All About HIS Princess

40 DAYS and 40 NIGHTS

2005-10-27T11:57:00.000+10:00

OK so I totally apologize that I have not posted anything for like almost 2 months... see I don't have internet at my house so that is my reason....

well as my title says 40 days and 40 nights that is how many days till I am back in to US of A woohoo!!! I am a little excited!!!!!!!!!

what is new with me you may ask? well I have been graced with my sisters presense as of last thursday which has been amazing, made me really home sick but I have loved every min... I am also in the final 2 weeks of classes which is exciting... I have been finishing my final assignments and have an exam tomorrow morning for my worship through the ages class...

this past month I have been so busy - in the beginning of October we had Encounterfest were we recorded the newest Hillsong United CD titled United We Stand - the songs are amazing and the evening was amazing. And also the past 2 weeks we have been doing overdubs for the CD which has been so much fun, there are just a select few of us... did I mention how much fun we have???

alos this past monday I had a performance for my performance major class and from what I feel and from what I have heard I did amazing... I got SWEET marks 47/50, 46/50 and 38/50 I was very pleased with myself and how much I have improved... thank you JESUS!!!

this weekend we have the Men's Conference... so us women in college get to serve them - I was blessed to be put on choir which will be so fun...

so for the next 40 days I will be doing alot of beach/sun/TANNING time shopping hanging out... did I mention TANNING?

well I need to go my friend and I are putting on a mini concert for hillsong woment next week and we need to put together a set list...
love and miss you all and see you in 40 days/nights
The Princess

little UP-Date

2005-09-08T11:58:00.000+10:00

I am so sorry I haven't written in awhile... I have been so busy with classes starting and moving, YES I said moving we got a house!!!

Let me give you a little update... so the last time I posted I was learning how to trust and give everything to God oh yea and Be Still and let HIM do everything... well the Monday week that 3rd term started andrea and I went to the agent to put in another applation for another house... As we were walking home from the agent I was like God just get me into a house I don't care where I live (I was trying to take control but wouldn't let myself do that grrrr)... so anyways when we got home andrea went up to her room and not even 30min later she came running downstairs and started yelling we got the house, we got the house!!! I started crying cause it was pretty much the first time I went through a hard time without my parents telling me to just let God take control... God is so amazing when you finally realize you can't do it on your own He is standing right there to help you along and will take your hard situation upon Himself and brings whatever it is to pass...

oh here is another amazing thing God has done... so the other day Andrea, Jonathan, CJ and I went to IKEA the other day and bought some stuff for our house and paid alittle more to have it delivered to our house... the moving people came to our house the next day and no-one was home (well that is what they said-I would dis-agree with that...) anyways... so I called the moving company to see when they were going to be to our house and they told me they had already been there and for the to re-deliver it they would charge us another delivery fee grrr... I so could have started to stress but I wouldn't let myself... so last night I was walking home and I got a call from the moving company and they are RE-DELIVERING our stuff for free because their delivery guy didn't document the delivery correctly... isn't God amazing!!!!!!!!

well that is pretty much all I can update you on right now...
I Love You all and will see you in like 3 months from today woohooo!!! I am so excited!!! ahhh and my sister gets here in like 41 days woohoo!!!

Psalm 46:10; 100:1-5; I'll Stand

2005-08-21T22:34:00.000+10:00

Oh my goodness did I ever need to hear this sermon that was spoke tonight? yes it was amazing... Phil Dooley spoke on Entering into life with GOD... he spoke out of Psalm 100

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
KNOW THAT THE LORD IS GOD.
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving
and into his courts with prais;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Psalm 100:1-5

At the end of the sermon he started talking from Exodus 14 and how the Israelites were moving out of Egypt and moving into the Promised Land... in the time they were moving from Egypt to the Promised land they had to cross the Red Sea (AKA... hard times)
Phil talked a little about the *Red Sea Moment* and how you don't need to know how you are getting from one place to the next... the only thing you need to do is TRUST in GOD. Phil said that there were some people that felt like they were going through the Red Sea I raised my hand and then he had us come to the front and had Joel Houston sing the newest Worship Tag he wrote and we all raised our hand and just surrendered our situation to God...

