What's what: October.

The only autumn colours around these parts are these beautiful blooms in my neighbourhood. My autumn scents are coming from the orange-cinnamon candle I burn every once a while in my room. And as for pumpkin? Well, that'll have to be the butternut squash currently sitting in my fridge. I think I'll turn it into pancakes or some mini-pies.

Yellow & red.
Colours of autumn that bloom in spring here in beautiful brisbane.

It’s hard for me to believe that it was one year ago that I was getting ready to fly to Canada for my 3-month sabbatical. I sometimes feel like it was just yesterday. My longing for anything autumnal is making me a wee-bit homesick, not to mention the amazing addition to my family in Canada. My sister is expecting her first child in October, and this auntie is paying close attention, albeit from a far.

So what else is in store for me this month Down Under? Read on to find out.

• Leading YWAM Brisbane’s monthly Open Worship night
• Organizing a YWAM Worship Team Night as an opportunity for us to be unified, and hear from a speaker who is at the base as a lecturer for two of our DTS’s
• Main facilitating one high school SHINEGirl program to end the school year, and helping co-lead a group at a school where we’ll be launching the program.
• Attending Designing Women Conference for free as a thank you for teaming up this school year in the SHINEGirl program
• We’re continuing in the book of 1 John for the staff bible study I lead at YWAM Brisbane, and I’ve been personally challenged in how to love others
• Tending to my newly planted herb and veggie plants
• Writing for Press Service International
• Welcoming baby Henry to the family via Skype
• Run 2km a few mornings a week
• Host a Canadian-American Thanksgiving meal near the end of the month
• Celebrate my 4th anniversary in Australia – October 2010 is when I arrived