1 week since arrival

Okay, i have now been here for about a week now,
i just quit my job this morning and im going to be looking for another one today,
it was good and fun but nothing i will be good at and be able to succeed in.

I love my home, i love it so much
My family is amazing and i cant explain how blessed i am.
Jan comes and picks me up from the station every nite and yesterday i left my fone at work and she was there waiting when i got in from the station. I have honestly never felt so loved. And its not a burden for her, she wants to do it. And she actually went out and brought me some wool to nit. Because i told her i wnt to nit. And she also said if i want to buy a coat i can and i can just take it off my rent. I cant believe it!!! Shes so nice, and when i come home late, she puts my dinner in the warmer and so its still nice when i get home. She is so special and shes so lovely.
Jan also told me that if i dont find a job soon, i will have 6 weeks work anyway, so i dont have to worry. :D

So Gods working everything out perfectly.
And believe this, On the news the other nite it said that ringwood has the dogiest public transport.
Okay, so there is a reason why i am in this PARTICULAR place then!!!!
You know God does everything for a reason and if you look close enough at events and things going on in your life you may just see a puzzle coming together.

For example... this happened rite? oh... so that actually relates to this and means that?
you see..
and most of the time God shows you things but you jst have to identify the key parts and put them together.
Sometimes things are foggy and you cant see in the distance, but if you hang in there, trust God everything will turn out how its planned to turn out. And if its ment to be, god will make it happen.

I have come to realise something, if you do something big and take a step of faith. You wont be able to do it without Gods help. And see him intervene.
Because doing something so big, that you actually wouldnt be able to do in your own strength and going through with it actually shows people around you how much faith you have and how much you trust God.
Which ultimately shows people Gods power.

I went to planetshakers on Sunday nite, it was good but i was late because i got lost. haha..
I left at 3 pm rite? and the service doesnt start till 5pm. So i thought, il have plenty of time.
Got to surrey hills where it said it was and guess what? wasnt there.
So i ended up getting directed to this massive place called youth for the mission,
I think its called yamma... dont know exactly. But the complex was massive, couldnt believe it.
Finally saw a human being haha.. and i asked him, do u know where planetshakers is?
and he said, oh no u actually are in the wrong town. And guess what? the head office was located in this area which is chatham.
So we went to a computer and after looking for it for about half an hour we finally found it.
I wrote down the information, and he wants me to go to a nite that they have a youth for the mission. So im really excited!! :)

I then ran to the station to catch the train, when i got there found out that it doesnt come for another 15 mins rite? so i waited and talked to this guy who is actually a kiwi as well.
He was very friendly :)
We got on the train and talked for a bit longer, then i talked to an aboriginal guy. He was quite shy haha.. so it was struggle to get him to talk much but he talked :)
When i got to the city, i was lost and by this time i was exhausted and i was almost late for church. It was getting really dark and i didnt know which tram stop i had to be at because there were so many it was insane. So i thought id ask people, well the public. And i cant believe that most of the people here are actually tourists believe it or not hahaa....
So after about20 mins i found a guard. So i asked him and he directed me. As soon as i got to the stop the 109 tram came, and im like this is not a coinicidence haha..
So i got on the tram and in 5 mins i was at the church.
Couldnt find it, thought i was locked out. But no! kept walking and there it was !! Praise God!!
So now it was about 5:45pm, the service was good, I got in there and cried and cried and cried because it was such a challenge to get to church and honestly by the time i got there i didnt want to go in. But i did and it was good, i worshipped and praised and i prayed. I felt so much better.
But do you know wat this story shows me?
The fact tht things in our life are hard and tiring and if we search hard enough and do what ever we can when we are tired and stressed to find God we will surely find him! With dedication and hard work. And when we get there we need to embrace it,even if we are tired because those are the moments that matter the most. Thats when you will see God for yourself, you will see his power and his love.

After the servie i went to this place like a dairy, called 7 eleven. And i brought 2 chocolate bars. And only ate one. Had to wait 20mins for the tram and it was absolutly freezzinnGGGG!!!!!!
It everntually came, and when i got to the parliament station i saw i homeless man and God told me to ask him if he wants any food. He said thanks but im full. He was freezing!!
And i tlked to him for about half an hour i was so shocked about all the things he had to say.
There are about 4-500 homeless people in melbourne city and the government think that there is no problem! And on top of that pretty much all of them are teenagers! WHy? because they are rebelious wont listen to there parents and there parents cant punish them because you arent aloud to smack your kids. Like i was saying, so many teenagers smoke, drink and would most likely do drugs. Not only that they actually abuse it. They are so rude and arrogant and have no respect for the elderly or anybody in general. Its so hard to see and it hurts so much. And what i have seen in the past 7 days is flippen shocking and disturbing but i do no that i am here for a reason.
And i know God has put on my heart to love people and this state is definately lacking love.Its insane.
And then after talking to this lovely man i said my goodbyes and he said, if you ever need help you know where to find me. I cant believe how nice that was. He also warned me not to come out on friday and saturday nite because it gets crazy. Theres stabbings and everything.
So tht hurt a lot, knowing how much hate there is here.

While i was talking to this man a guy came and asked fro 50c for the fone. So i said yup here u go, and asked him if he was homeless as well. He said that he was. I was like what? how come?
he said that his parents kicked him out because of drugs and he said he was still on them. It was insane. I was tired nd exhausted but not too tired to talk to some kids.

So i finished talking to this man and started walking into the station. I saw that young guy trying to call and asked him if everything is okay. He said tht it was and thanks for helping out. There was about 5 kids. I talked to them nd asked one guy if we was homeless and how old he was. He said yes, ive been out of home for about 1 month and im homeless. Im 16. Im like are u flippen serious?? you are homeless and you are 16. It was even harder to take, things were going from bad to worse. So i said, are u hungry il go and get u something. Do uwant something warm and he said yes. But his other friend needed to go in a hurry so we couldnt get anything. So i ended up buying him some chips.
And i got his number so i can contact him.

But its hard and i dontknow if you guys know my dream. But one day i want to build a massive massive place where the homeless can come and kids and prostitues and druggies and mums who are facing violence. Where they have beds to sleep on and somewhere to stay temporarily. We will shower them with love, and it says in the bible that when all else fails love will find a way. And i can see this happening in this state. I want to show them what it feels like to be accpeted and treated like a million bucks. Help them to make the rite decisions and give them a hand up in there lives so they can find peace and eventually be able to face the battles in there lives.

I believe you need to start at the root and work your way up! And man Gods going to do mircales here I amso flippen excited and pumped! He is so faithful and through him all things are possible. I know that he is lighting my path and has favour upon me, but i now know how corrupt the world is and how much it needs Jesus.

I cant believe how everything is piecing out so perfectly. That has been my dream since i was about 11. And i know that it will happen one day
and i definately can see it happening here.
Its amazing how God works and how everything goes good for those who love the Lord.

My life is incredible, everything is amazing! Everything is turning out so well
I cant wait to start writing again and share with you my heart.

Thanks hope this inspires you! Because God is amazing and a miracle working God and i wouldnt be here without him.

Love Maree