Blinking and PAINT!

Well... I blinked and a month has gone by!

How to describe the weeks that have passed? Well I'll give you three words: sick, productive, and home.

...I'll explain...

Every few months, my body decides to get sick. Its usually right when I get on a role with work stuff, and the month of May was no exception. We'd been having  record numbers of youth attend our weekly youth program Youth Street and my days were full of writing seminars, calling schools, grants, and finally getting on top of lots of projects. Out of NO WHERE I got a sinus infection which I confess is still hanging on three weeks later! (But don't worry... I finally bit the bullet and went to the doctors so I'm on the mend).

However, in the midst of being home and sick, my flatmates and I had planned to take a working holiday and paint our entire flat. Now for anyone who has ever seen or heard me talk of my flat, it was clear that it needed a bit of loving. Giant cracks in the lounge wall, part of the drywall missing from the hallway from a pipe inspection, and dirty white colour everywhere. No don't get me wrong... I am grateful for my house every day. BUT, after three days of washing and taping walls, and painting some colour everywhere, my house of three years finally became a home!

Me with my new bedroom bright blue accent wall
(It looks so good with the matching art work in there)

Here are some more pics from that week:

Guess what side is painted... we had our work cut out for us!

Lounge room walls, trim, and windows all done

You can see the colour we chose for the kitchen - nice and warm beige.

In the main bathroom we painted the walls a soft grey with a purple accent wall

And the same in the hallway: grey with purple accent and fresh trim

There was a lot more done, but I hope that gives you a snapshot of what I was up to beginning of June.

Since then I have been trying to catch up on all my work from being sick and painting. Apart from that, things are tracking on.

If you think to pray, I would appreciate prayer for wisdom and strength for my mind and body as I'm still recovering. Also, please pray for more youth workers as the 100+ weekly young people who attend our program are currently being looked after by 10 staff!! (Compared to appx 40 staff we usually have). 

Thanks for checking in and being a part of the journey!

~Liz