Today is Monday July 7th and University (Uni) is starting today for all my flat mates. I finally met Will for the first time last night and the rest of the flatmates arrived this morning. Dunedin appears to have double in population overnight as all the students are back from holiday. It sure does feel good to be done with the whole school thing.
Well I have some exciting news! Last week I started my new job serving tables at an awesome restaurant called Lone Star. The people I work with are a lot of fun, the management is real layback and the food is excellent. I spent a lot of my time last week hanging out with Zac and Justus (Ustes, I was way off) and even stayed the night on Saturday after they kept me up till 1:30am, teaching me a new card game. Zac took me out to the end of the peninsula on Thursday and we got to see some sea lions, a random pig and a giant bird called an Albatross. Zac also let me drive his car a little which was a lot of fun, for me anyway. I think I gave Zac a scare because I drove maybe a little too far left on the left-hand side of the road. Yesterday I had to drive a bunch of people in Zac's car to the indoor soccer field and gave everyone a scare in a round-a-bout we went through on the way. I didn't signal and almost stalled the car because I wasn't sure what direction or exit to take, I tried using my blinker but of course they put that on the wrong side as well. I must say that driving is a lot more fun and exciting over here, especially with the steep hills, winding roads and round-a-bouts.
Work has been going really well since I started on Tuesday. Tuesday and Wednesday were kind of trial days to see if I would like working there, I didn't get paid but they bought me a dinner (tea) of my choice. Thursday I had off, Friday and Saturday I trained alongside one of the servers and I continue training tonight. It is evident that people have been praying for me as God has already answered so many prayers. I have made some great Christian friends at a good church, Dunedin City Baptist Church (DCBC). I landed a great job that will allow me to survive financially as well as provide the means to do fun things like travel and snowboard.
My flat mates are a lot of fun and very active in sports; they have really accepted me in and made me feel at home. I am so thankful and excited for all that God is doing in my life over here and I pray that I will be used in a powerful way to be a light to those around me. My sole purpose for coming over here is to be used by God in whatever way, shape or form and it is my desire to be His hands, feet, mouth and heart. I hope that everyone back home had a great 4th of July and I will do my best to post a few pictures that I've taken so please continue to check back. For those who haven't read my last post if you could please send me an email so I that I can save your email address that would be fantastic. cbeery@gmail.com
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