Life is beautiful!!

So, lately I have been pretty much having the time of my life and I reckon itll get better :) I hope at least lol!! The other weekend I went n swam in the ocean for the FIRST time since my stay here..I know who the heck waits that long? well, me!

So, one night a group of us ventured off to the rockingham beach and of course had to make some kodak moments ay!

We tried to hop on this little ship we saw on the "jetty" but, apparently the owner was sleeping inside!!

HAHAHAHA notice how liz has her shorts ripped..our dear  friend laurence was taking tons o pics of us doing handstands yet failed to inform liz of her biiiggg rip in her pants!! hahaha classic!!
Later that night we decided to go KANGROO hunting..unfortunately we found nothing!! All is well though because I am bound to see one while I am here haha!!

Anyways, here I am living my life up in the Indian ocean!!! It looks soo clear right? haha the beauty of editing photos ay? Nah but it really is pretty clear and I loved every minute being in it, I cant imagine coming home to just a lake!! I was pretty paranoid about whether or not a jellyfish was going to come out and sting me! By the time I got super comfortable a little kid runs out of the ocean nearly in tears that he got stung by one...haha couldnt of been better timing!!

This is me n liz at the beach!! We went a little camera crazy but hey, thats what im all about capturing memories!! I have learned here in Australia that getting ready is overrated..Im now n officially rockin the full on natural look! well to an extent..Anyways! The other night a big group of us spent the night at the Whites casa n had a Bbq! We decided to play risk, but me being me I was only worried about setting up my army and then took off haha!!

Me n Jrae!!

These two boys R from halfway across the world also!! But, they pretty much have been here for over 2 years considering they both served missions here the left one from canada n the right from good ol utah!!

Apparently they eat everything with bread??

Also, these last couple weeks I had some beautiful experiences with the family I am living with!! As most of you know they are Jehova Witnesses and are the most kind loving respectful family I have met! Since day one of my being here all the family and I talked about most of the time was religion!! Of course we spent alot of our time asking and answering questions about each others religions! Unfortunately, I have NEVER been good with words, so I had the missionaries come over! Elder Jacobbs, & Elder Shoebrook! They were able to speak with the family and fill them in on the history and background of our church!! That being said, the family decided to take on the opportunity of reading the book of mormon:) Although, I knoooww this in no way means that the family will all of a sudden decide they want to become apart of this church, but it was THE greatest blessing to be able to share the gospel with them and help them understand where my faith lies! The greatest blessing in life is to be able to share the knowledge that I have about that beautiful book of mormon and the things its taught me in life!! All I know is that god sent me here to Australia for soo many reasons that ive already figured out and I know theirs so many more reasons for my being here and I cant wait to find out what they are!! :)

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Wrong Country!!

                                                     This is what they call a "large drink"

                                                     The mozzies here are evil...pure evil..

                                                      NANDOS!! amazingly yummy chicken

                                            Me, Liz, Gennie at hillary harbour!!

                                                            Beautiful!!

                                                           Me n Pedro!! hahahahah
Its been FAR too long since ive sat here and wasted time blogging about my life here in OZ!! Why am I in the wrong country youd ask? Uh...Maybe cause its filled with 90% of Maoris or Kiwis!! So here I am...Over 1 month into my journey halfway across the world and I have currently befriended 99% Maori friends..and apparently I am beginning to look like a maori!! All I can say is that I definitely have no problem with this!! I love me some maori pplz!! I cant say ive done much since ive last posted but, I can say that ive met some pretty amazing people!! This last week I spent the weekend with good ol ginny n liz up north of perth and got to experience what they call..'op shopping' aka DI/Budget shopping at home!! All I can say is thats how I roll :) Also, I have come to the conclusion that the lords sent me to a country filled with ridiculously beautiful voiced people SOOO I can have the chance to learn to sing (one day)!! I am pretty sure every person I met here has vocal talents..and yes I am verryy much jealous of them!! One more interesting thing about my being here is that I pretty much have found myself in church activities about???? 3 times a week...2 nights of what they call "tute" (no, not the fart tute guys..institute "tute") and sundays which have firesides afterwards quite often!! All I know is that its definitely been a blessing being here with such an amazing group of YSA members who take this gospel to heart...which def is a big MUST DO considering their living in a country of agnostics!! Huuugee testimony builder for myself and I can tell that its just the beginning of that spiritual strength that im gaining through their examples!! So to sum up my first month here in OZ.... its been "mean as"!!! :)