I'll stand with arms high and heart abandoned
in awe of the one who gave it all
I'll stand, my soul, Lord, to you surrendered
All I am is Yours
Worship Tag I'll Stand: By, Joel Houston, July 2005
click here to hear the song

Then in the middle of the song Phil interupts and reads the verse that I have been living by this week oh how I needed to hear it read from someone over my life.

Psalm 46:10,11
"Be Still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted on earth."
The LORD Almighty in with us;
the God of God Jacob is our fortress.

Oh I love that verse I love it so much... it has helped me alot in the past couple weeks.
Last April I wrote a song and the only reason I wrote it was cause this phrase kept on rolling in my head "Be still" and I hadn't even read that verse and this song came out..

Through the storms of life you calm the winds around
and when the mountains shake and the waves break
and as my world it crashes I look to you
and you say to me

Be Still and know that I am God
Be Still, Be Still
Be Stil and know that I am God
Be Still, Be Still

You speak and the winds obey
You speak and all becomes Still
Be Still By Ona-Lysa Ahearn, April 2005

after I wrote this song I sang it in my song writing class for my lecturer and Marty Sampson and they were both like that is amazing how you took Psalm 46 and put it into a song. after I heard that is was Psalm 46 I ran home and read it and ever since that day I have fallen in love with the verse/chapter.

I am sorry if my blogs seem to be repeating themselves but this is what I am learning right now. God has total control of everything all he has to say is Be Still and what ever situation I/you may be going through HAS to listen.

PRAY

2005-08-21T10:53:00.000+10:00

For all of you that read this blog can you please pray for me? I NEED a HOUSE ASAP... for those who don't know I am moving out of my house with some other girls and well every house we go to apply for someone has beat us to it and it usually is someone from the college that gets it from us. we NEED a HOUSE NOW cause as of the 28th of AUG we will be homeless seriously... please pray that the land lords will have favour on us and let us lease their house.
If you need to know what to pray we need a 4 Bedroom house and decent rent and walking distance from the church/college and somewhat near our friends (well that would be a bonus not a need)...

thank you all for those who already pray for me in their daily prayers they have blessed me.
Love You all...

ONA Just Surrender

2005-08-19T02:11:00.000+10:00

Why is it that the day after I post a blog on just being still and surrendering all to God things have to feel as though they are crashing down on me??? I am so full of emotion right now... so you may ask why I am feeling this way? well today I went down stairs and saw that we had a notice on our front door tellin gus that our gas had been turned off because we never paid out bill... let me ask one thing how do you pay a bill if you never recieve one??? and then later on that day we find out that we may not get the house we need and to top it all off we have to move out by SATURDAY this saturday ahhh... I don't even have a place to live... I feel as though I have been abandoned left here in a foreign country not knowing anyone and now I am going ot be homeless... FYI I know God hasn't abandoned me...

Psalm 46:10 Be Still and KNOW that I am Your God...

God is in control and obviously knows what is going on with this situation... it's in HIS hands... and I need to keep telling myself that... I am not letting myself go to bed until I realize that cause then I will just stare at the ceiling for hours upon hours thinking on how I can handle things on my own and I can't do that...

well I need to go maybe I can get to sleep now... I love and miss you all please pray for me, that we will find a house ASAP like as of tomorrow we need it....
buh bye for now

"I'll stand with arms high and heart abandoned, in awe of the one who gave it all, I'll stand my soul Lord to you surrender, all I am is yours"
worship tag, written by: Joel Houston, July 2005

When God Says BE STILL

2005-08-17T19:42:00.000+10:00

Over the past year God has just been challenging me to just surrender all to HIM, but in the past couple weeks HE has been really pressing it on me. I had been stressing over assignments and moving (well trying to find a house). I had (what I thought) given it all to God and then I started stressing over it again, I had finally had it and was like... GOD I can't do this on my own and HE said, "ONA-LYSA, remember I am God, BE STILL, let me take care of this situation, everything is in my hands and it will come together in due time." As I did that God literally brought everything together, I got all my assignments done by there due date and it should have taken me longer, and get this 3 hours after I prayed and gave everything up to HIM my housemates came up to me and said that the housing lady for the college told them that she was going to help us fight for the house (that she wanted but was gladly giving to us).

