Officer of the Year 2011

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Kindergarten, Mandarin and a Meat Pie

June 9, Thursday

Kindy Lesson

I spent the day at Julie's school, Inaburra School. I got to observe a Kindy (Kindergarten) reading lesson.
Thern a team taught 1st grade lesson (Teacher and Mandarin Teacher). The students learn Mandarin throughout elementary school as it is extremely useful here and when they get older.

Then I saw an Art lesson with 2nd grade. The teachers have to integrate art into thier curriculum ! Yes, the regular teachers! Thelma Barker you are SOOOOO lucky to have me!!!

Art Smocks in each room

Lunch was ordered on line to the Canteen (on campus shop), and delivered. I got a good ol' Aussie Meat Pie (Matt Wright, you are jealous! BTW there is one in my freezer you may have!!yes a REAL one!), kettle chips and a diet coke. Yum.

The rest of the day was on the computer. After school all these Cockatoos
came and landed on the playground eating up scraps. I made friends with a few of them and took pictures, very cool.

Julie teaching in the Library

 After school we headed to Miranda (where the big mall is ) and got a SIM card. I still can't get it to work, but Ali is supposed to help me deal with that soon. We ate a sushi snack! and shopped a little. Met one of Julies friends at home and she shopped for clothes at Julies clothes sale for Hope Street (the mission I will be helping in a few weeks).

Dinner with a Kitteh and "The Fridge"

June 7, Tuesday Night
We had dinner at Ali and Sai's house (my neice is Ali, the Rock Star), played with Hurley (the Worlds Greatest Cat). Hurley can sit and shake hands. Listened to two new recordings by Empire Rising (Ali's band). Much fun!


June 8, Wednesday 

Julie, Annette (Principal) and
Mr. Dixon (Head of Sport)
get things started

Today is Inaburra School Athletic Carnival. This takes place each year at this time for Track and Field Events.Everyone and anyone can complete. The top times go to Zone (equivalent of going to the District Finals for the US). It was held at The Ridge, and athletic complex at the top of the local mountain ridge, it is fondly called "the Fridge" because it is so cold and exposed. Brrr!

We met other teachers at Macca's (Mc Donalds) for brekkie (breakfast). Made some new kid-type friends and returned home around 330 p m, cold and hungry!!

The Crowd

Me bundled up

Julie had a hair appointment so I cooked honey chicken and I fell asleep before she got home, she had to get me off the couch and point me to bed.

Leaving and Arriving

BNA to ATL, June 5

After saying goodbye to Ronda and Meg (thanks guys), I checked in (very short line) and sat. The air conditioning in the terminal was not functioning and we all were hot, sticky and fanning with something. The plane was a smaller one but SOOOO loud. A cross between being in a military helicopter and a car with no muffler. By the time I got to Atlanta, a migrain was beginning.

 Every so often the captain would get on the intercom and in a terrible Indian accent warble on about something. But the noise combined with the impossible accent, we were all lost. Then the head flight attendant had a stern accent (Latin or Norweigian) and when she gave instruction you felt as if you were being scolded by an old school teacher. When the flight was over, I was dying to get out and take some headache meds and so I stood up quickly to get out. An old dude who was sitting next to where I was standing said, "You WILL wait your turn, Missy!" Seriously?? Missy? I WILL wait? He was a whole 8-10 years older than me. I said "Yes, Sir, don't you worry!" Then he let me go ahead!!!
Arriving in Atlanta is typical, you dash to the other end of the airport to your terminal, don't think I have ever been there without having to rush!

Definitely needed Ronda to assist here!

ATL to LAX
Watched two movies. Eat Love Pray and Easy A. Once at LAX, I had eaten and charged my phone and was waiting at the gate when 4 women/girls all filed into the terminal with Aussie Pillows, stuffed animals and ridiculously large sombreros on their heads! The girl charging her phone at the Charging Station (of which there are only two) has been there for 3 hours!!! Come on the rest of us charging needs. I believe I commented on this last year. Obviously LAX has yet to comply.

LAX to SYD
Watched Life as We Know It, Mr. and Mrs. Smith and The Tourist. Pretty uneventful flight. I was blessed to have a spare seat next to me! Thanks to all of you who prayed for this! And to God for answering. Yes, God does care where I sit for 17 hours.

Arrived an hour late at Sydney, so customs was easy breezy, just a sniff or two by "Yaz" the Drug Beagle, and I was off to find Julie.

They take smoking pretty seriously!

cheeky magpie just staring at us as we got out out the car

Thought of you Kimberly, Shnitzel is only $9!

The rest of the day I spent unpacking while Julie went to work and then friends Paulette and Lynn took me to lunch in Bangor. Fell asleep around 7 pm that night!!!!Ah Jet Lag!

