Meet The House

First of all, I would just like to say.. I’m very thankful for the house God placed me into. We all get along really great. For those of you who don’t know, there are 4 bedrooms in my house and we share a backyard with our neighbors who also have 4 bedrooms. There are 8 of us in total. Although the 8 of us are so uniquely placed together, we’re all incredibly accepting of one another and it’s a beautiful camaraderie.

 This is my very first Australian friend. When I opened the door to the house for the first time, Dylan greeted me with the phrase ‘Yes! A friend!’ I was so comforted by that. He’s one of the most generous people I’ve ever met and gets overly excited about everything. He’s a first year university student studying computer science. Part of his family is from South Africa. He’s a magician, artist, video game creator, bird call expert, skateboarder/surfer and has had cancer. But his spelling is terrible. Example: Scissors = Sizers





 From the capital of Australia, Canberra, comes Lukas. This is also his first year at the university although he took a year off traveling Europe. He’s studying Art: Film Studies. He’s incredibly down to earth and genuinely kind hearted. He’s a snowboarder, loves Spongebob Squarepants and is a mix of Aussie and Kiwi.

 My only female housemate comes from New Zealand.  Which I think is awesome! New Zealanders are called Kiwis. And it is a privilege to live with a kiwi. Like Lukas, Lilly also took a year off to travel. She was an au pair in France, but go to travel around quite a bit. This is her first year and she is studying linguistics. She has a wonderful sense of humor, is into drama, and shares my love of maps!

 

 

Our neighbors consist of Elise, David, Winny, and Tony. Basically a house full of very intelligent people. Elise is studying space engineering. David is studying philosophy for his honors. Winny is doing her 4^th year of music. She plays percussions, which is awesome. Tony is from China and is studying engineering as well I believe.

So there you have it. That’s my home life for the semester. While they aren’t my church family that I pray to receive, they are a family that I’m going to grow to love and spend loads of fun times with. We mostly spend our time laughing at Dylan. Not with him…at him. All in love.