Letting God have full control over me life is still a daily struggle that I give to HIM, but my life seems sooo mych smoother now that I don't have to worry about anything.

I want to challenge who ever reads this. if you are going through a tough situation you may find yourself in right now trust in God, give him everything, BE STILL and know that HE is the God that created everything and HE will make everything fall into place in due time. The first half of Psalm 46:10 says, "Be Still and know that I am God," in fact if you are going through a hard time read Psalm 46 it is wonderful.
By the way we are still waiting to here back if we get the house.. It's in God's hands, so if we don't get this house God obviously has a better one out there. I love and miss you all and will see you all in 4 months, I get home on the 6th of DEC. woohoo!!!

I AM FINISHED!!!!!

2005-08-12T19:15:00.000+10:00

YESSSSSSS!!! I am officially done with my second term... it feels soooooo nice and to not have to think of assignments for like one month... What A Wonderful Life I Lead... I cannot believe that I have been here for 8 months

FYI I know you all thought you could get rid of me but NOPE I have just booked my ticket I come home the 6th of DEC woohoo!!!I get home around lets say 1 in the afternoon I am so excited eeekkkkssssss!!!!!!!

well I shouldl bring this to a close because I have to head off to youth we are talking about relationships... oh it is soooooooo much fun...
I love you all and I will see you in 4 months woohoo!!!
Love ya, The Princess

B-REAL

2005-07-20T16:45:00.000+10:00

B-REAL... that is one i guess you could say motto that I live by daily... I can not stand it when someone wants to befriend me and then shows me a personality that is totally fake... goodness why would I want to get to know a part of you that it not you??? for goodness sakes B-REAL, Don't conform to the life that is going on around you, Don't be someone your not just so that special someone will like you YUCK that just makes me sick... HELLO God made you YOU He gave you your own personality... B an INDIVIDUAL stand up for what YOU believe in... B confident and secure in who God made YOU... So I challenge give your friend back his/her personality and become the Man/Women GOD has called you to be...

Let me tell you one thing that it is not easy B'ing-REAL it is a daily chore you have to keep yourself in check but let me tell ya it is sooo much fun when you don't have to worrie that you have just stolen someone elses IDENTITY

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heaps of Koalas sleeping in the trees

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what sound does a penguin make?? I know it a weird deep gurgling sound

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Kangaroo with a Joey nursing - this Kangaroo was not in a cage it was just sitting next to the path I was walking on

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Wallabee with a baby in it

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ME hugging a KOALA BEAR yes they have Koalas here for those who didn't know that

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Beautiful Me at the Koala Park whats an Echidnas??? cause I didn't see one

2005-07-17T16:15:00.000+10:00

Sarah, Andrea, Me and Alissa in Downtown Sydney (CITY) after eating at Pancakes on the Rocks

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The Sydney Olympic Torch - we came across it and we were all wondering - What in the World is this??? and process of elimination we all came to the conclusion that it was the Torch which should have been easy to fugure out since we were at the Sydney Olympic Stadium

2005-07-17T16:10:00.000+10:00

Dave - He was having fun with my camera and taking pictures of himself - we came into AU on the same plane

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Korina and Vicki... Vicki reading me the Power in God's Word by Joyce Meyers - She put togethere a book of a bunch of verses that you would declare over yourself in times of need

2005-07-17T15:57:00.000+10:00

Andrea, Vicki and I the friday before Hillsong Conference at the Superdome getting instructions for bump-in (Nathalie off in the distance looking into space)

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One Way Jesus You're the only one that I could live for!!! Andrea, Clay, Dustin and I designed and made this skateboard ramp for the Kindsong World for Hillsong Conference and Andrea and I painted this One Way Jesus logo on it

2005-07-17T15:52:00.000+10:00

Me and Andrea at the Blue Mountains...