New Things, New Trips, New Plans

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Mission Goals find ministry or missions opporturnities Continued support for missions in Albania and Australia Albania Albania is located on the western edge of the Balkan peninsula. It borders Greece, Macedonia, Kosava and Serbia-Montenegro. Albania has access to Ionian and Adriatic Sea. From the strait of Otranto, Albania is 100 km from Italy. The country covers 28,000 square km (11,000 square miles) and has a population of 3.3 million. The Spiritual Situation Muslim        70% Orthodox    20% Catholic      10% Australia Here are some interesting religion statistics.  According to the ABS 2006 census (the most recent): About 13 million or 64% of Australians called themselves “Christian.”  However, only about 7.5% attend any church services weekly (NCLS Research 2004). The main denominations continue to decline slowly, while 19% of Australians claimed “no religion.”  Another two million did not state or adequately describe their religion. Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism and other religions are still minorities but have also grown, due to increased immigration from the Asian region. As in the U.S. Australians often identify themselves as a particular religion because of family ties. Now What Please prayerfully consider either becoming a prayer or financial partner with me in reaching the world for Christ. If you received a card with a letter send it back to Kontaktmission as directed on the card, or go here Kontaktmission to make a donation. If you need a pledge card, please let me know by my email carolheaden@gmail.com I will be sending updates to this email, if you do not want to recieve them, click unsubscribe from below. If you want to contact me, my information is also below. Thank you so much for all your support. Bekimin (Blessings) What's going on? Sometimes God has to tap you on the shoulder, sometimes He has to push you down. Eitherway, if you are seeking His will, He will find a way to get your attention. As you can see by my Mission Goals, these have changed after a year of preparation. I expected on my timeline to be in Albania by now. God's timing is definately His own.  His plan is also His own. One thing I am sure of is the last few years have been a growing time. A time of seeking God's will, learning to love others and desiring them to find God's will for their lives. While I am not sure if I will ever end up in Albania, I do know that a love and desire for missions has been given to me.  I fully intend to support, encourage and do missions. This summer two opportunities for ministry in Australia have been given to me. One is withHope Street, a ministry to the marginalized in inner-city Sydney. The other is an opportunity to present the Gospel to Primary and Secondary Students at a school in the Sydney area. I am so excited to see what God presents at both of these opportunities. Of course the fact that I am going "home", get to see my family and Sam is the added bonus! God is good! I will leave June 5th and return July 31. What You Can Pray for Continue to pray for the students and staff at the Gjerasim D. Qirazi School in Tirane, Albania Hervin and Sedika Fushekati and their church plants throughout Tirane. Sam graduates in October from Charles Sturt University with a degree in Film, and wants to stay in the Sydney area. Pray also for his girlfriend Tahlia. The people I come in contact with this summer in Sydney. My future plans, where God wants me to serve, who he wants me to serve, and those I would serve alongside with. Easy transition back to the US on July 31. I have to start  back to work as soon as I return. Securing the paperwork, etc. to work while in Australia so as not to accrue a financial burden while there. Financial and Spiritual preparation. My Blog I will blog about my trip throughout the summer. www.originartkangaroo.blogspot.com Acts 20:24 "However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me - the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace."   This is the e-mail update list to keep track of Carol Headen's ministry in Tiranë, Albania. You may have asked to receive these updates through email, facebook, or if I shared my ministry with you, your church or small group. Thank you for your interest in what God is doing in Albania. Unsubscribe << Test Email Address >> from this list. Our mailing address is: Carol Headen KontaktmissionUSA 300 Sherwood Place Humboldt, TN 38343 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2011 KontaktmissionUSA All rights reserved. email: carolheaden@gmail.com Blog: www.originartkangaroo.blogspot.com Forward this email to a friend Update your profile

Psalm 33 DOES NOT mean Barking

Hewwoo
Heidi here. Been a wong time I noze it. Sorry readers, I have been a deprwessed puppy. Mummy moved us to our own place. And it beez good an all, but I wubbed my yard at 3way and at jackson Garden suites. So I'ze been bad, I ate the curtains and blinds, I pulled up the carpetz. I am now living in a cage. 
Sigh
humph
But I figurin' Godz bee teachin' me sumtin. Dunno what yet. 


Anywayz, Mummy bee readin the bible for wives (IT IS READ THE BIBLE FOR LIFE - Carol)   orsumtin an she readz to Heidi each night. Da wars and such scares me so she hits highlights and den reads Psalms. We was readin Psalm 33. An I wub it. It all about shoutin to the Lord cos he great. Now I gets in trubble for shoutin, my friend Roxxy taught me to bark. It no good. It talkin back, but dis shoutin IS good. It say sing to Him, thank Him!  Den it tells who is is an how big. Den how bwessed we is when we are His peeps.  It is great. I suggest you read it. If you'nz done know Who He is. Ask mummy she tell you all about in better Engwish who God is and who Jesus be. 


Here I beez posten before and after pics of my new hairz. Day got carried away. 
I is necked so hide yo little on's eyes.

BEFORZ

AFTAZ

I wub you. Be my friend.
Signed, 
Heidi Yuli-ghi

New Post

Ok, so I am writing this so that I don't have to stare at Christmas on this post any longer.

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• go to my art blog originartcarol.blogspot.com to see what I am currently working on.
• go to tbr.jmcss.org to see the school where I teach and student art work.

I am joining in with my church Northbrook Church in reading the Bible chronologically this year as a church family. We are using George Guthrie's Read the Bible for Life as a guide as George is a member of our church and we were the Guinea Pigs for the book. My art blog has the latest of sketches and paintings related to this.

George also has a website you can visit.

Ruth 

17x21

Acrylic

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