Wednesday, October 5, 2011

All-Star Nina (and american sunnies)

Hellllo blog world! Well the countdown has officially begun: 5 weeks or so (okay, so maybe not an "official" countdown) until our arrival to our home sweet home! I'm excited! But there's still sooooo much to do (for example, the All Blacks have to win the Rugby World Cup) here, so I'm not looking too far ahead.

This semester at our weekly meetings, we've been talking about what sort of things define our identity as followers of Christ. A few of our student leaders have the opportunity to speak throughout the second half of this semester. Nina, one of the girls I meet with, is a final year student at USP. She talked about our identity as children of God. Nina did a STELLAR job. It was completely outside her comfort zone, but she walked with the Lord through the process and God used her.
We had a girl's weekend retreat a couple weekends ago. About 25 girls came for the weekend. We expected a few more students, but it turned out to be a perfect number. The group was small enough that they really got to know each other on an intimate level. The girls had a blast. The first night was a P.J. dance party theme night and the second was a Hollywood talent show. We heard incredible teaching from Sai, a Student Life staff woman at USP, held topical seminars, a sports afternoon, and had some awesome worship jam sessions.
Mary, Jenny, and I had a delightful picnic in the park on saturday. A shout out to Rachel, who sent a package from america with sunglasses! we rocked the shades, despite suva's greatest efforts to bring a cloudy day.

1 comment:

  1. One thing I love about blogs is words, and when I read other people's blogs, I remember & learn new words... SWEET :)
    So, thanks for "STELLAR"

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