Oz Update!!!

I sincerely apologize for all those waiting for an update on my trip.  There totally has been some major updates, too.  Ah!  Again, forgive me.  Now let's get on with it.

By the way, I just have to share this....I'm writing this with a quarter of my hair in curlers as I'm getting ready to chaperone Kelso High School's prom (photos later...not of the curlers, but of prom).  I also did this last year and LOVED it.

Ok, focus.  Oz update.

First, my learning objective and mentorship contract was accepted by the school on the first go-around!! No revisions, just an a-ok.  WOOO!!  That may or may not happen all the time but regardless, no revisions on a grad school paper??  I'll totally take it.  On the other hand, I found out my mentorship advisor is the only grad school professor to give me a B.  While I totally earned that grade at that time (it was a darker period of my life), I still have a slight apprehension about having him as my advisor.  I was really hoping for my favorite professor, but such is life.

Second, I bought my ticket.  Booked and paid for.  AH!!!  Now I have a timeline which I can share with you all:

:: August 10th :: Last day of Young Life work ::

 :: August 11th :: Going away party at the Prothero's ::

:: August 12 or 13 :: Leaving Kelso and going to Spokane (Medical Lake) ::

:: August 18th :: Family going away party / Dad's birthday party at Mom & Dad's house ::

:: August 19th :: Fly out of Sea-Tac at 6:30pm ::

::  August 22nd ::  Arrive in Brisbane at 10:30am ::

:: August 25th ::  Arrive in Perth at 11:55pm ::

:: August 27th :: Start my internship with the Perth Heat ::

Seems like it's so close yet so far away.....

I've been ask about 30 times how am I feeling about all this so let me answer it here.....

I'm scared to death about half the time I think about it and super excited the other half.

I guess it depends on what specific aspect I'm thinking about.  I had one of my first of many "lasts" this week and will have another one next week.  We have a staff women's overnight for Young Life and this last Thursday-Friday was my last one.  The women in our region are AMAZING.  They are strong, tender, honest, open, beautiful, kind, accepting, loving with hearts that are bent towards the Lord and overflowing with love, grace and faith.  It's been such an honor to be a part of this group and I will deeply miss them.  Definitely top 5 on the things I will miss list.  

Next Tuesday is our last ministry center, our region's quarterly business meeting.  There I will say good-bye to many of the fabulous staff in our region.  I get to share about what I'm doing and where I'm going.....I currently have no idea what I'm going to say.  I definitely won't even come close to topping Kent Williams good-bye when him and Aaron Rauch sang a duet.  I am so not that cool.  

I think those are all the updates.  Regardless, I have to go finish getting ready for Prom.  Funny how I enjoy Prom way more now than I ever did in HS.  My junior Prom was the worst experience ever.  The drama was ridiculous and lasted the rest of the school year.  Sigh....again, I would NEVER go back to HS.  Ever.  

Until next time....