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So my service is almost coming to a close, 2 months and 23 days to go.
Im not quite sure how i feel about it...Im terrified. Im so unbelievably excited. Im still loving life.

Lots have happened. There is only 4 youth left, so its getting really tough now. Two in the kitchen, and two of us in hospitalities. And our bosses are getting pretty stressed out. We reallllly need youth to come and serve here! So please guys, Come to Green Acre. Just for a week or a Year, 6 months or 3.

The snow is crazy! We have had 11 Snow storms, and it doesn't stop til end of march im pretty sure...But we are getting lots of rain right about now. This is the rainy part of winter, just like Feb is our rainy part of the year.

I miss home so much at the moment. I just Skyped with my sister, Kate. Thats the only tough thing about a Year of service. I mean you have tests, but you have your mates to help you get through them. But towards the end...It just gets harder and harder. And dont get me wrong i love every minute here. I have made the most amazing friends, people i know i will be friends with for the rest of my life!

I think i've had a similiar post to this, but i really think you should all go on a Year of Service, anywhere and do whatever you want! Get out of your comfort zone. It's the best way to learn who you are. I know myself so much more then i did 9 months ago.

Im starting to realize im almost ready to go home.

I still have 3 and something months left but i miss home so much. And i want to start my new and exciting life. Who knows what its going to be...i really dont know yet.
I think first off im going to get a job, probably study Photography at TAFE and save up some money. There is alot of things i WANT to do...But i need to figure out what i NEED to do. So im going to try this first and see how things go.

Life here is still so great. Its getting a little difficult here and there being with the same people all the time. But hey its still the most fun and exciting and crazy adventure I've ever been on. And I'm so happy i still have 3 months to go.

xo

Cheesey Weasey!

Ive been in the states for almost 8 months, and i still think i can't believe i'm in another country! Its so weird to think i'm living with 3 girls and not at home. I've realized i'm so much more independent. I do my own laundry, clean my room, work 5 days a week, I'm alot more careful about money.
The Best thing is that i have my own group of friend that i can hang out anytime and go out and chill with em, eat with them, work and serve with them. This place is really one of the most amazing place's i have ever been. And i really want to encourage people to go on a Year of Service. This has been one of the best years of my life, i may have only been on this earth for 19 years, but this past 7 and a bit months have been the most enjoyable, crazy, exciting, adventurous, Independent, confusing, fun, hard and most difficult times of my life! Sometimes it can get very hard cause you are away from family, and you are with the same people all the time, not being able to just get out, its a little monotonous, and i have been going through the biggest tests of my life. But without that i wouldn't have the good times, like meeting so many amazing people, making myself a new family, i wouldn't of grown the way i have, i wouldn't have been through those scary and new experiences, i would be the same old sad Kimi i was last year. People say they hate change...Why would you hate change, when you get something so amazing. If you are having a hard time and find life boring, do something different, do something a little crazy, break the rules, be spontaneous. If you don't, life will be the same old and boring. Change is the most amazing thing that has happened to me.
I have so much love for life (i know how cheesey that sounds...but its true), Being immersed in the faith and studying the writings from Baha'u'llah and 'Abdu'l-baha and The Bab and the letters from the Universal House of Justice. It really has changed my life, and the way i look at it. Now i know i can serve the faith for the rest of my life!
One of the things i most scared for, is coming home. I'm so excited to see my family and friends but being away from all my new brothers and sisters is going to be so difficult and finding a job and figuring out what im going to study and just what to do for the rest of my life...But its Change and im ready for it! :)

Well well, winter has come. As has the snow.

Every time i look outside i get surprised to see it all white...Its kinda freaky! But its so pretty!! And fun! We had a big snow ball fight and made a huge snowman! :)
But this week is pretty crazy, so we haven't been able to!
Its winter school! We have about 100 somethin people here, and im working cafe. So i have a night shift, 2-11pm. Its not too bad, the only thing i dont like is i dont get to hang with my crew, and im kinda going crazy not being with anyone cept the guests.
Not much else to say bout that...

We went to Northampton, Mass last week which was really nice! Its where Alex lives, so we stayed at his house...He has the cutest little house i have to say! There lounge room is like a library with a model train running on the top! And they got a rockin chair and a nice couch with a tv and its just super homey! which made me miss home! We didn't do to much which i liked, alot of relaxing and chilling with the family. We went out and taught a childrens class for 9 kids, then had lunch with them. Then unpacked everything back at A's house. And played parchessi and had a home made meal! and hung out some more. Then the next day we chilled some more, then me A and reb-ka picked up A's sister from school which was so cool cause the school was just like the ones in the movies!!! Then we had a devotion with Lila's (Alex's sister) friends and had nachos. And theeeeen we went for ice cream and dinner. Then the next day we went for a nice walk next to a river which was kinda frozen and it made me miss my parents cause i know how much they would of loved the walk. We then walked around a bit in the town got lunch and headed back.
So it was a nice relaxing homey vacation! :)

Anyways thats about all for now.
Love you all!
xoxox

I know i know, its been forever.

Omgosh i know it really has been such a long time since I've written here! But not much is really happening...I mean other than what happens every week. Its all the same old busy schedule!

