fell in love with the place. Still though I plan on never returning for more than a visit to the UK. Watch this space :) 

I've not enjoyed many adventures in terms of the litral sense but I have had some adventures in terms of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger journeys and just having fun with my friends (Family) here all been they've all be great fun and loads of joy to be had. 

For six weeks during in July and August I went on a different adventure okay it wasn't full on two weeks but it was great fun and a experice. I went into the country to do some farm type work I worked on a olive farm with a lovely family one child which I got to spend some great time with as well as pruning oil trees and mowing aches of land around the farm using a hand held mower. Markets, Going to a ball in a small town, children's parties and just having fun in the light free country of gippsland. It was great to get some head space and do something different staying in a cabin wearing layers of clothing at night and watch jimanji in shed with a four year old girl and her mum. Was great fun to spend time with a different family in a different part of Victoria. 

Another Adventure was looking after the two young children by myself for 3 weeks that was a challenge but let's just say I dont want to be a single mum. Luckly I have some amazing friends who came to help me out a few times which was a amazing blessing you know your loved with a friend takes you and child out for lunch for the afternoon or when best friend play's just simple games with the kids that generally then make the person unforgettable to the kids. Those weeks where pretty joyful to just enjoying the company of two of the best kids I know laughing, making crafts together, playing at the park together, walking to school together and being ill together deffo a unforgettable journey of love and patience. 

My young brother arrived in melbourne in June I think so I've been able to catch up with him. I've seen a change in him after not seeing him for 9 months I think and to see how much he's the same and how different he is was really great though I found it funny the first time we caught up how weird it was for him that we were both of the otherside of the world together. 

I've also had the chane to be invited to some wonderful events of friends birthdays and weddings 

Some of my great sisters at Loreens 21+1 

Loreen and myself at Loreens 21+1 birthday dinner party. 

Loreen's birthday dinner was great I got to learn even more about what a lovely wonderful person she is though I knew that already. (You have speeches at 21st birthdays in Australia. 

Even though I've only known her for 5 months I feel like I've known her forever my wonderful sister Loreen is a inspiration to me. One of my bestist friends she's a Godly women. 

Over the weekend I got the pleasure to attend the wedding of my first melbourne friends Mabel and John. The day was inspiring and full of joy and love, I was so great to see these two wonderful friends of mine get married. There love for God is so inspiring and there love for one another is beautiful. 

Me and Mabel 

John, Mabel and myself. 

Cutting the cake whilst looking at each other with so much love. 

Photo booth at the wedding 

First wedding I've been to with a bouquet toss and yes I caught it. 

Also I've been just enjoying my life having autum in August and spring in September have been strange. I'm looking forward to this new year to my journey as I make a leap into this new adventure. 

Right now as God keeps me here and I know that means he has amazing plans for me here. What he has in store for me just watch this space. 

Thanks for Reading my blog 

Love Rosie xx 

Bigger than

I'm just siting watching the burning red and purple and pink sunset over the buildings in the city. A plane soo small in the sky flies over even from such a distance the plane is so small yet when you get up close its big to and the amazing things there are so many things in creation that are so much bigger than we are. The sunset, the mountains, the trees, the clouds, the sun, the universe farst and massive. Then it gives me a humbling feeling that I am so much smaller than all these things. It says in the bible that God determines the number of stars and calls them each bye name. (Psalm 147:4) that is mind blowing I'm so small and God is so big. Then how about this: By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host. He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses. (Psalm 33:6-7 ESV) but the awesome thing is he created us to he didn't choose to speak us into being no get this yes he said let us make man in our own imagine. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. (Genesis 1:27 ESV) actually that's only one way we see the way God created us we also see that in Gensis 2 that God actually took his hands his handiwork his physical self into making us everything else he created he spoke into being where as with us he formed us. As we read here: then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. (Genesis 2:7-8 ESV) so the way I see it is this though he created everything else with just speaking he chooses to get on his hands and knees get fully involved in making us. He grabs some dirt from the ground and forms us forms Adam and then after that from man from Adam he creates with his hands women eve from Adams rib. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. (Genesis 2:21-22 ESV) but better than that he breaths his life into us breathing into Adam breathing into Eve his breath his spirit his energy and you know that saying save the best till last this is that saving the best till last. So if he formed us he knows us completely right he knows all there is about us he knows what's best for us what we will need. Psalm 139 says all this that he knows us and I believe that someone who loves us so much and knows us so much is in control of everything. 

