Restore my old friendships

I am amazed at the blessings of God. I realise that I can’t be the person that I need to be without close relationships in my life. In L.A. God has already given me the opportunity to make some new mates with some people from church. I’m glad that I decided to stay at church and be in ministry again. Not only do I feel that God called me there, but I would have missed out on so many relationships. Yesterday, one person decided that he thought I was a bad influence on him and told me that he doesn’t want to be mates anymore. But you know what? God knew that would happen and He gave me relationships with so many other great people, like Danielle, Adrine, Jodie, Sammy, etc. I am thankful.

God is bringing more mates into my life. Back here in Australia, I’m able to connect so much more with people that I basically didn’t want to be with. I’m so blessed. I’ve found that being around mates and mentors help me stay more peaceful. I need that community in my life.

A few more days and I go back to Canberra for summer here, winter there. That transition is going to be hard. I miss home. I can’t wait to see my mates and parents. I will be able to concentrate on restoring my friendships better then. Ugh. I’ve been depressed over this for the last few days, and I don’t know why.

Since I’ve gone to uni (and moved across the world…) I’ve really found that I don’t keep in touch with anyone from home. I am not as relationship-centred as I used to be. Today I was talking with a mate from high school and realised how good it is to have mates who really care about me (instead of people who only do it half-arsed or when convenient for them). I want to restore those friendships, and I also want to work harder at maintaining the friendships that I have here.