The last few days in Cleveland were absolutely amazing.
Thursday: WATOTO CHILDREN'S CHOIR
Such an inspiring concert. I totally want an African orphan now! We fed them dinner before the concert and to thank us they sang us a blessing song and then there was this flood of kids coming into the kitchen to give us hugs. It was so precious! I think I cried through the first half of the concert. Each of the kids have gone through such hardships, but you could tell they were truly worshipping God with all that they had even though they had done the same concert so many times before. If you ever get a chance to see them...do it!
Friday: STRADDY TRIP
One of the most beautiful places ever! The waters were crystal clear, the rocks were great, and the whales were even passing by. Polly, Ashley and I spent the day hiking and laying out on the beach getting some sun! That evening was youth service and I spoke on trusting the Bible. I think it went fairly well, but I'm not entirely sure. Afterwards I actually went out and hung out with the leaders at McDonalds. Yeah, totally cool.
We spent the day with the Heinrich family enjoying the sun and sailing across the bay. It was so much fun to spend a full day with my Australian family and realizing how much I'm going to miss them. They are such a great and beautiful family and I'm going to miss them so much, I already do :( Polly and I even swam in the freezing cold Pacific Ocean, but hey, now we can say that we swam in Australia!
We arrived into Sydney at about 1 pm. We headed down to the harbor and took the Manly Ferry across. I got to see the Sydney Opera House and the Harbor Bridge. It was all so neat to see something so iconic in person. The Opera House wasn't very impressive inside though.
I'll probably post a final post once I get home with a final recap of how amazing God is, but for now, so long and I'll see ya'll State-side!!!