There's so much thrown at us in the bible of his wonderful promises for example: What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. (Romans 8:31-33 ESV) God doesn't let us leave his fold and if God is for us God will hold us all together and give us wonderful things. 

And because he's bigger than us he's bigger than our circumstances he also knows our circumstances and he will bring us through because he's big enough to be there for each one of us in everything that we need he will hold us together. Whatever you find yourself in right now God is bigger enough that he can deal with all things and bring us through it all in a way that is only gonna bring not only Glory to him but the good for us and that won't change dispite what we may think about ourselves because God works for the Good of those who love him and are Called accourding to his purpose. Romans 8:28, God knows the plans he has for us plans to not bring us harm but to bring us good. Jeremiah 29:11. I pray that whatever I face or you face give all of it too God and I pray that in our hearts that we would trust in him for his love for us is relentless and he's big enough to deal with how big or how small our circumstance is. 

Don't tell God how Big Your Problems Are Tell Your Problems How Big Your God is... 

God is in Control just let him.. He's big enough to handle all our lives.. 

Relentless Love....

I feel like I'm so completely great at doing silly things saying the wrong things and all around being a bit impulsive but I see that in those times God has always shown me that he doesn't care and that actually it's part of who I am. I feel like so often I've felt completely weak and crumbling in on myself. sometimes I feel like I've really just wanted to curl up and go back to sleep. Maybe there's been times when I just never know what to say or what to do and I make a mess and get it wrong. But every time over these last few weeks I really learnt so much about who I am and who God is and who he created me to be. I know I've learnt largely that. In all things God works for the good of those who live him romans 8:28 and God will use our weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:9 but he said to me, "my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weakness, insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 

Gods love is so amazing so many times have I realised this so deeply in my life, to know Gods love for us is relentless nothing can stop it nothing can take it way or distroy it. That the truth is in Gods eyes we are good enough for him whatever we do what ever mess we make God turns it into good and whenever we feel weak more so in our weakness God is strong. I feel like if we didn't have moments like these we wouldn't grow and learn more about God and ourselves. I've had a fair few struggles in my life time if you've read my testimonie or spoken to me I would tell you that I've know hardships but now I know Joy. But one of the most interesting and true song lyrics I've hard about life. 

Is Kelly Clarkson: 

"what doesn't kill you makes you stronger"

I see now that if I wasn't going through what I went through I wouldn't be the person I am today and I wouldn't be able to do what God is equipping me for. 

How do you see your struggles right now? Maybe right now they look so awful and you don't know how you will get through even if your a Christian or not I think it's true to say that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. Think about the person you will be at the end of this hardship and think about what you've learnt before and see how you've changed. 

But I know that I constantly have something better pulling me through my trials and I know that God will turn everything bad into good and as he transforms us and shows us who we are we know that even when we feel on the edge I will always be pulled back by something stronger than me. 

If Gods love is relentless it's:  unceasingly intense, it's unending, it's unchanged, unceasing, unbroken, endless, unintrupted, sustained, lasting, continual, everlasting... That means nothing can stop it nothing can contain it. If someone that loving loves me nothing is impossible for him nothing but the best for us!! 

All I feel is Joy!!! 

 

the last 3 months...

Hi all, 

So I know my last few notes have been very nothing massively to do with what I've been upto of late. 

So I thought I would add this new blog post just giving you a slight update of what I've been doing in Melbourne not that I've had much traveling in a physical sense. 

In the last few months as winter has arrived I've just been spending a lot of time with the family here and friends just enjoying the joys of mels. I've not had many trips but I'm hoping to soon if I can get together so cash to do it.. 

Otherwise i did in April go to neighbours again this time I went to check on the sets and peak into the gardens have a giggle re an acting a scene from neighbours and just meeting people all around. 

I also got to catch up with a friend I meant during in my week on tropican my lovely koreon friend came to Melbourne so I was able to show her around the sights and fun of Melbourne was really lovely to see her again here is just a snip it of our day... 

Mine a Crystal's day in Melbourne catching up 

I also was part of celebrating my friend Nicole's 20th birthday which was great fun spending the day together and also celebrating the next day enjoying the sunshine at the park during the end of March. 

