I'm defenitly not a photographer, I still got nothing.
Anyways remember those pinapples I mentioend, yeah we bought 7 of them for $4, which with the exhcange rate what it's at that is like $2 canadian...pretty sweet eh? I'm pretty sure I ate a whole one today.
Funny story, my mother, bless her and a Happy Birthday to her as well, which is yesterday my time but I hope still today her time, but then i remembered her trip to Europe and I've no idea what time it is anywhere anymore, not even here. Oh right I was about to tell a story. My amazing mother sent me some cadbury mini eggs, evil chocolaty things that they are because of exploited coco workers...sorry, she sent them about 5 or six weeks ago and they still have no found me yet. I'm quite sad about it as are s few other students who're excited for North American Mini Eggs.
Anyhways, tomorrow's the day of days. We're officially finished with lecture phase and we're off to start our outreach on the island of Kioa. Not sure where it is but God's coming with so I think we'll find it. And if we don't we'll find a better palce.
This week was cool for lectures. Jim Hurn is a fun as guy (that's funny as, not funny ass...it's Kiwi jargan) Loads of energy and he spoke on guidance. The most important thing, You can't stear a ship if it's not moving. the same goes for cars, bikes, planes. God tells us when we're off the path, so start moving and he'll speak to you, and me.
Hope to play some touch rugby tonight with some lcoal guys, should eb an experience and a half.
AND I do not plan on hitting up a computer for another 6 weeks so hoep you all can have fun not hearing from me and trying to decipher what I'm saying through my non-spellchecked blog updates.
Until I update again,
Go Big or Go Home!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
I'm on Fiji Time!
No pictures. "WHAT!?" you cry out "You're in Fiji and no pictures?" Well to be honest I am in Lautoka and there's not much worthy of me taking pictures. All those picturesque shots are the resorts. Next time you're here try getting into the real Fiji, it's even better.
To be honest, I think that this part of Fiji is very similar to Tijuana Mexico, only more tropical. The market's kind of cool, fresh pinapples availabel like EVERY day. And one thing that I think is amazing is that the people here know how to take a day off. On Good Friday, easter monday and every Sunday almost everything is closed down except for a random shop, the hotel restraunts and 1 internet cafe. A day off is a day off.
We've been staying at a couple different places, and by that I mean that we're spread out. Some sleep here, meals happen over there and then others are a 5 minute taxi ride away. I am part of those others.
The weeks here have been a true test of faith. we've been growing a lot anf tried even more. I feel that we're going to come through the fire better for it. Outreach starts in about a week and i'm nervous and excited.
OH! the sail...it was the most boring hardcore adventure I've ever had. The ship has auto pilot so you just stand and makesure you're not going to run into anything...except waves, we can hit those. Most everyone got sea sick. some more than others. I managed not to and I did not take any medication. My secret was stay outside as much as possible. I have been told that if I the Pacific Link doesn't make me sick than I am a born sailer. Aparently she has the ability to humble even the most experienced sailors. The only 'fun' thing I did was get 9 hours of steering under my belt; 1 more and I'll get a cirtificate of recognision that can be used as a reference if I ever want to get a job working aboard a ship.
So I'm still holding to God's promise to show me what He's got for me. At the moment I'm feeling torn. I could head to the South Island New Zealand for the snowboarding work and trying to hookup or start some kind of ministry reaching out to snowboarders and skiiers. My other option would be spending three or four weeks in Afghanistan to go on a ten day trek taking the gospel to villages that have never recieved it in written word. This would be as a member of a team that Dave is putting together. While more short term than I am looking for, I'm feeling a greater sense of peace about it, and MAN what an experience it would be. Back on the other hand I haven't yet lived on my own for any period of time and I believe that is somthing that makes Wanaka and New Zealand a moe unsettling choice.
That's my struggle, but I'm trusting in God, and from all the stories we've been reading about while on this school I don't think I'll be suprised if He takes me in some other direction all together.
Your prays are always welcome. If you don't fancy youself a religous person just think on me everyonce in a while.
Oh, I can't leave out. The Rugby here. Fijians LOVE Rugby. I would put Lautoka at Half the size of langley, but they have 12+ rugby teams, The langley club fields 2. I didn't get in on a game this past week. But look out, cause this saturday I'm going for it.
Until next time, Go Big or Go Home!
