OK! this blog will be set out in specific categories. The first order of business is class, and general news, as is ordinary for me.
This week was triple lectures again. We focused on biblical worldview, which is about how our culture, personality and surroundings affect how I view the world and the Bible. Our speaker was a Canadian with hilarious jokes, And it made me realise that no matter how frustrating i thought it was to sit down and study the bible during school, it influenced me in a good way. (Keep going Mom!)
Strengthfinders was about what each of us as an individual had strength in naturally, and how our team dynamics would work. It's funny, because most of my team are relators, and I am almost purely intellect driven! Positivity isn't anyone's top ten, but we are all fairly upbeat people. WOO! Our teacher on this one was Dave, the base Director.
The next classes were how to write a sermon, along with writing our updates, reports, and things of that type. It was really good to learn how to work with a translator, what to avoid when speaking, and how to respect the audience. Angel is such a good teacher on this, because she had to learn it. It wasn't just a natural "I'm a good talker" thing.
To the second Part!
Outreach is in about 2 weeks. Right now Team Japan is working on preparation.
Skits- writing, acting, props, translation ease.
Dances- Practice, practice, practice for ALL of us !
Kids ministry- age appropriate games, crafts, stories.
Speaking- each person writes and practice to perfection two sermons and a testimony, each with three different versions for timing.
Finance- PRAYER. We are about 10,000 AUD short, so we are working like crazy fundraising, emailing and praying for provision. I totally trust that God will come through in this!
The first week- prep for a Hard Rock fest and various other outreach and volunteer positions.
(we will spend the first week helping Team Australia, then head out for Tokyo/Osaka for some children's and art outreach.)
The news part of this is that tomorrow we are doing a fundraiser, Movie in the park. :) We went all out for this in a beautiful way.
The third part is fun! I somehow managed to get one of the guys on base to shave his beard and have just a mustache for a day. He looked like a creeper and it was awesome.
My small group went to a chocolateria and consumed more chocolate that I usually eat in a year! I guess splurging once in a while isn't bad, but I won't do that often!
The MAD DTS is celebrating all the birthdays with a lip sync competition!
All the work we do over here might be a lot, but it really evens out with the fact that our base knows how to celebrate!
Just a few prayer requests, Can I ask that you pray for good weather this weekend, that finances would come in, and that our team would be healthy and zealous to do God's will? Thanks for the support! God bless!
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Saturday, 25 January 2014
I don't even remember anything interesting about this week...
As the title says. We had triple lectures, so I spent my time in class or doing homework.
Spiritual warfare was about the authority given to us over everything, and the power we have in Jesus Christ. Sonship was about our adoption into God's family and our role within that. Biblical worldview was about how we thought about the world and how our belief in the bible affects that.
Beach to bush got back from outreach, And I'm pumped to hear the stories!
I helped out with a youth group and decided I am better equipped to survive in the forest than in a youth group, even now! It was good , just crazy :) I found a Huntsman spider, and a green and blue on found its way into my hair. Right now Team Japan is planning the best fundraiser EVER, and I shall update you on how that goes next week. One day I will post pictures of what I have been doing Art-wise...
Update me guys! I feel out of the Canadian loop!
Spiritual warfare was about the authority given to us over everything, and the power we have in Jesus Christ. Sonship was about our adoption into God's family and our role within that. Biblical worldview was about how we thought about the world and how our belief in the bible affects that.
Beach to bush got back from outreach, And I'm pumped to hear the stories!
I helped out with a youth group and decided I am better equipped to survive in the forest than in a youth group, even now! It was good , just crazy :) I found a Huntsman spider, and a green and blue on found its way into my hair. Right now Team Japan is planning the best fundraiser EVER, and I shall update you on how that goes next week. One day I will post pictures of what I have been doing Art-wise...
Update me guys! I feel out of the Canadian loop!
Saturday, 18 January 2014
the Night of the Norwegian Ninjas
It was a calm and uneventful day. I woke up, did some shopping and adventuring. Talked to people who enjoy my company, (or laughing at me, I can't tell) did a small amount of homework, got interrupted by a very tired Daniel, as well as The Emperor's new groove, and then... disaster struck! As I entered my seemingly peaceful dorm, I was stopped by an anomaly suspended in the air surrounding me. As I walked into the depths of the room, I was pressed back by an unknown force! Stepping back, I observed the cause of this barrier.
String. It was on the beds, the closets, the windows. It hindered every step! So I made up my mind to determine the cause of this Ninja training prank. After some small questioning and pondering, I found the culprits. Dear me... Have our very own friendly Norwegians turned against their own room? And was their motive simply too much coffee? Yes, for facts cannot be denied. They are guilty.
In other news, this week was chill. Our speaker reminded me of what Dad would be like if he was a Brazilian guy who liked Salsa dancing. our topic was the Holy Spirit, and it was really neat to see the practicality of it all. I found out It's hard to desire God more than food. I also found out that I have quirks I didn't even know I had, and apparently they are quite endearing. I asked a lot of questions to myself. One more thing is our dear Ida is going home for health reasons. We will miss you Ida!!!
Saturday, 11 January 2014
wise words
Lordship week is sweet. Our lecturer is an extremely passionate Kiwi who enjoys telling us to SHADDAP and listen to God.
This week has been slightly crazy. I sang TFK's song 'Look Away' in front of people in order to face my fears. (while crying, so you know how that worked) As scary as it was, It was beautiful. You feel free when you are fearless! It was a pretty busy day, so a few of us stayed up 'till 3 just talking and processing life.
