its official!

More exciting news. I have now been officially accepted & placed on the Melbourne Australia team for 2011!
<3 LP

a hop, skip & a jump...

Well, I'm just a hop, skip and a jump away from official acceptance to STINT in Australia! I have been pre-accepted. Yep cheers-a couple of steps closer!
-Nicole

Shut the front door!

I feel like I'm always posting non-serious useless things. I think it's probably because I'm on holidays.
But to begin on a mushy note - I'm really super glad I got to skype with everybody recently!! It was real nice.

Now to the essence of this post:
So I was reminiscing back to the all-nighter and had a good laugh at 'Shut the front door!' But i've got a question.
What are the rules of Nertz again?? I was trying to teach some kids and failed miserably and now they think it's just a lame game. I think I was teaching it ALL wrong. Please remind me, it was SO fun!

Nicole: our women's bstud was talking a lot about glorifying God this week. We all concluded that we were pretty fearful of what that exactly meant in our daily lives and that we do actually pray for it but don't really mean it. Mostly because it's hard to remember to glorify God in everything we do. So if you could be praying that we would not only remember but be humble and sincere about it too.
I suppose a more specific one would be...well i writing it on the internet...oh whatevz, couple of you already know and saves me repeating it. A few weeks ago I found a lump in my breast and got it checked out and ultrasounded. The doc said it was benign and nothing to worry about. I just have to eat healthier (thats bull, i eat healthy haha) and free range chicken coz of hormones or something. Anyway she said if it didn't go away in 6 months to come back and see her. If you could be praying that it heals and just buggers off because yeah it's still there :( But don't worry because I'm not worried!

In other news: I'm going bike-riding tomorrow morning can you believe it?! Just around the block though haha. And next Monday Lime, Joy & I are going to the Aus Open.

Please podcast Hamish & Andy.

Love Nidge.

1 Corinthians 10:31 - So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God

last first day of class

As you can tell from my title, today was my last first day of class. Seems strange. I am taking Geography of Wine, Music Appreciation (online) and, of course, Studio. Doesn't look like a lot but studio is 6 credits & will take up most of my free time.

With the start of a new semester (and year) I have made a couple of resolutions. Exercise at least twice a week, cook something new each week and a few others. One of these is to pray more specifically for people....which means you! So, send me your prayer requests!

I'm still waiting to hear back about STINT and am getting a little impatient. The Mid-Atlantic Region is a bit slow with applications, I turned it in 6 weeks ago and thought I would hear back by now. So that is something you can pray for me about. Getting the acceptance soon and patience for waiting for it.

<3 LP

New Semester, New Sebby

So, I'm sitting in the Computer Lab between classes and I am reveling in the free time that I haven't had for months! Unless you count Christmas break. But whatever.

Here's what I'm realizing...when I have time to think, I think about you people! Maybe my brain is finally catching up for all the time that I wanted to think about you last semester, but I couldn't, because my life was crazy. I love you all so much it's ridiculous. Anyway, here's what's happening with me:

I am taking Shakespeare, American Film, and Women in American Literature this semester. I haven't been to Shakespeare yet, but I love my other two classes and I'm pretty much in love with SS as well, so I think it's going to be a really good semester. I'm also writing a thesis about how feminism actually devalues women...it should be interesting. I'm going to try to write it from a Christian perspective, so pray that I would be able to articulate myself clearly! I want to be able to reach out to my professors that read it.

Also, I got accepted to STINT officially!! They asked me to pray about leading a team to a partnership in the MidSouth (which is my region), and I told them I would. While my heart really wants to be in Melbourne, I know that the MidSouth really has a need for STINTers. I'm not sure what will happen, but I'll keep you posted.

That's about all, except that my family is having some pretty serious struggles with the idea of me leaving for a year. Please pray for them! I have hope that God is going to do some awesome things in my family, but we are definitely seeing some hard times right now. I love them and am so thankful for them. These struggles also make me very thankful that I have you all to point me to Christ. I love y'all and still miss you everyday!

Bess

Best Friends Moment.

Hey Friends.

I want you to sit, and enjoy the best part of the WHOLE series of friends..

SUMMER PROJECT VIDEOS!

Straight after project you guys asked and asked about our time there, luckily we recorded many moments to show you our experiences. In true Lime & Nidge style, the videos are up and ready to be watched. Hope you enjoy them :)

On a side note: Hope you're having a blast at Radiate and that you're learning lots!

And lets Skype soon ok? xxx