Heyas All ye kiddies out there!

Greetings all ye children out there,

How goes everyone today? It was a bit of a crazy day for me at the place im at. I'm starting to think it does not really matter which profession you are in...it's the people there that makes you fall in love...or out of love with the job. Enough of that. I still have another 3 weeks and 3 days to go! PLUS STUPID ETHICS IS NOT GOING WELL!

I am drowning in me work..........
<3 karen

Greetings all ye kiddies,

Nothing much to say. Placement went ok. Not as good as my first one. (Victor Harbor) Write more 2mr, really gotta go to bed!

btw, body combat was heaps good tonite....Deb u look pro with the gloves :D

~Love yeas and leave yas~
<3karen

Greetings kiddies,

How's it going everyone? I just read Deb's blog. It's cool guys, go visit it. It tells you all the suffering i went through whilst bunking with her! (verbal lashing etc!) hahaha kidding Deb! It was great going to camp and bunking with you and playing soccer/ basketball with the little kiddies.

Did EVERYONE watch My Restaurant Rules? It was seriously soOOooOOOOo emotional! It was the chop for either Sydney (pink salt) or Melbourne (whisk). I was sitting on the edge of my seat JUST TO SEE WHO GOT CHOPPED! And yay, my efforts were NOT in vain. PINK SALT is through to the finals! Congrats!! :D I sOOoOooOooO wanna fly to Sydney to try the restaurant!

Hey, did i tell you that I LOVE YOU ALL? teehee. That's all i gotta say tonight. Wish me luck for my placement @ the hospital in the city. Talk to you all soon! btw, GUESS WHAT I DID TODAY? Apart from Sunday norms, i SCRAPBOOKED! *my red leaf*

~Love yas and leave yas!~
<3karen

P.S: GRACE AND OTHERS WHO HAVE EXAMS? ASSIGNMENTS- GOOD LUCK AND DON'T STUDY TOO HARD, GIVE OTHERS A CHANCE!!!

P.S 2: I'm excited about small groups! Pray that the weather will be good, so we can have the entire night OUTSIDE! :D

Greetings kiddies!

Just wanna let you all know that i got home safely after spending my evening at the Uni. Spent 4 hours there, thinking about how to fix it up and how to improve our methodology and so on.,,but when we look back on it, it didnt seem like we did a lot. ahh sigh. We've done what we can..now its the most annoying part..sit back and wait!

Had dinner at Cafe Kowloon at 10:10pm was there for an hour then went home. Wasn't exactly the best way to spend a Saturday evening...wouldn't you agree?

~Love ya and leave yas~
<3 karen

Greetings kiddies,

I (well, my research partner and I) just got our research ethics rejected. It's so stupid. It's only coursework and not like we actually want to do this research! They take it so seriously...hafta go through ethics committee and get their approval and rah rah rah. The ethics form aint short either! It's about...as long as my research project itself! and the amendments we need to make are so stupid....we have absolutely no idea what they are on about. Poor us! J is working hard at the moment to amend it. I'd give him a hand..but no idea how to make the changes. So yes. The sooner he finishes, sooner we can go have dinner then head home. I've been so busy today, but at least i had time to do something i enjoy doing...*my RED TREE!!* teehee...had to be at GRIP on friday night to understand what i'm talking about here.

Did i mention last night that i really liked the speaker? It was a bit short..i reckon i could have sat for an extra 10 minutes comfortably. (i have the shortest conc span....one hour lectures are me max threshold) The speaker was short, sharp and shiny ...straight to the point! No beating around the bush! I liked that. Simple enough for the audience to retain his message, yet not so simple that it made us feel stupid. Preaching correctly is an art!

Anyways, must go. J is complaining!! haha

~love yas and leave yas~
<3 karen

P.S: J has just found out that im so free that i am blogging. he just told me to write up the stupid consent form. :'( ...how the HEC do you write one???

Greetings Kiddies.

Tonight at Church, as i predicted, I did not get a car park. I parked right outside, but had to move it...so i ended up in Fairy Land. But as I drove around the city for 20 minutes, all i can think of was *stupid people, what about MY park?*. What would Jesus do if he couldnt get his park? I wonder...

Well, if you are human like me...you'll prolly be all bitter and want to go home...esp after driving for extra 20 minutes! As that went around in my head over and over again, another thought came in. *seeing people as Christ died for* Yes yes, they are conflicting thoughts...

Anyways, there is not much point to the story...i guess it's a release type of thing. I'm gonna go to bed.

~love yas and leave yas~
<3 karen

Greetings to all ye kiddies out there.

Where was I? Sunday morning? On Sunday morning, Dean preached from Colossians 2:6-23. He told us that God's expectations for us are very high, just because he genuinely cares for us. So it is NOT enough to be good, but strive to be JUST LIKE JESUS! In verse 6, it says..."So then just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to LIVE IN HIM." [emphasis mine] It's not enough to be living FOR Christ, but to live WITH/ IN Christ. So how do we do that? Simple (or so it sounds)...have our ROOTS in CHRIST. Having our root in Christ, we will live a life where Christ determines our values and priorities. There were heaps of other stuff he said on Sunday that i find very interesting etc, but don't have enough time to write it all down here.

