Happy Valentine's Day!!

Hiii!!! Sorry it's been awhile, time seriously flies around here. I guess the biggest thing that has happened is that I found our where I'm going on outreach. Papua New Guinea!! I'm super, super excited :) We're leaving towards the end of April and will be there for 6 weeks. Where we will be staying and where we will be going is still unknown, but it will be an adventure for sure. Please be praying for our team to do God's work while we are there! Leading up to that time, we have about 3 or 4 more full weeks left on base, and the rest of the time will be spent camping and going on a mini outreach around Australia.
Last week in lectures, we learned about the nature and character of God. Our speaker was very engaging and had a lot of good things to say. He spoke a lot about topics that I have always wrestled with or thought a lot about and it was great because he gave a ton of new perspective. This week, the topic is relationships woohoooo haha. But it's good stuff and I think most of us here really need to hear it. God has been challenging me a lot this week to make changes in my life, but it's exciting at the same time.
A couple days ago was Valentine's Day and it was the best Valentine's Day I've ever had by a long shot!!! So much fun!! Our leaders announced to meet in our lecture room at 5:20, no need to dress up. When we arrived, there was a sign on the door that said to come back at 6 dressed in our nicest attire. So we did, and were led into the room by the few guys on our team to a totally transformed lecture room that resembled a nice restaurant. We proceeded to have live entertainment and the guys served us a home cooked meal they had worked on that afternoon. After, a video was shown that was a compilation of parents, siblings, significant others, etc. and what we meant to them. It was so sweet! It was awesome to see everyone's family and get a feel of their personal world. At the very end, the guys unveiled the white board that had the words "YOU ARE" written really big across with all the girls' names and adjectives filling in the spaces. It was so beautiful. Haha I'm seriously blown away everyday by what God does in this place and how His love is shown through so many people. It's amazing. My excitement and love for this place has not diminished since I've been here. Yay!! Life is good.