To be honest, I think that this part of Fiji is very similar to Tijuana Mexico, only more tropical. The market's kind of cool, fresh pinapples availabel like EVERY day. And one thing that I think is amazing is that the people here know how to take a day off. On Good Friday, easter monday and every Sunday almost everything is closed down except for a random shop, the hotel restraunts and 1 internet cafe. A day off is a day off.
We've been staying at a couple different places, and by that I mean that we're spread out. Some sleep here, meals happen over there and then others are a 5 minute taxi ride away. I am part of those others.
The weeks here have been a true test of faith. we've been growing a lot anf tried even more. I feel that we're going to come through the fire better for it. Outreach starts in about a week and i'm nervous and excited.
OH! the sail...it was the most boring hardcore adventure I've ever had. The ship has auto pilot so you just stand and makesure you're not going to run into anything...except waves, we can hit those. Most everyone got sea sick. some more than others. I managed not to and I did not take any medication. My secret was stay outside as much as possible. I have been told that if I the Pacific Link doesn't make me sick than I am a born sailer. Aparently she has the ability to humble even the most experienced sailors. The only 'fun' thing I did was get 9 hours of steering under my belt; 1 more and I'll get a cirtificate of recognision that can be used as a reference if I ever want to get a job working aboard a ship.
So I'm still holding to God's promise to show me what He's got for me. At the moment I'm feeling torn. I could head to the South Island New Zealand for the snowboarding work and trying to hookup or start some kind of ministry reaching out to snowboarders and skiiers. My other option would be spending three or four weeks in Afghanistan to go on a ten day trek taking the gospel to villages that have never recieved it in written word. This would be as a member of a team that Dave is putting together. While more short term than I am looking for, I'm feeling a greater sense of peace about it, and MAN what an experience it would be. Back on the other hand I haven't yet lived on my own for any period of time and I believe that is somthing that makes Wanaka and New Zealand a moe unsettling choice.
That's my struggle, but I'm trusting in God, and from all the stories we've been reading about while on this school I don't think I'll be suprised if He takes me in some other direction all together.
Your prays are always welcome. If you don't fancy youself a religous person just think on me everyonce in a while.
Oh, I can't leave out. The Rugby here. Fijians LOVE Rugby. I would put Lautoka at Half the size of langley, but they have 12+ rugby teams, The langley club fields 2. I didn't get in on a game this past week. But look out, cause this saturday I'm going for it.
Until next time, Go Big or Go Home!
Friday, March 27, 2009
Week on Land
Again, I took no pictures this week, but for a different reason. We spent the week on land as the ship was dry-docked and I didn't have room to pack the camera. Not that I'd have had a chance to use it as there wasn't much beauty. Not going to lie, I missed the ship. My bunk at the Crystal Springs YWAM Base was shorter than the one on the ship and too small for me. I ended up pulling the mattress off the bed and sleeping on the floor.
I got to spend some amazing good times with God last week. We had a prayer and fast day and I never realised how even one day of fasting could help bring you closer to God. I didn't hear anything specifically from him, but simply spending time with him rocked my socks off.
We had speaking on Callings and Missions this week. What I took away from the week was that we don't have to get our calling before we head out on it. We can start moving towards something in faith and if our path changes along the way and heads to a destination we couldn't see at the beginning so be it. So now I'm going to step out and give God control. I'll make sure that I let him navigate and tell me where I'm to go. He's the captain of the ship, and I'm the helmsman, so ultimately it's up to me to obey his directions.
Tomorrow's the Big day for us. We're sailing to Fiji; 5 nights and 6 days at seas. It'll be an experience to remember. I am planning on NOT taking any sea sickness pills as I want to either not be sea sick at all, or feel its full force.
I purchased a rain jacket today, and a nice one at that. It's a light weight trekking style jacket with taped seams, sealed zippers and made out of the best...Gore-tex. And let's not forget the 40% off part, that's also a super bonus. It's a Kathmandu Jacket, which if I recon correctly, is similar to Canada’s MEC. Don't quote me on that one but I will find out more about the great outdoor shops the longer I'm here.
Still in the market for a tent and I still think that the best place will be MEC in Canada.
For those who don't know, I'm an uncle now. Me beautiful sister had a beautiful little baby. WOOT WOOT! Shout out to her.
OH! Exciting news, I've figured out my catch phrase for signing out of my Blogs...and a lot of other things...
Go Big or Go Home. This isn’t just a phrase to spure you on and encourage you on to grand adventures, but you also have to take in the second part. Sometimes it is better to "go home" as it were than to risk it all. It's another way to say "All or Nothing."