Anyways, basicially, we are saved by faith/ grace of God and LIVE IN FAITH. One thing we often forget to do is to thank Him for all he's provided for us. I used to think (back in good ol' Sunday School days), "why pray or thank God when he KNOWS what you're going to say???" I think Dean has given me the perfect answer during that sermon. To express my thankfulnness daily that God is my roots, i recognised that CHRIST IS SUFFICIENT FOR ME. HE is my life sustainer and having to realise that, my love for God grows everyday.

On Monday, it was a very practical session I thought. Mainly telling us to LIVE WITH A FOCUS. When our hearts and minds move in the same direction, we cannot be divided, so there is not obstacle in our way to achieve our goals. One thing i did find quite interesting was that [i quote] "grace is not against effort, grace is against earning". Have a think about that one kiddies!

Enough dry talking about camp. Look at these pretty pics. I didn't take too many pictures whilst we were on camp, but took some on the friday night before the camp started.




Well, I think I've written enough today. Shall write more 2mr, got a PACKED weekend! *work work work work work.. :'( *

~Love yas and Leave yas!~
<3 karen

Greetings all ye Children out there!

Back to what i actaully did on camp. We had Dean Eaton as our speaker. It was kinda interesting, but i was HEAPS tired! I think i'd enjoy it more if i was actually awake to listen. I got most the main points though!

SATURDAY MORNING- SESSION 1: CHRISTIAN LIVING 1

(1) WHEN CHRIST IS CENTRAL, HISTORY FINDS ITS FULFILLMENT
(2) WHEN CHRIST IS CENTRAL, OUR FAITH FINDS ITS FOCUS

The two statements look simple, but how true is it! The first statement takes too long, so moving along to the second one! It is only in HIM that our message finds its reason and in turn guarantee power. Power is NOT in the pages of our Bibles! It is true that the words in the Bible are God breathed, but GOD IS THE SOURCE! Our salvation does not come from the pages of our Bibles but in HIM who loved us so much, that HE was willing to send down HIS only begotten us to die for us!

SATURDAY NIGHT- SESSION 2: CHRISTIAN LIVING 2

(2) WHEN CHRIST IS CENTRAL, THE CHURCH FINDS UNITY
(2) WHEN CHRIST IS CENTRAL, OUR PERSONALITY FINDS ITS WHOLENESS

The first one is pretty obvious isn't it? But it amazes me how hard it is to practice it. We NEED to accept the justification of Christ. We NEED to acknowledge the blood shed by CHRIST. When we understand this point, we can see each others as "people whom Christ died for". Then we won't demand blood shed, nor seek divisions, because there is nothing to be divided over! We are UNITED through the blood of JESUS.

So how can our personality find its wholeness in Christ? I only have one story to tell (which Dean told us). Once there was an old man who died, and he left an old violin behid to be sold at an auction. However, this violin was old, dusty and out of tube- even the auctioneer did not want to auction it off! When it was time to auction this violin off, the aunctioneer just said "Can anyone just give me a price for this old violin?" After short silence, a man said "three dollars". The auctioneer just accepted that and went "Anyone over $3? Going once, twice..." Then an old man approached the stage, took the violin off the table, gave it a clean and polish and tuned the strings, then started to play. It was the most amazing tune ever. Then after that people started to bid for it...eventaully, it was sold for $3000.

Moral of the story? With the touch of the Master's hand, we can be fixed; no matter how broken or unworthy we are. Others around us may not understand, but when CHRIST IS CENTRAL, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!

That's enough of my sermon notes. Talk about Sunday/ Monday's notes later, when i have more time. I have to do this debate thing. :S

~Love ya and Leave yas!~
<3 karen

This one is JUST for YOU DEB! :D

Not about contents of the Camp or anything in particular, but just wanna say thanks HEAPS to Deb. Beb's my gym buddy...I went to Body Attack...Body Jam Technique and Body Jam with her. Body Attack was ok, felt a bit like an unco, but that was my first class, so i thought i did ok. BUT BODY JAM WAS A DISASTER! *way tOoOoooOOOooo unco for that class* shall just stick to Body Combat and Body Attack..and my Chi-ball class! A bit of Steps BASIC won't hurt either i guess.

BOY..I WAS SORE AFTER! (NOT TO MENTION HAD TO STAY UP VERY LATE TO DO MY HWK!...But it was FUN!)

I was also Deb's bunk buddy at Camp...she's so funny that one. By the third morning (monday 16th), as soon as i walk back into the cubicle after brushing my teeth etc, she goes "I DON'T LIKE YOU!" haahah!! I'm like *GOOD MORNING TOO YOU TOO HUNNY!* hahah i know u love me Deb, no matter how early i wake you up!

Looking forward to our next gym date *yay* Hopefully it is body COMBAT and not ATTACK!

Karen's outta here!! *hah, stole that line from Deb's blog..since this is a SPECIAL ENTRY, i can't use my normal exit line! Hope you don't mind...but guess what if you do??? *TOUGH* *