Child soldier's around the world. Map recorded 2000-2001
Did anyone ever realise it was this bad?

Haven't been on my blogg for ages!

life's been pretty hectic im thinking i should start sending my mail to jordie's house cus you can proberly find me there more then my own home. Church in these past 6-7 weeks has been incredible! ive walked away from each service with something that has changed my perception of the world. The biggest thing thats hit me and my thinking has been the realization of how much the people you surround yourself with impact your identity and character. no one likes to addmitt that their at fault in some way but i know that im a completely different person depending on who im with. it's a challenge im gunna try and overcome.

My uncle Bill was in Indonesia when the tsunami hit. he was staying in the hotel that was on the news and when it came on the screen it was nothing more then a pile of rubble. Through the grace of jesus he wasnt in the hotel when it collapsed. he was staying there the night before the tsunami/earthquake hit and for some reason he just wanted to go out an stay on his boat he next night. when he was out at sea the anchor chain started the rattle and jolting around. he was like WHAT THA!!?? (cus he didnt no it was the Tsunami) and then when he looked up the island was moving.. it was the earthquake.. pretty scary stuff seeing as he was ment to be in the thick of it.

There is no limit on grace.

Sarah Owen im gunaa miss you so much! have an amazing time babyy il be thinking an praying for you always. You've been so much fun to be around it sucks that just as we started to become close you have to go! :( We'll stay in contact for sure i love you heaps! stay safe

Im in year 12 :O.. pretty excited cant wait to go to Bible collage, travel the world and get married :P

any one needs anything prayed for let me know!!

have great holidays everyone :)

'I have given you life, your talents are from me. Everything you have is from me so trust me with all you've got, your realationships, temptations, desires... everything. Hand me your weakness's and passions. Il make it work and I'l bless you!'




Exo Day tomorrow!! Im so excited :D

Things in this world are forever working against us.. but our mistakes do not become our condemnation.

My list for '09
Never back down from an opportunity to share faith
Get into Law at Sydney Uni
Be selfless
Mend 5 broken friendships
Be passionate for friends who are walking in darkness
Let go of the fear of disappointment
Get my P's
Save my money for missions trips
Get 2 sponsor children
Read my bible everyday
Trust God with the things are matter
Not get another boyfriend until I'm 25
Internalise that nothing is to hard for God

(more coming when I'm not too tired to think)

King of all Days by Hillsong Untied is madd song!

wednesday- Exo Day at St.Marys
- Napolean Perdis with Aimee

thursday - hanging with Mr.Bonner's bible study

friday - WOW day at Wycliffe
- One youth=awesome

saturday- Kirrilyn's sweet 16th :P :P

Sunday- trek home from Kirrilyns
- chill with douglas
- church

LIFE IS GOOD :D

Tara Bowser- Your dreams are amazing I'm honestly inspired by you. I know that God's grace is shining on your life and your going to do great things! I cant wait to see what he has in store for you. Your a blessing Tara!
"Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, know them in your heart. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; but in your own ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight"
Proverbs 3;3-6
I love you! xx

Our purpose is to please God. Not people.

Develope and attitude of gratitude, and give thanks to everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step towards achieving something bigger and better to your current situation.

-Brain Tracy-

No one can endure what life throws at you alone. Faith in Jesus will equipt you with everlasting endureance. We cannot run the race of life alone, 'If you dont stand for something then you will fall for anything'. Dont be led by situations and circumstances 'for what is seen is temporay, but what is unseen is eternal'.

Love is not ment to kept for ourselves but pasted on to the next person that we see.

its been awhile since the two of us talked
about a week since the day that you walked
knowing things would never be the same
with your empty heart and mine full of pain
so explain to me, how it came to this
take it back to the night we kissed
it was Dublin city on a Friday night
you were vodka's and coke, i was Guinness all night
we were sitting with our backs against the world
saying things we though but had never heard
who would have thought it would end up like this?
where everything we talked about is gone
and the only chance we've got of moving on
is trying take it back

before it all went wrong
before the worst, before we mend
before our hearts decide
its time to love again
before too late, before too long
lets try and take it back to before where it all went wrong

there was a time where we'd stay up all night
best friends talking until day light
took the joys along side the pain
with not much to loose, but so much to gain
are you hearing me? cause i don't wanna miss,
set you a drift on memory bliss
it was Grafton street on a rainy night
i was down on one knee and you were mine for life
we were thinking we'd never be apart
with your name tattooed across my heart
who would have thought it would end up like this?
where everything we talked about is gone
an the only chance we've got of moving on
is trying to take it back before it all went wrong

before the worst, before we mend
before our hearts
decide to love again
before too late, before too long
lets try and take it back to before where it all went wrong

if the clouds don't clear
then we'll ride above it, we'll rise above it
heavens gate is so near
come walk with me through
just like we used to, just like we used to

The Script- Before the Worst

I met this guy called Douglas... he's pretty mad :D
youth tomorrow then sleeping at Ellene's!!!!! cant wait good weekend coming up

I'm handing everything that I cant change over to God.
Youth was amazing last night! It's the first time Ive been in about 4 weeks, and there's no place i would have rather been. 9 kids decided to accept Jesus into their hearts! I felt like crying when Johno called out that number afterwards... Sometimes you wish for something so bad and it seems like God's just ignoring you but last night God touched the hearts of so many kids revealing himself as the loving, forgiving God that he is!...Steph said everything I needed to hear in Leadership training and I know that if I didn't have such a crap week I wouldn't have gone to Youth last night, and therefore missed out!
'How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent?' Romans 10;14-15
Im believing for One Youth Blue Mountians City Church

Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him, if you allow no evil to dwell in your tent, then you will lift up your face without shame you will stand firm and without fear.