So folks, until the next time I get to post updates,
Go Big, or Go Home!
I got to spend some amazing good times with God last week. We had a prayer and fast day and I never realised how even one day of fasting could help bring you closer to God. I didn't hear anything specifically from him, but simply spending time with him rocked my socks off.
We had speaking on Callings and Missions this week. What I took away from the week was that we don't have to get our calling before we head out on it. We can start moving towards something in faith and if our path changes along the way and heads to a destination we couldn't see at the beginning so be it. So now I'm going to step out and give God control. I'll make sure that I let him navigate and tell me where I'm to go. He's the captain of the ship, and I'm the helmsman, so ultimately it's up to me to obey his directions.
Tomorrow's the Big day for us. We're sailing to Fiji; 5 nights and 6 days at seas. It'll be an experience to remember. I am planning on NOT taking any sea sickness pills as I want to either not be sea sick at all, or feel its full force.
I purchased a rain jacket today, and a nice one at that. It's a light weight trekking style jacket with taped seams, sealed zippers and made out of the best...Gore-tex. And let's not forget the 40% off part, that's also a super bonus. It's a Kathmandu Jacket, which if I recon correctly, is similar to Canada’s MEC. Don't quote me on that one but I will find out more about the great outdoor shops the longer I'm here.
Still in the market for a tent and I still think that the best place will be MEC in Canada.
For those who don't know, I'm an uncle now. Me beautiful sister had a beautiful little baby. WOOT WOOT! Shout out to her.
OH! Exciting news, I've figured out my catch phrase for signing out of my Blogs...and a lot of other things...
Go Big or Go Home. This isn’t just a phrase to spure you on and encourage you on to grand adventures, but you also have to take in the second part. Sometimes it is better to "go home" as it were than to risk it all. It's another way to say "All or Nothing."
So folks, until the next time I get to post updates,
Go Big, or Go Home!
Friday, March 20, 2009
Orama and Beyond
So, no pictures this week because it was too beautiful for me to stop looking and go get my camera. Last week my front door opened out onto a goergious bay, yes we had to take a boat to get to land. It has an AMAZING view of rolling hills, mini mountains might be the best way to place them, This was on Great Barrier Island. Perhaps I can find a map for you and link it to the Title of this post. (We were in the Port Fitzroy area)
Orama is a small christian camp that exists to help people. It's a place of restoration. They also help to facilitate outdoor adventure camps for schools or other groups. It's an amazing place of beauty with hiking trails all over, and nothing but nature and people to be with. It was difficult to leave, and arriving in Auckland 4 hours later was a bit of a culture shock for some people. The harsh contrast between the little community and a large city. There have been many things I've seen on this trip that I've thought to myself that I'll never get to see again, but I think I will be back to Orama at least one more time.
While we were there I got the opportunity to go surfing, or splashing in the surf. Needless to say I did not do too well, but cool story. One of the guys I was surfing with started talking to one of the other guys out there, turns out he's in the top 25surfers in the world on vacation surfing the same spot as me...cool eh?
We're now in Auckland for a few days and I'm chilling at Frank and Colleen's house in the suburbs of the city. A very nice place I must admit. I didn't really want to get away from everyone else on the ship, but at the same time it may be a good thing to breat in some space.
SO much to share. This week's teachings was on Identity and our speaker was AMAZING! she's been through so much walking alongside God that he was able to use her story to speak volumes into each one of our lives. For me I came to DTS searching for a vision, a dream or a direction to take in life, but direction is somthing we get after we know who we are in God. If the direction is Point B, and knowing God is point A and all I wanted was point B then I've missed out on just how AMAZING and AWSOME (making it AMAZOME) point A is.
Oh, yeah there's not enough time in the day to study all the cool things in the Bible, especially when there's 4 more weeks of lectures that are all going to be so good and full of MORE stuff that I'll want to dive into and study.
I think this blog system is too limiting. I need multiple sections for different topics and ideas that want to flow. If anyone knows of some other systems of webpage managment, that'd be great.
PEACE!
Orama is a small christian camp that exists to help people. It's a place of restoration. They also help to facilitate outdoor adventure camps for schools or other groups. It's an amazing place of beauty with hiking trails all over, and nothing but nature and people to be with. It was difficult to leave, and arriving in Auckland 4 hours later was a bit of a culture shock for some people. The harsh contrast between the little community and a large city. There have been many things I've seen on this trip that I've thought to myself that I'll never get to see again, but I think I will be back to Orama at least one more time.
