Video killed the radio star

When the internet miraculously kicked back in today, I celebrated by listening to online radio. Cvc wouldnt work for some reason, so I listened to Adelaide's 107.9 lifeFM. (used to listen to this station whenever I ventured to Adelaide). So I'm listening to this really strange out there song, about "I saw the light" or something. The best way to describe it almost would be like "the devil went down to Georgia" style. (I just found out it was by Jonny Cash: youtube it if you wanna hear it)

Anyway, the presenter was quite amused with it, and he joked about how because he'd played such a song people were going to chase him down the streets of Adelaide. Nonetheless, he said that if you liked the song, send him an email.. So what do I do? I send an email.

I loved that song you just played! (the I saw the light song)

Greetings from an on line listener in Bendigo, Victoria :)

Sammy

I thought that would make his day. I went on to do stuff in my room, and then I heard him come back on and he's like, "before I continue (laughs) I recieved an email (he kinda laughs as he says it), its from Sammy in Bendigo, and she says that she loved the song I just played. So a big hello to Sammy over there in Bendigo! You're lucky you're so far away that people cant come and chase you down the street!"

It was by far, the most exciting part of my day.

No broadband

Well, as of sunday night the broadband died. Which really sucked. Because I wasnt going to have it back until my RA got back from his trip and reset the router, but it has miraculously started working again. Which is kinda bad cos Im procrastinating.

11/09/2006

The cutest thing happened to me last night at church. At the beginning of the service, a 5 year old boy was sitting next to me. He gave me a flower and said "this is for you and your mother". It was awfully cute! I guess you just had to be there.

This boy, with such a character and life, gave me hope. Just in that, he reassured me that I wanted to be a teacher.

We talk about God fufilling the desires of our hearts. I remember when I got that 3rd round offer into education, I got a message from a good friend of mine saying, "God really does fufill the desires of our hearts!" That said, he doesnt always fill them the way you expect them to.

The day I got my enter score, my heart broke. I knew that there would now be no way to get into the course here in Bendigo. BUT, how could it be the end? It was my dream, and I had such a desire to do the course in Bendigo. Not in Adelaide, not in Mildura - Bendigo. And, you know, thats a tad odd for someone who comes from a place like Pinnaroo, also a bit odd for someone like me, who you'd see go and do some kind of biblical course, probably at the time would have joined PCOM or YWAM. But no, there was this YEARNING to be here in Bendigo!

So I doubted. I doubted that I would ever make it to my 'dream city', and started looking at other options. But in the end, God had it all under control. That year, many people deffered, and many new places were opened. My enter was about 2 points off the final cut off.

In year 12, this was a dream. Living far away from SA, being my own person, relying on God alone. Its happning, but Im still learning.

So I still want to be a teacher.

13/09/2006

I gotta go home to Pinnaroo over the holidays. My measly one week. Its really difficult in one week; I spend two days just getting to and from Pinnaroo.

I felt like part of the 'life of the church' on sunday night. Just by this funny little thing happening... It was time for the offering, and Andrew held up the two offering bags, and was going to let "two little people" do it. Obviously, because he has before, he is going to let two of the little kids do it. Here I scrounging in my wallet for offering money, when I hear him say "Sammy and Cara". And I thought he was kidding! I dont know how to do offering no matter how easy it is! But alas I got through it. This little thing made me feel like Ive kinda lost that 'visitor' status and Im more of a 'regular'.