You will surely forget your troubles, re-calling it as only waters gone by.



Life will be brighter then noonday and darkness will become like morning.



You will be secure because there is hope...







God is bigger then anything we will ever face on this earth.



His love will be everlasting and his forgiveness never ending.



The challenges we face aren't always clear and the anguish of being alone is terrifying, but there is always a reason for God's seemingly delay. God has a bigger plan for my life then i ever had for myself, '....let us run with perseverance the race that was marked out for us' (Hebrews 12 vs 1)







-Strive towards your goal, impact the world. By focusing on our past we will never have a vision of hope for the future. 'I can do all things through Christ you gives me strength' (Phil 4;13)







Build your life with all you've got, the only thing we can take to heaven is people. 'For we as humans brought nothing into this world, and we can take nothing out of it' (1 timothy 6;7)







Get passionate for things that move your heart, there is no one who is unworthy for God, never lose faith in the people that seem beyond hope, no one is ever out of reach for God, HAVE FAITH and show integrity! Even in the worst situations 'For God can use the sorrow in our lives to help us turn away from sin and seek salvation' (2 Corinthians 7;10)

Therefore, as God's people clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues show love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Colossians 3;12-14

Majesty

Majesty

Majesty

Your grace has found me just as I am

Empty handed but alive in your hand

Singing, majesty

Forever I am changed by your love in the beauty of your majesty

Loving Life...

Watch your thoughts; they become your words.
Watch your words; they become your actions.
Watch your actions; they become your habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

-Frank Outlaw-

Things Ive read and learnt through my 16years of life;

1. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk
2. When you lose, dont lose the lesson
3. Follow the three Rs; respect for yourself, respect for others and responsiblity for your actions
4. Sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly
6. Dont let a little dispute ruin a great friendship
7. When you realise you've made a mistake, take the immediate steps to correct it
8. Spend some time alone with God every day
9. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer
10. In disagreements with loved ones focus on fixing the current situation. Dont bring up the past.
11. Judge your success by looking at what you had to give up in order to win your achievement
12. Our attitude has the greatest impact on how life turns out
13. We cannot change the inevitable
14. The most precious gift God gives us for free is time, it cannot be bought, or traded or stopped. Once wasted you cant get it back
15. Take time to be aware of whats happening around you; its your chance to help others
16. Cherish the muisc that stires in your heart
17. Its not what you have in life that matters, its who you have thats going to count in the end
18. Hero's are people that do what has the be done. No matter the consequences
19. Maturity comes more from what kind of experiences you've had, how you've reacted and what you've learned from them, not by your age.
20. No matter how bad your heart is broken the world dosent stop for your grief
21. Always be thankful for a chanllenge as it will build your strength and character
22. People will be self-centered, arrogant and hurt you over and over again. Love them anyway
23. The greatest joy in life is; Giving to those who need it. The greatest loss in life is; loss of self-respect
24. The most beautiful asset in life is being friends with Jesus, theres nothing better then knowing.

'Lord, i will try again,' he said,
Through all hell and devils tear,
This time i will not be afraid.
And what is sent i will dare,
He set his face against the slope
Until he topped the brae;
Courage has healed his fear, and hope
Had put away his shame away


-John Masefeild-

Going to church lets me breath

Going to school help's me pray for salvation for my friends

Going to youth help's me see how much young people need God

Being with William helps me love the person who truely inspires me

Seeing my leaders helps me to be encouraged
actions speak louder then words

Hanging with Jordie helps me smile as she help's me gain hope

Being with my best friends lets me laugh an see the bright side life

Looking at the past helps me seek the future
you never know what's coming


Being with my family makes me feel blessed



Knowing God has a plan for me gives me purpose
im looking forward to life

I once heard this story about this woman who lived in Africa.

She had a husban and a son.

One night a group of men who lived in the same village came to her house in the middle of the night, set fire to everything but the front door and waited.

In desperation the family of three ran towards the front to door only the meet a cruel bashing which left them inconscience.

When the woman and her son awoke the next day they discovered the father has been taken and everything they had ever owned had been destroyed.

Many weeks pasted and no one heard or saw anything of the father.

The mother and son started to re-build their lives but in a matter of months the men who had taken the father return but this time they took the son right out of the mothers arms.

Years pasted. She was left with nothing and came to the conculsion of reality and knew she would never see them again

The goverment finally got hold of the men who had done this to the women.

They stood trial and the women appeared as a witness. The leader of the group (i cant remember his name so lets says its John) and the others who had been accountable were found guitly.

Throughout the trail John revealed that they had taken the father, and later on the son, to a palce near the river where they had tortoured and burnt them both alive. The women stood by hearing this come out of the man's mouth who had destroyed her family.

The percercution turned to the women and said what punishment are these men deserving of?

The Women paused and thought for a few minutes.

She then stood up in front of the court and said 'I only ask three things,'

John looked at the ground, this women had the power to influence the courts decision in the direction of the death penalty as punishment. No one was capable of forgiving what he had done and he knew what he deserved.

The women said firstly, I ask that im taken to the place where my only son and my husban were excercuted so that I may give them a proper burial. Secondly, I ask that this man (John) allow me to embrace him as my own, as he's a rid me of mine, he shall become my son. And thirdly I ask that he comes and walks with me every week so we might pray together and share a friendship as mother and son.

The shock of the court was unbelieveable. This women had lost everything, her husban, her only son and her house and belongings.

This women was a Christain and had an amazing sense of forgiveness that many people find impossible to grasp throughout their life time. She had a passion in her heart and everlasting trust in God which helped her gain strength and peace.

This is proberly one of the greatest and most influencial stories I have ever heard and the fact that its true and really happened helps me realise how real God is.