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Andrea was having fun with my camera... as cars wouldl drive by

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Andrea and Sarah "Pretending" to be scared

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Alissa and I as we are getting even more lost in down town Sydney... ahhhhhh crazy, scary thought I could shoot some people type of night

Here I AM

2005-07-01T23:48:00.000+10:00

Tonight at United Youth Jad and Holly sang a song called Here I AM by Shawn Mcdonald an amazing singer/song writer from Seattle WA. I had heard the song before obviously since I have the cd and have listened to the song over and over cause it is one of my favorite songs on the CD but tonight as they sang I just sat there and listened and I got a new revalation of the song and oh my word it like seriously blew me away... it just talks about how you can't do things on your own strength, which right now I needed to hear since we are heading into Hillsong Conference one of the longest weeks of the year (and that is what staff has told us eeekkkksssss) and it also just apoke to me in the sense of I can't live life without His help... if you have the CD you must take a listen to this song it is amazing especially if you are struggling and NEED GOD'S strength to get you through it.

I love and Miss you (but I am enjoying my time here very much can't imagin my life this year not being here)

Ona~

Here I AM

By: Shawn McDonald

I lay myself at Your feet, asking You won't you meet, won't You meet me?

I can not do it on my own, I can not do this all alone.

Here I am tonight, with my arms open wide, won't You come inside?

I lay myself at Your feet, asking you won't You meet, Please won't You meet me. I can not do it on my own, I can not do it all alone,

Here I am tonight, with my arms open wide, won't You come inside? Here I am tonight, with my arms open wide won't You come inside?

won't You come inside oh God, come and fill this heart of mine I'm in need of Your touch, of Your life, of your love, I need You oh, I need You...

I lay myself at Your feet, asking You won't You meet, Please won't You meet me God tonight.

WHY ME???????????

2005-06-22T18:18:00.000+10:00

so today our rosters came out for the areas we will be working for during Hillsong Conference and I am inLegistics (I am excited about it) and Kids (one word can explian my feelings about this NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO)... AHHHHHHHHHH don't get me wrong I love kids I want some of my own but the thought of watching others and heaps of them at that just makes me want to volunteer to do cleaning.... BUT I am going to make myself have a good time. There is one good thing - I get to be there for the kidsong Live album recording... how cute to watch little ones worship God how amazing...

ahhhh I so wanted to to be in the choir but NO they put people and musicians that can't sing what is up with that???? I am not saying that I am better I just don't get it hello????

well others wise my day is good... I am doing a two week intership with the creative dept. which is fun I am building the kidsong stage set which is going to be amazing once finished... lets just say I am a master at drawing and sanding down wooden clouds hahaha...

Lord Help me make it through Hillsong conference week???
PLEASE PRAY FOR ME??????? that I will survive and don't slit me wrist and go home to glory (just kidding it's an expression my lecturers use all the time no worries I am not stupid I will survive but definitely not on my own strength I can tell you that much)
Love and MISS you all heaps
love ya

One of those days

2005-06-14T19:10:00.000+10:00

have you ever had one of those days where you are so full of emotion and you could cry at the snap of a finger??? well I had one today (I even missed my voice lesson on accident grrrr).. they are so not fun.. and they always happen when you have to be around people... why is that? who knows only God... but what I have found out when you are feeling that way he always send someone to encourage you... like today I was in chapel and this guy got up and was like there are some people here that need to know GOD LOVES YOU and it warmed me up... I felt like I got that hug I needed that no one could fulfill except my family.. then he procedes to tell us to tell someone you love them and give them a hug, little did the people know that gave me a hug know that is exactly what I needed... Let me tell you God knows what you NEED and he will give it to you when you NEED it... that is my thought and encouragment for the day.. love and miss you allll heaps

if you think about it please pray for me I have my intensive (where I am interning in a dept of choice, which the only one that wasn't full was of course a full on manual labour job the creative team... which will be fun cause I will be making the set for the confrence) weeks coming up next week for 2 weeks then I head into hillsong confrence.. let me tell you I will not be running on my own strength but GODS

2005-05-20T19:22:00.000+10:00

CJ and I while we should be study for our Methods of Bible study exam (but we had NO idea what to study... YIKES I am nervous for the results)

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Jenna MEE and I our last day of the term... we had an alnighter can't you tell we look soooo tired but hey we are still cute

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aren't we just sooo HOTT (AOG)

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Vouge Girls... Ona (ME), Andrea and Vikki... Onavikdrea confrence clan... when ever there is a confrence us three are inseprable (AOG)

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GQ guys... Peter, Martin and I have NO idea who the others are... these guy were honoured to be able to hang out with the Onavikdrea clan during AOG

About time...