The next day was a silly day. We sat around and made up 'wise words' meaning things that sound smart but make no sense. As in "When the trees grow green, the cows are beautiful." Yeah, that sounds smart right? Then a large amount of us girls had a tickle fight with 8 people on one small bunk bed, which started by the Norwegians drawing smiley faces on one of the napping girl's toes. I got a snail drawn on my shoulder.
I gave away some of my art to one of the beautiful ladies on my school, and wished a Happy birthday to my beautiful 14 year old sister (from the future), AND wrote and began illustrating a story, which I want to share when it's finished.
I joined a flash mob, and tried Sushi for the first time, neither of which need expansion on the story.
I also deleted all my pirated music and ate Skittles. All of this blog happened in the last three-ish days.
The new BLS students came this week, so we are working on remembering names and guitar chords.
Uhm... so that's life. Right now I'm chilling with the film guys, playing Munchkins and hashing stories and blog ideas.
So good night.
This week has been slightly crazy. I sang TFK's song 'Look Away' in front of people in order to face my fears. (while crying, so you know how that worked) As scary as it was, It was beautiful. You feel free when you are fearless! It was a pretty busy day, so a few of us stayed up 'till 3 just talking and processing life.
The next day was a silly day. We sat around and made up 'wise words' meaning things that sound smart but make no sense. As in "When the trees grow green, the cows are beautiful." Yeah, that sounds smart right? Then a large amount of us girls had a tickle fight with 8 people on one small bunk bed, which started by the Norwegians drawing smiley faces on one of the napping girl's toes. I got a snail drawn on my shoulder.
I gave away some of my art to one of the beautiful ladies on my school, and wished a Happy birthday to my beautiful 14 year old sister (from the future), AND wrote and began illustrating a story, which I want to share when it's finished.
I joined a flash mob, and tried Sushi for the first time, neither of which need expansion on the story.
I also deleted all my pirated music and ate Skittles. All of this blog happened in the last three-ish days.
The new BLS students came this week, so we are working on remembering names and guitar chords.
Uhm... so that's life. Right now I'm chilling with the film guys, playing Munchkins and hashing stories and blog ideas.
So good night.
Saturday, 4 January 2014
AIRLIE
How long has it been since I updated? It seems like a long time.
Let us start with the last week of Lectures. Gwendy spoke about Fear of the Lord, and explained that fear is part awe and respect, part obedience, and If you do that, the afraid aspect isn't as scary. We also talked about brain/addiction connections and chose something we each want to change about our thinking. things like not judging, not complaining, not speaking ugliness and the like. Christmas. We decorated the base, had an awesome Christmas party, did the secret Santa thing, and I spent my Christmas day on the beach eating BBQ kangaroo (tastes like wild beef) and wishing I knew how to surf. All in all, I had an amazing Christmas, even though I missed home a little bit.
At 4AM that weekend we headed off to Airlie Beach for a week of Impact Summer. On the way there, I was in the bus, and I slept most of the way. that is a really good thing, because it has no AC, and it blew a tire... I slept through almost 16 hours of it. We were working with two other YWAM bases running the Chai tent. I spent a lot of it talking to these four travelers from Sweden and France about anything from God to art and tattoos. They are some really cool guys. We also took shifts praying for the town, cleaning, praising and all the other goodness like that. Crazy thing, one time there was a bunch of us randomly doodling during prayer, and three of us drew the same thing, A tent with a vortex of fire and guardian angels protecting and inviting the way to Heaven. Later that day,someone read about the tent of meeting (Exodus33). IT WAS AN EXACT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE DREW! How sweet is that? The way back was uneventful, except for minor sunburn and I wrote a story. uhm... yeah. not much else is happening. I still learn so much every day, and I encourage you to ... ya know... message me!
Fireworks
Robin and Robyn
ocean breeze
Xmas tree!
giant picture
live art
Daniel made heart pancakes!
Japan brekkie
A few of my favourite things
what we DIDN'T see in theatres...
on the way to Airlie
Let us start with the last week of Lectures. Gwendy spoke about Fear of the Lord, and explained that fear is part awe and respect, part obedience, and If you do that, the afraid aspect isn't as scary. We also talked about brain/addiction connections and chose something we each want to change about our thinking. things like not judging, not complaining, not speaking ugliness and the like. Christmas. We decorated the base, had an awesome Christmas party, did the secret Santa thing, and I spent my Christmas day on the beach eating BBQ kangaroo (tastes like wild beef) and wishing I knew how to surf. All in all, I had an amazing Christmas, even though I missed home a little bit.
At 4AM that weekend we headed off to Airlie Beach for a week of Impact Summer. On the way there, I was in the bus, and I slept most of the way. that is a really good thing, because it has no AC, and it blew a tire... I slept through almost 16 hours of it. We were working with two other YWAM bases running the Chai tent. I spent a lot of it talking to these four travelers from Sweden and France about anything from God to art and tattoos. They are some really cool guys. We also took shifts praying for the town, cleaning, praising and all the other goodness like that. Crazy thing, one time there was a bunch of us randomly doodling during prayer, and three of us drew the same thing, A tent with a vortex of fire and guardian angels protecting and inviting the way to Heaven. Later that day,someone read about the tent of meeting (Exodus33). IT WAS AN EXACT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE DREW! How sweet is that? The way back was uneventful, except for minor sunburn and I wrote a story. uhm... yeah. not much else is happening. I still learn so much every day, and I encourage you to ... ya know... message me!
Touristy pics for Mom.
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