I'm having fun just chilling with my friends. I've been introduced by one friend Maurice to the joys of brunch so I think it's now become my favourite meal of the day. Melbourne in the city has some great tasty brunch selections and it's gotta be some of my favourite coffee tasting cities sorry costa and the uk but Melbourne has amazing tasting coffee. Better than costa!! So that's one thing I can say I don't miss. 

I have to say I do love a great coffee art and specially flat white.. Has to be my favourite all the more reason for my mum to visit this country she's the one who introduced me to the flatwhite. This city has to be a coffee lovers favourite place. 

Ive also had fun celebrating my friend Matty's birthday enjoying a great evening and getting to know Matt a bit more from the speeches of his friends and family it was an honour to be invited. I can't believe how long I've know everyone and it feels like I've been here for ages. 

 Me and Matty Birthday Boy 

Me and Maurice at Matty's 21st 

Me and Loreen 

The night before however I nearly lost a good friend while some of the group were long boarding Ally fell of the board luckily for them they were close to the hospital she's almost died because they was bleeding on the brain but praise God for his miracles and she was healed and if you see her now 2 months later she's comepletely back to normal apart from her faith and other peoples faith being changed you wouldn't believe it but God healed her completely it could not of happened a lot differently if it wasn't for him. Doctors and nurses say she's luckily to be alive and as healthy as she is. Praise God!!! Made me believe that God is real and he's not far away he's right here wanting to be a part of our life's. 

Just a few times with friends: 

Me and Matty collecting tickets at time out games place. 

 Me and Simon enjoying Vietnamise food 

Me, rochelle and josh taking selfies 

Me and the beautiful Gladys 

Then in May I celebrated my birthday with all my friends for balwyn and I orginised it all myself planning a murder mystery at the church. We went back to 1920s which was good fun where a singer in a casino hotel was murdered. 

Since then I've just been spending time hanging out with friends just enjoying myself stay tuned to see my next update... 

Lots of love 

Rosie xx 

Blogs of thoughts...

I've completely lost count of how many days let alone months that I've been in Australia or Mels... It's kind of feeling very much my home right now. But this is just all adventure that life has become I'm constantly being stretched, challenged and transformed into a better version of my self. I haven't got much to report of my adventures at this moment in time.. Mainly been celebrating my birthday last month and enjoying the friends I feel like I've known forever. This post is not so much a list of things I've been doing or the plans that I have. I feel I just wanna write a few thoughts that I feel worth sharing. 

If you have a faith or not I think we all do maybe not always in the same thing but we generally have faith in something. As you all know I have a faith in God the creator of the universe and my close and best friend, My first love and my everything. I'm not much the same person I came to Australia with I'm not the girl that my parents said there goodbyes to at the airport.. Fact is okay to them they may still see and always see me as there little girl. I'm not I'm a women now and proud of who I am becoming. I've not so much changed in terms of who I am but I've changed because I'm becoming a new version the real version or myself. The one God chose and created me to be, I'm just different but good different. 

I remember some many people asked me why I'm going to Australia anyways and I always said the same thing I'm coming to find myself and truth is I know who I am now but I'm not fully who I was created to be. I have to say I've got to this point where when I look in the mirror I don't pick all my faults as a female that's something in some girls it's a huge thing and in others it's not soo... Ps it happens to guys to... But I'm one the those who used to look and see a ugliness... But that's not me actually I now see beauty looking back at me.  

Too things I want to share are psalm 139! And 2 Corinthians 3:18 

Psalm 139 for me has always been a favourite psalm of mine but how many times in the past I read and thought nah... 

Now I see!! 

God thought of me first 

Gods plan A is Rosie 

When I was knitted together I was knitted for a purpose like a scarf or a sweater but better... 

My life has been planned 

Gods love for us is intense, passionate and Deep... 

We a fearfully and wonderful made 

And then I think though I don't fully know my self 

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

 (2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV)

That my transformation is a process and it just keeps going... 

So me finding my self is not really going to fully happen till I'm with Jesus in heaven.. But that's okay because until then I still get to see glimpses... 

But the wonderful thing is that God is invested in us even if we are not invested but truly the transformation happens when we ourselves are willing to be invested too... God waits for us and never stops waiting... 

I'm sorry is this wasn't a read you thought I would be but it's a update with my faith running through it... Don't be surprise !! 

But all I know is the journey keeps on going and God knows and he's in control that's all that matters...

Love 

Rosie  

Few snaps: 

Birthday party pics 

Trip to neighbours 

Out and about 

Matty 21st