2005-05-20T18:40:00.000+10:00

Hello ALL...
some of you maybe thinking that man will she ever update her blog?... but then there are others that are still recovering from my last blog which was quite long...

hmm what has happened since I last wrote? well I am now officially in my second term of my first year at Hillsong Leadership College which I love so far... It seem like it is going to be more fun then last term. I am excited to see what God has in store for me... mmmm (I am sitting here eating French toast for dinner my first meal all day cause I have been busy ahhh...)
Two weeks ago Hillsong hosted the national and World Assemblies of God congress. It was amazing to be sitting amongst some of the most amazing God fearing men and women of God.... one thing though they need to loosen up... I think they were in Hillsong shock especially the USA congress they were not used to worship being so free.

One of the speakers was the head of the Iraq AOG it was amazing to here his story. He was put in prison for holding Pentecostal services in his house after they had told him to stop. So while he was in jail they told him they would release him if he would quit preaching (Pentecostaly), he was like I'll make a deal with you, you let me out and you let me preach in my church and you leave me alone or if don't approve of that you let me out and I will hold the service in my own house again and if you keep coming after me I will just move under ground either way God will win You choose? so they released him and one year to the day of his release he preached in his own church building.
I think my Favorite night was Thursday when Tommy Barnett spoke on "Dreams" because earlier that week a friend of mine came up to me and told me that God had spoke to her a word for me that he is going to bring my dreams to pass this term and that I had also been praying for something and that God was going to bring it to pass... So I can say that when Tommy Barnett spoke I felt like it was for me.

I think for the first time since I have been here I finally feel like Australia is home for the year. I have decided once again that I just need to give God full control of my life and let him do whatever he wants to do with my life and let me tell you He has YIKES! I don't like change but it is good he has been showing me stuff pretty much everyday HE is amazing...
well I will let all you lovely people get back to your lives.
I Love and Miss You all hugs and kisses xoxoxox

2005-04-14T19:51:00.000+10:00

My brother Nic who is growing up he is 16 now oh my word

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My brother Chicha Moo-I mean Elisha isn't he cute? such a serious face

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My brothers, sister and I the night before ai left for AU. I told my sibling I would post some picture of them so everyone could see how cute they are

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Biarritz, France ~Cool picture from my dad, who is in northern Spain (for work) at the moment right over the boarder from souther france which he has frequently visited

BREAK FROM ASSIGNMENTS

2005-04-14T19:20:00.000+10:00

Hey My Beautiful People:)

well I thought I would take a break from assessments jus to let you know what is going on the next couple weeks.

WOOHOO!!! I have finished my contemporary Church assignment I thought it would never go away ahhh.
Well this week started off very good I had my Performance Major class Performance on Monday it was so AWESOME. I sang 'A Little More' by Jennifer Knapp accompanied by my oh so wonderful house mate deAnna Hardy. It was the best performance I have ever done it went to smooth my voice never cracked or even thought about cracking I was thanking the Lord. I am still thanking the Lord cause I can not believe how perfect it went. You probably won't believe this what I am about to say. People were talking to my house mates and were telling them that they couldn't believe QUIET Ona could song with such power and LOUD I blew everyone away including my house mates who hear me sing pretty much 24/7. LOL:)

This week I found out a friend of mine her husband is leaving her and so the college is making them go home :'( but the college is going to allow her to come back next year after the divorce which I am praying against (if you do think about it PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) They have only been married for 9 months and they are both little 19 and 20 YIKES than is little. But I believe God has a plan for them and they just need to get through this rough time. So I guess this week hasn't been the best there has been sad moments but we soon get over them and talk about something else.

just a side note my house mate deAnna is moving out (and we are getting a new student) I am so bummed cause we just started to get to know eachother. I will so miss our late, late night chats about random stuff and laughing trying not to wake andrea up cause that would just be scary you don't want to do that. infact don't do anything that would make her flip out cause when she does it's like she is your mom NOT FUN AT ALL. We have tried telling her to lay off pretty much but she just does not get it but o well.

