Today's news in three main points...

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!