new years ... i didnt check spelling.

happy new year ! I am writing this at the back of the chai tea tent. I am in Ayrlie beach this week, its the home of the great barrier reef, hippy dresses and ugly toads. Our school is volunteering for impact summer, its basically the high peak season for backpackers to come to Australia, so we set up a massive tent complete with cushions, a heap of candles, and live music for the backpackers to come and chill out rather than getting absolutley wasted...its been affective-ish. However, its beautiful, its been really chill. Tonight , we all went on the beach , and watched the fireworks, i have never seen something so beautiful, the fireworks were so close. Me and nataly were a tad late, i think it must not be an Australian tradition for people not to count down, i was still expecting 2010 to come around and kiss goodbye 2009 10 minutes after 12. I trust that i am a new creation in God, however, because its new years and all, its symbolically, a fresh start in my walk with God. I sat on the beach just before 12 by myself, and reminised with myself about the past year. I imagined God being with me in everything i did; the time i was so ill i had to be dragged through the airport in a wheel chair, i imagined him pushing me, to the time wheni cried and screamed myself to sleep, i imagined god sleeping next to me, or even the times when my belly hurts from laughing so much , i can imagine his hurting to. Even though i have gone my way time and time again this past year , he has been right there waiting on me. I never chose to be a christian, i never chose him , he already handpicked me !
Anyways, away from the cheesyness, the best backpackers have honestly been the british ones, totally unbiased. Its been so refreshing to hear english humour, and to have a conversation without someone saying "what ?". I have loved this week! Last week, i felt very distant from God because it was " vacation". It reminded me how important my quiet times are. I have been devoted to them , God is telling me so much, he gives me such a confidence about myself, that only he can give. I seriously would not be able to look at myself in the mirror or step out my box and talk to complete randomers about myself, withoutHim telling me that I am beautiful every day.
WOW! I have to include this , last night , claire, was in real pain. She suffered a car accident about a year ago, she broke her back, since then, she has not been able to dance, and had to even stop her ballet training, because of the technicality. Claire never ever moans about anything , she has such a strong spirit , she never burdens anyone with her problems, but during worship, i noticed Steph and nataly praying over her. claire had not been able to sit down all day , the pain had been over bearing . We prayed for complete healing . I believe IN FAITH that God can heal her back, his name is healer, and we are his children. He is the living god, he is not just a historic figure put down in ink in the bible. I experience him in my life every day. So all three of us, knew he would heal her, we commanded the enemy to leave her body , to never be a hinderance to her ever again. Claire was called to dance, he wants to dance with her, when she dances i believe he explodes with excitement! We were praying for about 2 hours, we were all crying and screaming , people must have thought we were mad! We asked her to lie down and get back up she gradually started feeling better, she said her back was 20% healed, then 40% , then 50% then a few moments later, she lay back down and came up and whispered "i dont feel anything" . i will never ever forget that moment! I glanced at steph, and we both broke down on the floor crying and praising him. Claire danced that night.