While we were there I got the opportunity to go surfing, or splashing in the surf. Needless to say I did not do too well, but cool story. One of the guys I was surfing with started talking to one of the other guys out there, turns out he's in the top 25surfers in the world on vacation surfing the same spot as me...cool eh?
We're now in Auckland for a few days and I'm chilling at Frank and Colleen's house in the suburbs of the city. A very nice place I must admit. I didn't really want to get away from everyone else on the ship, but at the same time it may be a good thing to breat in some space.
SO much to share. This week's teachings was on Identity and our speaker was AMAZING! she's been through so much walking alongside God that he was able to use her story to speak volumes into each one of our lives. For me I came to DTS searching for a vision, a dream or a direction to take in life, but direction is somthing we get after we know who we are in God. If the direction is Point B, and knowing God is point A and all I wanted was point B then I've missed out on just how AMAZING and AWSOME (making it AMAZOME) point A is.
Oh, yeah there's not enough time in the day to study all the cool things in the Bible, especially when there's 4 more weeks of lectures that are all going to be so good and full of MORE stuff that I'll want to dive into and study.
I think this blog system is too limiting. I need multiple sections for different topics and ideas that want to flow. If anyone knows of some other systems of webpage managment, that'd be great.
PEACE!
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Shipping Out
Well, I'm sailing out tonight at 19:00 h. We're heading to Great Barrier Island for a week and it's only going to be a 12 hour sail. From there we head to Auckland for a week so the ship can dry dock and then it's off to Fiji, six days and five nights on the water sailing in the deep blue. I'm so excited. How excited? SO excited.
I don't have manyd etails on what/where I'll be doing anything in Fiji, but I do know that I'll get a chance to help with the ship's clinic and eye tests and even visit schools to educate kids.
After Fiji, we're going to be splitting off into two seperate outreach groups. I've heard God telling me to go with the team to New Zealand. The plan is to fly into Christchurch and three weeks later end up in Auckland...Yup, that's the plan. We know the beginning and the end and everythign in the middle is up to God. We're going to spend a lot of time listening for guidance. I'm SO totally up for it.
To try and fill you in on what's been happening. Our alst week's speaker was talking to us on intercession and prayer, an amazing week if I've ever had one before. I'm so excited fro prayer and digging into God's word.
I've also realised that if/when I get bakc to a "normal" life, I'm not going to any any time to do anything else but read and pray...
I'm sure there was stuff I thought about putting here that I've forgotten about. OH Cathedral cove, it's the location where they filmed Prince Caspian, or part of it. The scene where the kids come out of the cave back into Narnia. It's actually wasn't much of a lcoation, but an awsome day trip one the less.
I ahd a crazy idea, or an awsome idea. hwo cool would it be to get a flight or a ship to the closest part of mainland asia and backpack my way to Europe and then fly/boat to eastern North America and backpack/hitchhike to BC?
I'm actually thinking about it. Of course it's not just a trip for me, but a chance to spread the gospel through the world.
I don't have manyd etails on what/where I'll be doing anything in Fiji, but I do know that I'll get a chance to help with the ship's clinic and eye tests and even visit schools to educate kids.
After Fiji, we're going to be splitting off into two seperate outreach groups. I've heard God telling me to go with the team to New Zealand. The plan is to fly into Christchurch and three weeks later end up in Auckland...Yup, that's the plan. We know the beginning and the end and everythign in the middle is up to God. We're going to spend a lot of time listening for guidance. I'm SO totally up for it.
To try and fill you in on what's been happening. Our alst week's speaker was talking to us on intercession and prayer, an amazing week if I've ever had one before. I'm so excited fro prayer and digging into God's word.
I've also realised that if/when I get bakc to a "normal" life, I'm not going to any any time to do anything else but read and pray...
I'm sure there was stuff I thought about putting here that I've forgotten about. OH Cathedral cove, it's the location where they filmed Prince Caspian, or part of it. The scene where the kids come out of the cave back into Narnia. It's actually wasn't much of a lcoation, but an awsome day trip one the less.
I ahd a crazy idea, or an awsome idea. hwo cool would it be to get a flight or a ship to the closest part of mainland asia and backpack my way to Europe and then fly/boat to eastern North America and backpack/hitchhike to BC?
I'm actually thinking about it. Of course it's not just a trip for me, but a chance to spread the gospel through the world.
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