The first day of my new job!

It was nice. There was discussion on our (mine and Andy, the other new MTSer's) reasons for doing MTS and what are our expectations. Also we talked about what is hoped to be achieved and what the most important things are, what are the unique opportunities and challenges of university ministry, and how much I get paid. 

When I got home, I attempted a budget to see if I really can afford to live on it...

In other news, I get to work with FOCUS, the international student group!

I sort of have a supporter!

That's right, somebody has volunteered to give me money! The only, very slight problem is that she is currently unemployed, but if she gets a job she will surely help. What a landmark!

In other news, I have the beginnings of a profile. At the moment it's just a photo, but it's there. Check it out...

http://afes.org.au/profile/heather-green

The coin toss

Some decisions are really hard. I'm not all that fast at making decisions at the best of times, but sometimes there are two really good options and it doesn't matter which one I go with. In these cases, the coin comes out. Heads is the green one, tails is the blue one. Flip coin, decision made.

But whenever this has happened to me, I tend to toss the coin and then choose the option which goes against the results of the toss. My housemate considers this dreadful. He can't understand why, having decided that it's too close to call, I can't stick with the coin toss. It took me ages to work out the reason for it, but I think I've got it now.

I reckon it's because I resent being told what to do by a bit of metal. Or perhaps more accurately, I don't like not being able to have something that is good, even if I have a different good thing, when I didn't choose to not have it. The coin tells me 'you can't have the green' to which I respond 'but I really like the green' but if the coin had said I couldn't have the blue, I would probably go for the blue, because I like the blue as well.

This explains why I didn't toss a coin for my decisions about MTS. Other than the fact that they are probably too big to make with twenty cents, obviously. The thing is, I always wanted to work in Newcastle. It's home. But I wanted to make sure I didn't choose based entirely in what I fell like but also on how I can serve others, and how I can grow as well, so I decided to check out Perth unis.

Anyway, I could have decided in the thoroughly blibical method of drawing lots,which would have definitely put me where God wants me to be, but then if the coin had said