Life is good!

I've been super busy lately trying to get everything done that I've been needing to do, which makes me feel like I'm not, in fact, on vacation on the other side of the world, but rather at home, living life as normal. I am sitting here on my lunch break and I am going to try very hard to catch you all up on my life in the next 10 minutes.

I should have started writing this first.

Work is going great for me. I'm thoroughly enjoying myself and I work with an Aussie named Rebecca, and a Brit named Clare. We have a lot of fun, and call ourselves the International Department. I was only meant to be working until this Friday but they've extended me now until the 27th of July (at least) and then I guess we'll see that happens. I reckon it could go either way, and I think I would be happy to stay working here, or happy to start working elsewhere.

Tonight I'm meeting up with the Locks (Jaz, Josh, and Joel's family) and a bunch of other people to go see a movie. They have what you call the Gold Class theatres, where the seats are like recliners and you have tables in front of you, and you can make full dinner orders during the movie if you want to. It sounds pretty cool to me! Maybe we have them in Canada, but I've never been to one, that's for sure. I think it means that once I get home, the Cineplex will be rather disappointing. : )

I've taken Friday off, as Josh, Jaz and I are going up to the Sunshine Coast with a bunch of our friends to stay the weekend in some gorgeous and huge house. We're sure it's going to be a great time. Here's hoping that it's warm enough to go swimming! I think that if it's not, there's at least a sauna there so we'll be spending some time in there too.

I got homesick on Sunday. We were in the middle of a service, in the middle of prayer, and I started bawling. You know, I'm realizing I have the worst "luck" when it comes to crying. I always cry at the most inopportune moments!

So yes, I started crying and as soon as the "amen" was said, I was out the door and into the washrooms. I cried for most of the sermon but made it back in time to hear about the last 30 seconds. I am realizing all of the things I miss at home. It's not at all that feeling where you feel "sick" because you miss home, it's just that I'm realizing to an even fuller extent that I am SO blessed.

I miss the little things, like getting hugged. I miss people talking to me all the time at church, and playing with little kids. I miss talking about random things with Lauren (Irwin) and blaring Hello Kelly and singing along with my Junior Youth girls.

These are a few of my favourite things of life as I know it at home! : )

Anyway, my lunch break is over. Please keep in touch! I love you all!

(And Ryan, Kinmount's got NOTHING on just about any names here...!) : )

Love,

Bec*