6 more days..

so it's the 26th today, that means i have 6 more days were i can call wellington home ! yay but awww :( . oh how i love wellington its such a cool place to grow up and plently of places to hang with friends. i guess this move has been one of the hardest things i've had to deal with but i know that i'm going to come out of this even stronger then i was before, at the moment i'm working on doing more quiet times and i'm learning to depend on God more than others !

At the moment i am in the beautiful queenstown and it surely is such an amazing place, i've seen how wonderful God's creations are and woah i can't believe how amazing they are !! I'm starting to get a tan which is awesome !! so hopefulyy ill be tanned for parachute and then i'll get an even bigger tan at parachute and i'll be black for starting back at school oh yeah baby !!

I'm starting to get really excited about parachute it's gonna be the mintest but i;m also getting sad about parachute because i know at the end of a huge weekend i have to say goodbye to all of you !

for those who arent going to parachute i wanna say thanks for everything, you are all so amazing andi'll miss you like crazy but i'll still always be here if you need to talk or anything like that.. i'm just a text away ! and i'll be down hopefully like all the time ( hint hint Mum and Dad if your reading this)

i wrote a list of things that have been holding me back from God and the top of the list was i guess the fear of the unknown , i don't know what my friends, school, church, auckland or anything is gonna be like at all.. but i know that everything is gonna be okay because God has amazing plans for me which is so cool and he is always with me wherever i go !!

i also made a list of what i'm gonna miss and of course friends, church, school, elevate, my childhood, queensgate are all on there with plently more to fill up a page but then i decided rather then dwelling on the negatives i'll write down some things that i'm looking foward too... a few on that list was.. a new start, new friends, church, school, a place where i can shine for God and also get ivolved hard out in a church i.e worship team and leadership !!

i've found this real hard but thanks to some help/advice from a few people i'm feeling so good, on top of the world i could say and it's all Jesus ! he is the best, i saw this cool thing on a window in queenstown and it said "when i first opened my eyes i did not know you were gonna be my Saviour" i was like woooooowww !

well i probably should head off.. don't wanna write too much haha, keep praying for me please and i'll see you all at parachutee.

i loveee you all

Rach <3

Well..

So today is Thursday , but its not like any other thursday. today we have the movers coming into to put all our stuff in storage. Movers came yesterday aswell to box everything, it was quite scary walking into my room and seeing that all my stuff except my bed was boxed up. it was hard to sit in the house and think about where we will be in a month. on saturday we are going on holiday to queenstown which should be exciting ! and then i am coming to parachute ( Sanks Mummy Dearest ) i'm so excited to be able to see everyone there, the sad thing is that i have to say all my goodbyes at parachute so expecct a few tears haha (: .
So i'm sitting on facebook and msn and on the computer for the last time in this house, this house has many good memories, interpretive dances with Laura Phillips, my 13th birthday partay, sleepovers with the ABLAZE girls, hang outs with Fatty Ward and other peeps and also being able to freely sit on fb all day ! this is home for me ... but at some point in our lives we are going to go trhough something challenging and this is definately one of those stages. the verse that comes to mind is my fav verse of all time Jeremiah 29vs11 "For i know the plans i have for you, Declares the Lord, they are plans to prosper not to harm you, they will give you hope and a good future" i totally believe that Gods plans are AMAZING because he himslef is totally and utterly AMAZING!! I've had many times lately when i've thought this would be too hard but with the help from some friends and family and especially GOD i have felt so much better about everything.
I'm over the point of being worried so now im mainly excited about the move, new start, new season, brand new day! i have some videos that i will upload that are dedicated to some special people in my life ! si they should be up when i get to aucks after parachute !! i just wanna thank you all for your prayers, your support and for just being the most AMAZING friends i could ever ask for, i mean i am so blesed to have you in my life.... I will never forget wellington and i will never forget YOU ! i'll be on facebook/msn/skype everynight, so flick me a text and we can organise something. oh andif any of you are planning on coming up to aucks let me know because we will have pleanty of room in our new house or if you just wanna catch up im totally keeen to do that.. anyways on other notes, i got my hair cut and dyed so thats exciting :) im actually so so glad i did. i've been hanging with FATTY WARD heaps lately and its soo cool ! i love you too pieces fatty.
Hippo + Fatty + Mammoth + Elephant = BFFL ! you girls are awesome i love you too pieces.
Laura Phillips your are flippin amazing, hehe ive had many good times wth you lol ! xoxox ill miss you !!
Izzy Hewetson = my big sister, you are honestly so so so so so AMAZING im gonna miss you like crazy but i know that you'll always be here for me no matter what , i love you so so so much , you are amazing.!!
Esther Melody .. your mint as, you crack me up ! i love you (: keep singing your amazing ! see you at parachute hehe! I know a famous person :)
ELEVATE / ARISE = you guys are so incredibly awesome hehe you crack me up. sanks for being so nice when i first arrived !! i will miss you !
Knox = Broo you guys are so cool , its been awesome growing up with you guys and sanks for evverything !!
My School group = waaaahh is all i can say , ill miss our crazy lunch times and everything like that , i love you all. do me videos and dedicate them to me hah (: xoxo
well thats all i can say haha (: .
i'm off, please pray for the move and for me and my family, im starting to see God's faithfulness and everything so pray that i am reavealed to more of him.
i love you all soo much xoxo
Lovee
Rach <3

