So... I'm getting worse and worse at blogging. I think it's because my mind has been in more of a random mindset and state of rest lately than a processing mindset, but I'll try to update yall the best I can. First, I was sick all week this week, which- if you know me at all- was really hard on me. But, God is so good and the 7th night of it all, he really brought be healing and energy, and I feel so much better. I'm still getting over it, but I definitely feel like myself again and have energy to really live... he is so good!
This week we talked about the Fatherheart of God. We did a lot of digging into our own families and thought deeply about how our families have impacted our perceptions of God as father, which was a really good thing to think about. We all shared those with eachother, and Ross (our speaker) prayed over all of us individually and annointed us, which was really powerful. We were all getting really cool words for eachother, and it was a really encouraging time.
Thursday I got to go to a BBQ and hang out with some cool homeless people. It was such an awesome time because I just hung out with them and talked. I didn't put any expectations on myself for deep conversation but just hung out, and that was so rewarding for me. I found myself about mid-way through just chillin with these guys being like, "This is totally where Jesus would have been." And somehow, the satisfaction just in that was amazing.
Friday the DTS before us got back from their outreach in Cambodia. There are 17 students that came back, 11 of which are girls, 8 of which are in our room!! It went from 3 of us to 11 of us in there... crazy! So, yeah, there are a TON (or heaps as the Aussies would say) more people on base right now! It's insane. We're totally surviving though..it's gonna be fun to hear their stories about Outreach and hang out with all of them. So Friday night, we welcomed all of them and hung out with them.
Then Saturday morning I went to the beach and took a walk and literally just hung out with God, no expectations, just being with Him. It was the most perfect morning, just walking and talking with my Dad. I walked out to this point on the beach with rocks and tidal pools and all kinds of amazing creation and felt like he was telling me it was all for me, and I just sat out there for like an hour.. it was beautiful.
Then last night, we went to Ian and Lorena's (the Aussie couple with the 4 boys) and watched a movie called Faith Like Potatoes. It was so fun just to be together and hang out just us for a night. God has really showed us this week how we are all a family and really close knit and tight we are. Being a family is so important, and God has totally brought us together and built us in that way. Last night was really fun just to experience that and just be together.
Then today I went to church and afterwards, Thea Kali and I had a little bit of an adventure. We took a really long walk trying to find Subway, and we ended up exploring and found this like Burger King twin called "Hungry Jack." So then we ate there... pretty cool. Then we had to find our way back to base, which wasn't as much of an adventure as the way there.. but def. took a long time! Now we are journaling and probably going to bed soon so we can get rested for this next week!
That's pretty much it for now.. again, I'm sure there's more. I'll try to be better at posting this week!