The students have arrived!!!!!!!
Most of our students come from half-way around the world so settling in to a new semester can be the biggest adventure if they love meeting new people or a bit of a nightmare if they are shy! Whatever our student’s personality type we make the whole process as pleasurable as possible.
We offer friendly smiles and serve scrumptious food, (haven’t gone for the kangaroo steaks just yet!), then we take trips to get to know the local area and each other. Last Sunday arvo we swam in the local rock pools and raced to a friendly neighbour who gave us more delicious food, (like home made Oreos and pecan tarts). That night as we thanked God for all His goodness and sang awesome worship songs – heaps of Hillsong and Tomlin!
Our foreign students, (mainly from
As I’ve got to know the girls they say that they can’t wait to see kangaroos and wombats, (which they think are cute), and can’t understand why the Aussies don’t get excited about them! The guys just love the weather and love the surf, (Wednesday was beach day), and our only Aussie guy, Stephen, has been busy giving surfing tips in class and in the ocean.
There’s just a little bit of homesickness, but with bonding getting stronger everyday it’s feeling like family already.
There’s a fair bit of information about our course to soak up in the first week, but we also like to give a taste of what is to come. Our principal, Neil Bernard, has shared four lectures on ‘The Revelation of God’ and the students have lapped it up! Awesome job Neil!
We’re all looking forward to Friday when the girls head to a local farm to camp and the guys are heading to
Then on Sunday we present our first SN@C, (Sunday Night At Capers), where some of our students present an engaging programme for the local youth – can’t wait!!!
What an awesome start to what will undoubtedly be an awesome term.
Talk to you all next week,
WOODSEY
(Steve Woods’ nickname)
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