Well this week we had a week long program, Treasurers Conference (Basically, treasurers are like the people who take care of the money in our Local Baha'i Communities, which is used for all things like Children's Classes supplies, Functions run by the community and so on). It was a pretty intense week after getting used to the weekend programs. There was about 40ish people, and Sahar who is on our small team was sick, so there was only 3 of us doing the cleaning and such. It was a long week though, cause not only working 7-4 but every night we had to either close the Kelsey Center (The Main building where there program is held) or work in the Cafe. So it was lots of work. But it was still fun! We had a pretty eventful Saturday night. So that was amusing, they had an Acapella group come sing, and a Jazz band play too! plus little silly things happening every now and then.

Something i have come to realize is that i LOVE working. Even if its cleaning peoples toilets and showers, or making beds and doing Laundry! I always look so forward to the weekend but all we ever do on our weekends is sleep in and watch movies and do nothing (though recently we found Monopoly so thats what we have been doing alot which is hella fun), but work is just so much more fun, even if it gets stressful or its freezing outside. It just wouldn't be what it is without the people i work with! I really am so grateful to work with Reb-Ka, Alex, Sahar, and Sisay! They make every day at work so fun.

So my birthday is coming up which is so weird cause its not hot!!!! And I'm not with my family! But no thats not true! I'm with my second family! No plans but I'm looking forward to it, its on a work day with no guests so it should be entertaining! :)
Oh and on Sunday (if it doesn't snow) we are going to Northampton, Mass! Alex's home. Which should be lots of fun! He's gonna show us round. It should be really nice getting away and being with the group! We are going to be doing a service project too, not sure what we are doing but all in all I'm looking forward to it!

So yeah thats about it for now.
Sorry i haven't written in such a long time!
I will try to write more!

Love Y'all!
xoxoxo

(Our new Lounge!! isn't it cute!!)

Schedule!

Well life here in the US is getting pretty busy!!
Now that its way past summer and we can do all our service/studying projects cause we have time to, our whole week is FULL to the top of things...
The Schedule is;
Monday (Day off 1) - Sleeeeeep in, Volunteering at the local Retirement village (playing games/socializing with the residents), Some of the girls are Helping with a Junior youth group (This is like a class for ages from 12-14 about whats right from wrong, different service projects the kids come up with they think the community needs and so on), And my Best friend Ciara's Choir (which started tonight!! And i am a Soprano!), and then just chillin with everyone at home.
Tuesday (Day off 2) - Sleeeeeeep in, we have the day to ourselves really...We go on our weekly outing and usually get something to eat together and trip to Walmart of course!, Then Step Dance (which im not doing, i did the first one but i really could not get it compared to everyone else..plus i need one day where im not committed to something), Then Glee night at Mark and Renu's! :)
Wednesday - Back to work, Ruhi/Study circle 1 (this is kind of like the junior youth group but for Youth and adults there is 8 of them atm, but more are being made plus they are welcome for anyone to come along.
Thursday - Work, Deepening on the Katab-i-Aqdus (The Most Holy Book, this is like the Bahai Bible haha) at Jim and Jeannine's who are the Green Acre Admin's...So our boss! :)
Friday - Work, Then either Volunteer at the Cafe or Close (clean all the bathrooms and cleaning windows and vacuuming the main building where the guests have the programs)
Saturday - Same as Friday.
Sunday - Work which involves Turn over, All the guest leave Sunday. Check out is at 2 but sometimes it is much more helpful if they leave their rooms before breakfast, that way we can get more done sooner. Its usually better when we have lots of guests. Like last week we had 90 guests which felt like summer again. But we only have 9 Volunteers... So it was a hard day! But its Service!! :D

So thats my life atm! Pretty crazy! But so much fun! I love every single minute of it! I really recommend to everyone that can to take a year off or 3 months or 6 months or whatever just to serve. If you are religious or not, its such a good way to find yourself, make friends for a lifetime! I really am the happiest i have ever been being here!

Oh and btw, i think i figured out what i want to do with myself when i get back home to Ozzieland! Im pretty sure i want to do event planning. The one thing i do here that i love so very much is planning outings and hang outs! even when it doesn't work out i still love it! and i never give up. I really think its something i could do! :)

Anyways its almost 2am!
So i should really get some sleep...Well it is a day off tomorrow so i get my sleep in. But we are going out at 1 to go to target and out to eat which im HELLA excited for. Though Alex isn't here, he is off back home for a docters appointment so its not the same without him here. but we are still having just as much fun ;)
Well Goodnight Y'all!
Love lots! xoxo

Well nothings really different...Other then i applied to extend my Visa!! So i should be here longer then Nov 10th!! :D

We have an extra long weekend this week cause its a Bahai Holy Day on Wednesday (The Birth of the Bab) So we get to relax a little more then usual!! Today we are doing nothin. I went for a walk when i got up, then had some lunch and watched a movie with Colin. Then Watched Bone's with Mia, Reb-ka, Maddy, Cici and Sina and now we are watching Good Will Hunting...And hopefully later we will just chill and hang out! Im getting really sick of watching movies to be honest!! haha its boring! And tomorrow we are going out and hanging out...and then Glee at night at Renu's (our tuesday night tradition) and Wednesday we are having a staff picnic then at 3 we are going to the Retirement Village and talking to the director about us running Bingo for the people who live there!! So im super excited about that!! :D

But thats about all for now...
And here are some pics for y'all!