Life in Glenwood

Hey everyone! It's been over a month, I know. I am finally back to my blogging! :) Sorry to all the faithful readers for the gap of time since I last wrote!

Well, as probably all of you know, I moved out of Rosa Crescent in Castle Hill to a new neighborhood called Glenwood. It's so much better than Rosa! Me and Kate were so worried about moving. We thought we wouldn't like it, but it's much better in many ways! Our housemates are really nice and they are clean as well. Check out the pictures above in my slideshow. Even though we don't have the mall near us (or anything for that matter), we can walk to the church/college. It's about a 20-25 minute walk, so not only can I attend any church event, but I get a workout! :) I am also learning the meaning of sunscreen again! The sun is super powerful here, and you have to wear sunscreen or else you'll get pink just walking to church.

Things at college are going well. We are on break right now. I think this constitutes as our Spring Break, though it's only a week long. A week is nice though. I went to a big youth event at the church from Thursday to Saturday called Encounterfest. It was awesome! Carl Lentz from Virginia Beach came to speak. We had the new live album recording for the upcoming Hillsong United cd. The songs are great! Then I got an opportunity on Sunday to invite one of my old neighbors from Rosa to the church. She is from China, and is super nice! She's studying at one of the Universities (they call university "uni" here...Aussies like to shorten the name for EVERYTHING! Musicians are "musos", sunglasses are "sunnies", registration is "rego", etc.) here in Sydney. She really liked the church, and wants to come back! :) She even asked about volunteering! I'm not even sure if she's a Christ-follower...how awesome is it that she wants to get so involved! I invited her to Sisterhood this Thursday morning, and she's coming as well!

Me and Kate are going to the City this morning. Hopefully some other people will catch up with us, but I'm not sure. We're going to this place called "Pancakes on the Rocks". It has American pancakes, and I'm excited, because my stomach is really hungry! :) I really wanted to go to the beach this break (it lasts til Wednesday), but it doesn't look that will be happening, becuase for some reason it went from being EXTREMELY hot (upper 90's, into the 100's some days..which is really hot since it just turned Spring time), to now really chilly. The weather here can be so weird! I'm one of the only people that haven't been to the beach yet, so I'm really bummed that I can't go. Maybe I'll go on my birthday, because I have Fridays off from doing anything at college or church. Fridays are my free days. But Kate is gone all day on Fridays. Maybe I'll try to round up some people. Hopefully it will be warmer.

I learned how to drive on the wrong side of the road! :) One of my friends let me drive around the neighborhood. Then one day he asked me if I wanted to drive home from church. It was really traffic-y, but still, it was fun. Not that hard. Probably because I've been here for a while now. 3 months! I can't believe I'll be going home soon! About two months! :) I'm excited to see everyone!

This blog post is a little random, but I have alot to tell you all. Check out my youtube page. I have some new videos, and will be uploading a good bit more soon! :)
www.youtube.com/rianthelion

Oh, and guess what else? I'm learning guitar! I can already pretty much play a really simple Hillsong song called "Devotion"! My friend Jionte is teaching me, and letting me borrow his guitar. I can't wait to get good. I really want to compose my own music. Anyways, got to go now...gotta catch the bus to the city! :) LOVE Y'ALL!