AHHHHHHHHH! I am so excited there is only one more week to this term and then we get a week break WOOHOO!!!!!! Relax, relax, relax... Pray for me that I will get rest cause then we go into AOG world conference then second term which is majorly hard and busy YIKES not looking forward to that. OH MY WORD NEXT WEEK I WON'T BE THE "NEW STUDENT" WOOHOO!!!

I am going to go on a walk with my housemate CJ now~
I Love and Miss You all
Your Favorite Princess

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I would so live this day over a thousand times

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A Little More than I can give...
I think this is mt favorite picture :)

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Beautiful Me singing

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Let me sing you a song

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Looking at Darling Harbour from the Opera House

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a random Picture of my cute sister she loves Llamas "Llama Furrrrrrrrr"

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I wish I could speak whale, Nemo where are you? P. Sherman 42 Wallabee Way Sydney, Escape wow thats spelled just like escape. Sydney Opera House

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My 21st Birthday with Rachel (behind me on L) Christie and Rachel and Princess me in front

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L to R, F to B~ Andrea ( Canada not house mate), Me, Vicki (also from Canada) and Nathalie (Holland fellow Princess)

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me in the rain forest at the Blue Mountains in Katoomba NSW AU

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Psalm 9:1-2

“I will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all your wonders.
I will be glad and rejoice in you;
I will sing praise to your name,
O Most High”

Well be excited cause guess what I updated my blog J now say this with me WOOHOO!!! Go Ona! Good job my wonderful friends and family you get a sticker. Now for those who didn’t say it well then you obviously didn’t follow directions.

Well I have been quite busy with college, church and trying to have a life. The point of me updating me blog is to keep you updated on thing that have been going on so here I go.

The Past MONTH:
Oh my March felt so long we had Colour Your World Women’s Conference as I have told you before. What else happened oh yes I turned 21 on Good Friday March 25th (do I even need to tell you why it was called Good Friday hahaha) but what is weird I don’t feel that like I even had a Birthday even though everyone made it special for me. So everyone has been asking what I did for my Birthday well my friends Christie, Rachel and Reena kid napped me and took me to lunch and then my house mate Catherine aka CJ took me to get ice cream and to a movie (Miss Congeniality 2). Later on that day I went to United Youth Service and after I went to Jenna and John’s (Christie’s neighbors) and hung out with a bunch of people and ordered pizza at 11:30pm by the time we ate it was after mid night crazy late to eat pizza but oh it was my birthday I can do that. That Sunday was Easter Sunday which was amazing the service was nothing special but that night we had 2 services/concerts Sonic flood and Delirious. Oh, my word I take back anything I said about not liking Delirious they put on the BEST BEST BEST concert I have ever been to in my whole entire concert life. It is sad to say they outdid Third DayL. During the concert I got the worst headache in ages I got home went to the kitchen to get something to drink got to the fridge and collapsed it just hurt to bad to move anywhere else . I finally got up took 4 Tylenol and my house mate Andrea messaged my neck and made me something little to eat and then I went to bed and woke up and felt somewhat fine. Oh yea to let you know Easter is a 4 day holiday here Good Friday (nothing is open), Easter Saturday(everything is open and everyone is out shopping), Easter/Resurrection Sunday (absolutely nothing is open), Easter Monday (same as Saturday). Well anyways Monday CJ wanted to go shopping with me and that morning our friend Jonathon called and we invited him cause he wanted to come but his load mouth told everyone where we were going and everyone then wanted to come grrrr. So we took Clay, Denay and Jonathon who all made us late and CJ and I only got to shop for 45 min instead of the 4 hours we were going to have before everyone came with. However, needless to say we had a fun time anyways.
Hmmm what else happened oh on Tuesday I got Birthday cards and Flowers from my daddy they are beautiful Gerbera Daisies pinks, orange and red and a couple other beautiful looking flowers it made my day/week. I think that is all the excitement for March now we will look at AprilJ.

Ahhh I found out my friend Jesse is getting married this summer that was exciting news accept I haven’t met the girl yet and am sad about that.

