Australia Zoo...

What a perfect day we attended... The weather was perfect... So much walking and so much to see :)

Blessings,

Young at only 39 years old...

Brolgas are very loud!!!

Wallabies everywhere...

Macaws are a beautiful bird...

Massive birds yet so majestic...

The Croc show was great...

Glass House Mountains Lookout Cafe...

The food was divine and the view was even better... So glorious and magnificent...

Blessings,

They have arrived!!!

My uniforms and name badge, that is... So excited. Makes me feel more apart of the team. Love not needing to think about what to wear ;)

Blessings,

In the Paper...

Hehe for once it wasn't me in the paper... Russell and other new staff at his school got written up about! Well done, Honey... Really chuffed for you ;)

Blessings,

My last day...

Tuesday, I had my last shift in Toowoomba... I asked to say Grace at dinner and prayed a blessing over my six ladies too. It was an emotional afternoon... Everything was, One last time... It was hard at times yet also joyful... I am so grateful for having worked for The Salvation Army. I have learnt so much over the last 4.5 years. I am going to miss the clients. I will miss some very special fellow staff members. 

The next morning, I had the privilege to sit in my car with a very close friend and pray over the place. Pray for clients and staff... A total wow moment! We then had coffee and waited for another wonderful friend to join us for breakfast at the Picnic Point Cafe. What a glorious way to finish.

It has been a privilege and a honour to come into these clients' homes, hearts and lives... Three of my ladies will write to me. I am looking forward to that...

So here's to a lovely break and then a new journey begins, much closer to home, in the New Year! Woohoo...

Blessings,

Name tag...

The most awesome fog greeted me in the morning...

What a view... I will miss it...

My name displayed... One last time...

Frog is back...

Was at work this afternoon. Went to hang out washing tonight and this big fella greeted me ;) Was so good to see him there. I look every time I go past, even in winter... Love to see the frogs sitting up there, just watching people go by...

Blessings,

Happy 4th Anniversary...

Tuesday, 16 June, marked 4 years working as a Disability Support Worker. What a privilege. What a honour. 

To look back and see how much I've grown and changed feels strange. So much more still to grow. I'm not where I'm meant to be but I thank God I'm not where I used to be... 

Love my job and am honoured to have it!

Blessings,

What a sunrise...

Last Wednesday morning, just before the start of my morning shift, I had to go to the edge of the grass and take this photo... 

I am so blessed to work where I do... The people, the job, the view... Ahhh, heaven on earth!

Blessings,

I did it!!!

I finished last May really but Saturday we had a graduation ceremony for finishing TAFE!

I graduated with:

Certificate IV in Community Services Work

Diploma in Community Services Work

Diploma of Management...

There were 111 of us that attended the graduation and a total audience of about 500-700! It was sooooo wonderful. I also happened to be the only one graduating with three certificates, which felt strange but was a little bit nice ;)

Russell, Timothy and Joshua all attended with pride. It was their moment too as I couldn't have done any of it without them. They were the reason I got them in the first place...

We went to our favourite Chinese restaurant afterwards to celebrate :)

Blessings,

Timothy, Myself and Joshua...

Myself and Russell...

The whole family...

Accepting my papers from Trevor Schwenke, General Manager, TAFE South West...

Angela and David from DavAnge, they fast tracked my Cert IV and Diplomas ;)

Pressie...

Made this for a lady I work with... She's very precious to me and is an incredible lady. Her strength is inspiring and she never ceases to amaze me... I take credit for her working there, as I prayed for her ;) I've learnt soooo much from her in the year... So honoured to be working with her...

She's so very 'Worthy to be Loved'... I just love the meaning of her name... She is truly amazing... She loves butterflies and pink is her favourite colour. I pray she likes them ;)

Blessings,

Checking me out...

Was again hanging out washing late last night at work... First night back after holidays...

My regular visitor was busy following my movements. Funny seeing a frog moving its head as you're walking back and forth... I always look for them up at this particular spot. They always delight me ;)

Blessings,

Twin visitors...

On my last night at work, I was again hanging out washing late at night...

Had these two visit and make a beautiful sound... Love nature :)

Blessings,

It's a miracle...

No, really I mean it!

A month ago, I was chosen to do my Cert IV in Community Services Work. Felt very privledged to have been chosen. I had prayed the week before that the process of getting the Cert IV would be simple... Not particularly easy, as I love to learn and be stretched... Just simple...

So I went along and did my Cert IV and not only did I complete it, I was strongly advised by both trainers to come back the next day and do the Diploma on Community Services Work and Diploma on Mangement as well. 

I thought long and hard about it, prayed too off course and talked to my hubby about it... He said to go for it!

In the end, I chose and I came back the next day and after completing all the theory work and sending 110 emails to back up my knowledge with evidence, all my work was assessed and the rest, as they say is history...

I am now the proud owner of not just a Cert IV in Community Services Work but also a Diploma on Community Services Work and Diploma on Mangement as well. 

Amazing what you can have in your brain, what you can learn while volunteering, working on pilot projects at St Lucia University and day to day things you are challenged with, when you have a child that has a disability...

And all this was all because I asked for the process to be simple... Not only did I end up with one piece of paper but three!!! Yay!

Blessings,

Seaworld...

Got the wonderful opportunity to support clients from work on an outing to Seaworld!

What a wonderful day. We left 7:15am and returned 11 hours later... All were tired at the end of the day... 

The group I had saw as much as possible and packed into the day all that we could. Was great that they had the energy as the place is so big...

Blessings,

Visitor of the green type...

Doing a night shift at work the other night... Hung out washing just before 10pm... As the spot light came on, due to the movement, I saw this fellow looking at me as I walked past...

Had to stop, say 'Hello' and take a photo :)

Blessings,

She's married...

One of my colleagues at work got married a week ago... Oh, what a beautiful bride she made...

It was such a honour to be apart of the group of workmates there, to help her celebrate her huge day!

Again, congrats Esther and Togba!

Blessings,

Blondie...

Hubby loves me blonde... I was born a blonde but as I age, my hair has grown darker...

Last week, I wanted to get rid of a dye I'd had for about three years... Perfect! 

Hubby loves the new look! Was a great way to shock a few clients and co-workers too...

Please excuse the tongue poking :)

Blessings,

Too pretty to eat...

These beautiful chocolates were given to me... They look way too pretty to eat...

Well, maybe not ;)

Blessings,

A working holiday...

A fellow support worker and I took four clients on holidays for seven nights last week. We ended up at Noosa Heads and all the clients had a wonderfully blessed time...

They came back refreshed and re energized, which was fantastic to see. I am so thankful for the experience. It was very real and I learned allot about myself and others in a short eight days...

We even had a flat but excellent service getting it fixed. 

Blessings,