Our Beginnings Down Under

Well, we have arrived safely and what an adventure it has been so far!! The first day we got here, we picked up our mattress from Jionte because he had an extra in his house. The funny thing, as you can see from the picture, is that the mattress was bigger than the car. The first person we met was Bastian, who picked us up from the airport and helped us take the mattress to our completely bare apartment. We are still adjusting to the time difference as April and I keep waking up at like 5AM which is way too early for us, but we just can't get back to sleep!!

We got to go to UNITED on Friday night and it was so AWESOME!! It is so surreal being here after seeing the DVD's and listening to the music, but actually being at Hillsong is such an amazing experience. Most of the songs they did were from their newest album which is not out in the states yet, but it is awesome!!

We have met so many amazing people here already! Everyone here is very nice and will do anything for you! For those of you that thought April and I dress weird, skinny jeans, tights, and crazy hair are extremely normal and very fashionable here so we fit right in.

Because April is so witty in her writing style, i am going to give you a rundown of our first few adventures with her journal entry:
"Last night was our first night in australia. This whole thing seems pretty surreal. I thought getting into the country would be the hard part, but we found it even harder to get into our apartment. First Robert lost the key and after searching high and low, he found it under the seat of our new friend Bastian's car. He picked us up from the airport with Jionte. Once we found the apartment complex, we followed the signs for #34 however, it was nowhere to be found. We asked several people who gave us wrong instructions and then finally Robert hopped over a fence and through a garden to be greeted finally by #34!

Little did we know that the accomodation person gave us and our roommate keys that do not fit the locks on our door. Robert then jumped another fence to go through our sliding door and open the front door of our new apartment.
The apartment is probably the nicest in the complex. We have two very nice patio areas and a large living room area that is connected to our kitchen. We do have a few bummers however. We came to find that our apartment was completely unfurnished besides a dryer! not even a refrigerator! So whenever we get a fridge to keep food in, i will then be able to cook in our oven which Robert will be grateful for. However we have no dishes or pots and pans so it may be a while before the dream of using my new appliances comes true!!""

Just so that everyone knows, God totally blessed us yesterday as i decided for some reason to walk a different way home!! We encountered a garage sale and decided to stop by. In amazement, we found that the owner of the home was moving with his family to Egypt and needed to sell everything in the house!! Needless to say, we purchased furniture and other items for our home as you can see in the pictures.

We are getting settled in just fine and as long as we find April a job, we should be financially stable. Speaking of, we have an amazing opportunity to purchase a car for only $600. It is a good condition honda accord and the insurance and registration is paid until February. It would be a great investment as we live about 20 minutes from school.

***Our prayer focus right now is for a job for April. She wants to get the job that God has in store for her. We need her to find a full time job so that she can support both of us.
Thank you for all of your prayers and support. It is much appreciated. Here is our address and a phone number is soon to come.

Robert and April Knight
U-34/1-11 Rosa Crescent
Castle Hill, NSW 2154
Australia