What is happening in APRIL:
The 11th I have my Performance Major performance I am singing “A Little More” by Jennifer Knapp. No one can believe how excited I am for that day everyone I talk to is so nervous I guess I am the only one that sang on a regular basis all by myself in front of people WOOHOOO! I am sooo pumped for that day BRING IT ON.
My first term is coming to an end in 3 weeks yessssssssssss! However, that means papers, paper and more papers due and exams in classes we (HILC students) do not like such as Methods of Bible Study it is a rather boring class. However, after the term ends I get a week off wooohoooooo!!! Relaxation here I come the sad this is I don’t know what I am going to do with all my free time I know a couple days I will be spending with Rachel (Christie’s housemate) we have sooooo much fun together she we are going to have a girl night.
For those who don’t know what a girl night it’s when girls get together and do girly things like do their nails, watch chick-flicks… stuff like that.
Ahh yes April 3rd is my brother Nic’s 16th Birthday. I think that is all for the month of April accept for college and church yea that is it.

A few things you can pray for:

My wrist it hurts majorly (is that even a word? Well it is now)
That I will be focused these next couple weeks to get my assignments done and while I am taking my exams.
For my Performance next week I am so excited I just want God to work through me. Oh yes and that he will touch Jennifer Knapp in the place she is in she has walked away from God and is living a life of lesbianism.
My house mates and I that God would just bring us closer together
Also part of my assignment is to write a Contemporary worship song that can be sang in a Contemporary worship service.

2005 year at a glance:

May: 7 months
May Day
National and International AOG Conference at Hillsong
Mothers day May 8th

My Beautiful Mothers Birthday
Second Term classes commence

June: 6 months
1st the first day of winter woohoo I can wear my UGG’S oh yea I got UGG’S they are so warmmmmmmm I can’t wait for cold weather although I don’t think it is going to get to cold it looks as though the average low here is lower 60’s (Washington’s spring)
2nd My Beautiful Cousin Sarah’s 22nd Birthday
Queens Birthday (National Holiday everything will be closed sad L)
Last 2 weeks of June I have Fieldwork Intensive
And I am still in classes and pretty much and living at the church

July: (busy, busy, busy month no sleep month) 5 months
NO fourth of July L instead I will be working/volunteering at the Hillsong conference July 4th-8th NO SLEEP THIS WEEK start praying for me now PLEASE.
11th-17th I get a break I don’t have to do anything but catch up on sleep ahhhhh relaxation baby.
19th back to classes for 3 weeks

August: one of the best months this year. 4 months til I am home wow how time will fly
Second Term Finishes then off to Break, Break, Break the 12th-29th I may get a visit from my Mom and Sister who likes me to talk about her.
Then I am back to classes Third Term oh, my word the year is almost over and from what I hear, the third term is the easiest and most relaxing. NO major conferences.

September: 3 months til I am home
1st day of Spring
Fathers Day AU (My dad gets 2 Fathers Days it’s ok I got 2 Birthdays US and AU)

15th My Beautiful sister LYZ is turning 18 she is getting to old and she drove the other day I miss everything
Classes, classes and more classes but this is a fun term I am going to like the classes I really know I will like my elective ‘God on Gender’ all about relationships I can’t wait

October: wow only 2 months til I am home do you miss my like crazy yetJ??
Men’s Conference (ok I lied about no more conferences but this one is only a 24 hour conference so it won’t be nearly as long and tiring)
Oh look more classes

November: One month left eeekkkkkssss I am excited already and it’s only April haha
First of all my dad would want everyone to know it’s his Birthday on the 21 and he will be 45 hahahah yrs OLD I got him the coolest card I can’t wait to send it to him.
7th-11th Effective Evangelism Week (have no idea what this is but I have a great feeling it has to do with evangelism LOL)
12th-18th Break (pretty much we are done with classes)
21st-25th Presbytery week (a conference put on for us. Well that is what everyone is telling us)
November 28th-DECEMBER 6th GRADUATION CEREMONY & DINNER ( no the dinner and ceremony will not last that long they are aiming on letting us out buy the END of November and then guess what? no I am not going to tell you, you must guess. Ok fine if you are not thinking straight look down at December

DECEMBER: I am coming home wooohoooooo!!!!!!!
13th my brother Elisha Chicha MOO’s 15th Birthday which I will be at
Christmas which I will be at and so on and so on

If you read all this you must love me if not I love or do I hmmm you will never know what I am doing this year. Unless you call or email me hmmm hahaha
Miss and love you all
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

The Princess

My oh so busy life

2005-03-21T14:24:00.000+11:00

I know I said I was going to update my blog like every week well if you haven't noticed I haven't sorry about that. I am no though.

