What is Faith?

I have been reading Hebrews lately and this morning i ran across this verse that was really powerful and was so simply stated... Ch11, Verse 1:Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
I feel like God had really helped me to grow spiritually this semester abroad and i am so thankful for that, as one of my irrational fears was that i would some how lose my level of faith,or maybe it was just being scared of the testing of my faith. In any case, quite the opposite has happened and though i have been tested it hasn't been in a negative sense, but only to enhance my faith more.

I Officially have finished my classes for the semester at JCU and all i have left is a final essay in which i plan on writing next week, an ecology final and a physics final which isn't till the 20th of NOV. which seems ages away. I don't want to say i wish my exams were over, because when they are over is when i will preparing to leave and im not quite ready to say goodbye yet. Soon it will be Halloween here, and though Australians don't really celebrate it, some of my friends are thowing steph and I a "halloween" party. So i am really looking forward to that as we are prob just going to eat candy, fish n chips and watch movies.
Saturday night we are going salsa dancing in the city which should be very entertaining, and depending on weather we might be going to Crystal Cascades, which i have sadly not had the chance to visit yet.

Tonight, is my "TV" night, we watch Glee, Rush and BurnNotice, back to back to back....but i justify it because thats the only tv i watch all week...Oh, besides the stuff i download because im missing in the States. Luckily, i've been able to stay caught up with the OFfice and House as well as Psych. hahaha....oh i suppose i should ask where my priorities lie. O well we all have our guilty pleasures, mine just happens to be comedic tv series...

I received a package from my parents today which took 2 whole weeks to get here! insane, but it finally arrived still intact. they sent some candy and Coffee! and Luna bars. yummy stuff...i jumped for joy when i found the slip of paper in my mailbox telling me it had arrived...it was like Christmas!
I talked to the ladies in the Office here and they said they are willing to buy my bike from me so they can rent to other students later on and i talked to the Student association at school and they agreed to buy back some text books, so i might be getting a little extra money which would be very nice!

Thats all for now, though im sure the next posts will include pictures from my future activities...Also, Timtams are officially being sold in the states and I HIGHLY recommend that you take advantage of their goodness while you can since they are only going to sold for a limited amount of time!
~Cheers!