Tim Tam, Slammity Slam

In the last week we've experienced many exciting new things:


1. Tim Tam slamming
2. Visiting the Pacific Ocean in Australia
3. Celebrating Emily (project director) and her birth
4. Experiencing a culture of awesome new adventures
5. Doing our first campus outreach


As I begin to grow closer with the people and the culture of Melbourne I begin to start loving it more and more. There are things that I'll probably never grow to enjoy, such as the high prices. But I have begun to see Melbourne and its beauty through our small journeys and trips that we take.


So before I get into anything else, I must bring you the joy of Tim Tams and slamming them into your mouth. It's this thick chocolate covered cookie with what I can only describe as delicious awesomeness in the middle. The concept of slamming them comes from taking a Tim Tam, biting off opposite corners of it, and using it as a straw on a hot cup-a. We usually use hot chocolate or tea. What happens is the cookie starts to melt in your hand from the heat of the liquid, so you have to slam it into your mouth. There is nothing better than multiple flavours being stuffed into your mouth at the same time.


This past Thursday we did perspective cards with the students at RMIT. Although, it's technically their winter break, students can still be found on campus. I must admit, it was probably the most personally disappointing perspective experience. My partner Hannah and I must have asked around a couple dozen students, only to get into a semi-awkward conversation with a this one guy and his friend. It was pretty much a confirmation that students here are extremely apathetic towards the gospel or just religion in general. I did get in a conversation later with an interior design student who was an atheist. The atmosphere around Melbourne is very polite but keep-to-yourself... Unlike in the states where I probably wouldn't even spend a couple minutes before getting in a pretty awesome conversation. I'm trying to keep positive though and just allow God to work through everything. There's nothing really else I can do but rely on Him. The spiritual atmosphere is dead, but I believe we have a purpose here and I'm excited to continue to be rejected by hundreds of students over the next few weeks... Only because I know that there will be students whose lives are rocked through the work that is done by the summer project students as well as STINTer's and staff. Anyways, please keep us in your prayers.






Here's a little bit of a photo dump for you to enjoy:
1. M. Kilda (pacific ocean)
2. Awesome mime on the street
3. Melbourne Uni
4. Pacific coast
5. Lake Humes
6. Train station
7. Eiffel tower look alike
8. RMIT
9. Randomly decorated road