Sat 15th - WOW

this past week has been pretty hectic ! trying to sort our farewells, letters, presents ya know the lot.
i had my farewell last night and it was very emotional. pretty casual night i guess haha , had music playing, dancing, sitting and hanging ! that was defs fun !
speeches came along and i said mine, i could hold in the tears and there was so much more i could say but i just couldn't.! Grace McLean got up and did a speech and what she said was so sweeet i started crying ! and then she prepared a slideshow of photos to show of me and some goodtimes! so i just wanna say thank you Grace for all your hard work you put into it it was so awesome what you did for me ! your actually soo soo swweeet and i will miss you hard-core .
then Fatty Ward, Hippo and Phillips got up to do a speech and as soon as Fatty said i love you rach we both burst into tears . i felt so loved after last night all the people who said speeches are awesome. i've never realised how much God has used me throughout the past year and its awesome to see that God's love has been shown through me !
Last night i had to say goodbye to 2 of my best friends and that was the hardest thing ever. i didnt get a chance to tell them how much they meaned to me. so here it goes.
Cate you are awesome girl . we've been good friends ever since year 7. i know we've had our ups and downs but we always sort them out! good times we've had from food tech were we got told off lots to economics to market daY ! oooh and also those good old dances ! so girl i wanna tell you that your awesome and no matter how far away we are we will always be good friends.
Laura Phillips i.e. Phillips = you are an awesome girl . broo we've been friends for ages ever since we were 3. over the past few months we have started to become best friends and thats been awesome. i don't know what i would have done without you girl. we've had many ups and downs, many but we always become stronger friends after them. i wanna tell you that im always here for you babe, what ever is going on, text me and i'll call and we can skype. i love you so much and also God is also always here for you . read that poem i gave you and i will drop something at your house for your parents to give you sometime this week xo.
At the moment i'm feeling pretty sad last night was so sad and its hard to think that i will not be going to school , church , elevate and everything else with them.
i love you all so so so much and i can't believe that i have to go
welll i can't write anymore otherwise i will start ballin my eyes out !
sank you for everything you've done for me ! xo

11 Jan 2010.. Moving ...

this is my blog, i will be writing 1 or 2 times a week on so you can see what im up to and how i'm feeling :) .
So i have 11 more days left in Wellington. That is CRAAZY !
I am attending ELIM christian college this year and will be year 12.. I'm excited about that so thats good, they do praise and worship and have preachers 3 times a week. which i am excited about. they also do christian living i think everyday :) so that will be fun as my faith is my whole life !! the first thing i'll sign up for is the worship teaam :) yay yay yay !!
We are going to be staying with family friends for awhile until we find a house to rent . cant wait ofr that. i keep telling Mum that i get the ensuite and walk in wardrobe , she thinks im jokin.. im not !! i will also be trying out 2 churches to see what one God wants me to serve in they are ELIM and Life Church.
I'm kinda excited about a new adventure but also extremely nervous!
If you wanna get in contact with me .. i'll be on facebook everynight.. i also have a cell phone so you can text me and i have skype.. look me up its "Rachel Aickin" l
i found out that we were defs moving about a month ago now.. i remember when i found out that was horrible .
The last day at school was the hardest, i love my grooup they are honestly the most amazing people ever, if im sad they know how to cheer me up. if I say something blonde they know how to explain things to me haha. i've never felt so happy, they are actually the best friends ever and i dont think i could ever find anyone like those girls. i can be totally myself around them. yes that means singing as loud as possible, dog piles and the weirdest convo's. haha (: i love you girlies so much , you are all amazing and i'll miss you heaps. keep inviting and be welcoming into new girls that start sitting with you just as you were with me.!!
i think about everything i'm leaving behind e.g. church , friends, family, my inspirations, my besties... this i guess makes me sad that i have to go.
I think this is the time when i need to press into my faith alot more. ive found out that a few people i know are moving to auckland too which is exciting . things seem to be falling into place very well and most of my family is up there . I'm excited about seeing them alot more.
I guess the verse that has been on my mind is Joshua 1 vs 9 "Don't be discouraged or afraid, i have commanded you to be strong and courageous for I the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go" I believ this fully.
Anyways i will write soon (:
Love
Rach <3