Words Can't Describe...

(Sorry this may be short... I'm limited with Internet for now!)
I feel like I'm living in a dream right now... floating in clouds really! (or maybe that's just the jet lag kicing in... whateva!)
I've finally made it to Oz... and have instantly fallen in love with it here! So rad!
(So hard to compress all that i've experienced into a gay blog entry)
Just gunna have to do some point form for yah:
*Stopever in LA, Taipai, Singapore
*Day in Singapore = incredible... (lovely people! And such a beautiful clean city; saw my dad try and barter for the first time over an Ipod and some useless camera crap that we really didn't need...)
*Flew into Brisbane at 6 AM their time... first male Australia I conversed with at the airport told me I had a very nice accent (didn't know I had one thank you very much!)
*Picked up by Drew and Dan. So SO good to see these guys.
*Staying with the Colyns out on their acreage just on the outskirts of Boonah.
*Sun goes down at 5:30 so I wanna go to sleep by 8:00.
*Aussies love their sugar/chocolate and they have morning and afternoon tea.... WELL, sounds like my kinda country
*Picking up the lingo and accent already! (actually feel quite retarded about it, cuz I feel like I'm mimicking them, but I can't help it....)
*First Full Day Here= full 10 hours 4*4 throught the Australian Bush with four landroverthingers and 25 aussies; driver=Drew; vehicle = "the Big White Sticka"; experience = wildest most amazing ride I've ever been on in my life!!! Words can't even describe all that I saw and felt! Saw some roos & wallabys, held the tail of a "frilly" (lizard), fed some wild parrots, and witnessed the most indecribable countryside I have ever seen in my life... & I think my bodies gunna ache tommorow after having to grasp so tightly to what we called and actually labelled the "HSH" (Holy S**t Handle)
*Probably gunna head to the Gold Coast, and possibly do some Roo chasing before I head up to Townsville.... oh man... this is just all so wild....

Gotta head off! So sorry!... Hope to get some pictures up soon....

Still can't believe that I'm here! I hardly know what to think or say... just beyond overwhelmed with so many thoughts and feelings and I'm only 5 days into this thing! Pray for me please!
Love yah all heaps...

Over My Head

Over My Head
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Starfield


After the words have all been said, After the songs are sung, I realize I've only but just ,
Trying to wrap my mind around extravagent love come down, Leaves me undone, finds me with nothing to say,
The reach of your fame, the power in your name, your glory surrounds me, It's over my head, It's over my head
The shame of the cross, For all that it cost, This friendship astounds me, It's over my head, It's over my head

Unquenchable songs and endless praise, a millions tongues poised to sing, could still not convey, the worth that your name deserves,
Beauty for ashes, joy for pain, Mercy instead of my blame, Ruins me for me more, I'm lost in your presence Lord,

Hallelujah...

Lost for words to say, lost in a disarry, waiting for you, waiting on truth, I've thrown reason overboard, knowing that there's still more, I don't yet believe, I can't even percieve, Can't seem to understand, Can't seem to find my way, It's over my head, It's over my head,
Learning this mystery, trust what I cannot see, It's over my head, It's over my head, The wonder of all you've made, Foundations your hands have laid, Bringing me back to my knees, to my knees, I'm lost for words to say, lost in another way, ruined for anything other than your love, Desperate to know you Lord, Desperate for whats in store, Finding my hope in You, in only You, Take me beyond this door, lead me to something more, Open my heart up for more of you more of you......

A Couple Sad "See yahs"

With my last day of work sadly approaching ever so fastly, I've started to say good-bye and the reality of my leaving is finally smacking me in the face.
The other day I got my mom to take some pictures of me with my lovely residents, so I can take their faces with me around the world. I have become so attached to these people in caring for them the past year... it's been so incredible hard leaving my job.
So, I thought I'd share a couple of these precious people with you.... I love them dearly and am going to miss them beyond anything.

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How in the worlds name of all that is brown and green do you fit 6 months worth of living supplies into a 40 lb. bag? I've got two weeks to figure that one out.
Well, God is so good and he has most definetly been working in my heart....
The following is an article I wrote for my YWAM student page a week and a half ago in regards to where I was at with my upcoming trip.

[With only 3 and a half weeks until I fly out I am to the point of no feeling (wierd I know! er).... which is actually a good thing! (I think I've been excited for so long that now Gods like: "Julia! Quit thinking! Live in the moment and Go when the time comes!") Not gunna lie to you my dear people... this past month has been a bit of a struggle... and I haven't even left home! HAHA!!!! I really feel like the enemy has been trying to get me down, hitting me in places where it hurts the most. He's been robbing me of all joy, vision, and anticipation in regards to DTS. I've gotten so confused and discouraged for no reason... which makes me even more confused and discouraged. So many times I have crumpled in prayer and openess saying: "God... I surrender it all! If I'm not to go... make it clear! All I want is what you want! If this isn't what you want... shut the door!" But every single time... he showers me with his undescribable peace and love and I know within my heart that he's telling me to GO... trust him! So I press on... confident of what I now know God has called me to! He'll carry me through! I can't see the bigger picture... I'm only seeing things from a meezly human perpective... I don't fully understand, but I don't need to. I love being at a place of feeling totally and completly useless on my own... cuz I am quite usless on my own! I love having to depend on God for every bit of everything I need from minute to minute. I love living life in total dependence on my creator... It's where I feel most full, complete and alive!!! So pray for me and each of everyone of my fellow DTS students as we prepare to come. Pray that God would work in each of our hearts and totally open us up to what he's got in store for us over the next few months. Pray that we would be freed of doubts and discouragement as we step out and trust God with our lives!... (Can't wait to meet you all in a few weeks... this is just all so exciting... I don't even know what to do with myself!) ..* I am falling into grace... to the unknown... to where you are... and faith makes everyone scared... it's the unknown, the don't know... that keeps me hanging on and on to you *..]

... At present time, with only 2 weeks to go until lift off, I am starting to feel something I haven't felt in a while and have been praying for... excitement, anticipation, vision, and passion.
God knows what I can handle, and exactly when I can handle it.
As wierd as it may sound, I now fully appreciate the struggle and low times I experience... such times make the journey so much more fulfilling and causes me to trust God more and more.
He's bringing me closer to him, and showing me that I need to rely upon him for all things.
I'm starting to realize more and more each day that this trip is not about me... it's all about him, and glorifying him alone. So exciting!
I'm ready for God to just blow me out the water....
I have so much to say but won't bore you with it.... my little heart is just glowing rays right now!
I love you all very much and hope to see each of you before I head off.