Youthsurge and Rain!

So friday, cairns presi hosted Youthsurge which is like a mini conference for highschool students in the city. Kids from all the different churches gathered for a bbq and then participated in the conference. I went mainly because i had no other plans and alot of the people from the Nexus were helping out. I actually asked to be the official photographer of the evening so i really enjoyed having that responsibility even though i was only asked to take "Crowd shots" due to liability issues but nonetheless it was still fun. The speaker was really cool. He is from an italian family and was raised in sydney. I spoke with him for a little before the worship portion started and he said that he has been to the States 6 times but at first he thought i was australian which was a great compliment...guess im catching onto the accent more than i thought :) anyways, his name is Ross, and he married a gal named Rachel and he commented on the fact that everywhere in the states people would compare them to "Friends" which i thought was funny. He even gave me a shout out during his message when explaining that story, which was pleasant surprise (i felt cool and important) Besides that the message was really good and there were even several youth that committed their lives that night which was the most spectacular thing of all.


This weekend has been mostly rainy, with spots of sunshine. i slept alot on saturday because i had to stay up till 4am and register for classes back at winthrop and with the time difference that was what it worked out to...as always, registering was a pain and i didn't get everything i needed ...i really need to take economics but they only had two sections open which were already closed by the time i got to register...bummer so instead i think i am going to take Biological Psychology which really doesn't help me credit wise but i think it should be an interesting class and possibly useful.

Last night i went to a party with some friends from church and that was really fun, i am going to miss hanging out with everyone on any given whim. Today i woke up to Torrential rain downpour which i found quite nice surprisingly, it poured for like 2hrs straight and the street looked like it was going to flood...oddly enough i just couldnt stop listening/watching the rain....its been so long since i've seen such a downpour. Normally rain makes me sleeping and lazy but this kinda modivated me, i just kept my window opened and listened to rain while listening to a christian mix i made and studied for ecology. It has been a good sunday morning and tonight is CafeNite church so i am looking to forward to that as well especially, since its nexus' turn to serve.
Its about 3 weeks till i come home....and im not sure what to think about that!?