My weeks have been pretty busy with classes, church, practices, assignments due... Last week I think was the busiest of them all Hillsong Women hosted Colour Your World women's conference. My days started at 5:30AM and didn't end until 11:00PM it was a very tiring week. I was blessed cause I was rosted on to be in God's Presence aka choir all week during the AM and PM sessions but then for the mid session I was rostered into slavery aka conference operations which was doing everything else that was left over that no one else was rostered to do which felt like everything. I realized this week how much I miss leading worship it is so hard having to be in the choir I was talking to some people the other day and they were saying that it's the same but it's not there is leading from a choir and there is LEADING and I miss it very, very, very much.

My sister wants me to talk about her so her it goes. oh my words the way she dresses don't tell her but yuck and her hair we tell her it is cute but NO it not. NO I am just kidding I love the way she dresses and does her hair I wish I could pull it off she is so cute people see her Senior pictures here is AU and think she is gorgeous they especially love her lips. Does everyone know how sweet my sister is? She sends me a letter every week snail mail~ I look forward to every Tuesday cause that is when the letters come:) she write about everything including what everyone is up to good/bad so watch out.

FYI: My 21 Birthday is this Friday March 25th :)

Oh I am so excited this Friday night is United at church. United is when all the Youth get together and the United band (Joel Houston, Marty Sampson Powerhouse worship leaders) get together with the other youth leaders and we have a full on worship night. It is going to be soooo
C-O-O-L.

I Love and Miss You all XOXOXOXOXOX Hugs and Kisses (kisses only to my family sorry) the Beautiful Princess

I would Post Pictures but I don't can't figure it out but as soon as I do they will be posted.
tah tah for now

Album Recording

2005-02-23T00:17:00.000+11:00

Well it is that time this weekend is the Annual Hillsong live worship Album Recording. I am soooooooo excited all the song ahhhhh they are so AWESOME.

sorry I haven't updated you guys on what has been going on in my life. I have been so busy with classes which start at 8am and end around 5pm and everyother day I have something going on on the evenings such as connect group, worship practice, Youth, Voice lessons and not to metion church on the weekends and duties man I have no life well I guess I do but it revolves around HILLSONG church and college.

I have to admit I have been homesick so I must keep myself busy with mini trip. How do I keep myself busy well let me tell you I went to the city last weekend and hung out with Peter and Aubrey (fellow WA) we went and hung out at the beach such a blast until we realized that over half the women had their tops off YIKES! I have visite the Blue Mt. in Katoomba, NSW AU such a glorious place seriously you could never doubt that God created the earth after seeing this place. oh yes I also keep myself busy by going shopping I never buy anything but it is fun to look. I love the style here thatis about it. hahaha

well I must go for now I will try to update you more often.
love and miss you all
The Princess Ona~

a few things I have learned while I have been here never get content always aim HIGH. Also make your goals higher then you could ever imagin because if you make then where you can reach them then they aren't goals. a few little extras love ya see you in DEC 2005

Packing

2005-01-15T07:44:00.000+11:00

Oh my word I had no idea how are it is to pack for a year YIKES! It is crazy packing, unpacking... Do that 4 or 5 times to stay within the weight limit and you will be an expert at packing.
This past week God has just shown me how to trust him with everything from little things such as packing, my worship list... I have just had to SURRENDER EVERYTHING to HIM let HIM take control.

only 5 days 'til I'm in Sydney AU WOOHOO!!!

The Adventure Begins

2005-01-12T10:31:00.000+11:00

Wow I can hardly believe I am leaving for Sydney Australia in 1 week. Time has flown by sooooo fast. God go before me and come after me and may your hand of blessing be upon my life~