Category: YWAM
Hamner Springs
The weekend activity last weekend was to a place called Hamner Springs. I was expecting more like natural hot springs, but it was more like a water park with warm water in all the pools. And, my new camera is water proof!
A Prayer in Wonder
Is this really you God? This is the answer I want. You never give me answers like this. This is not the way you usually answer this prayer. There’s so much I don’t know about a great many things. I’m sure this must just be me. What do I know? I generally want things that…
Last Week’s Lecture
We learned very practical knowledge for out-reach. First, we had lessons in Community Development. Basically, learning to minister to all the needs of those we’re going to be reaching out to: physical and social along with spiritual. Second, we’ve had Rus Alit here from Bali, Indonesia, to teach us about appropriate technology. All he does…
Some of you have asked
What are you going to be learning in New Zealand? I have to say, up until two days ago, I wasn’t sure myself. I knew of course that YWAM would be teaching Bible centered Christian theology. But, I didn’t know how to describe the content of that teaching. And then one of our speakers said…
What did you do today?
I’m sorry this post has been long in comming. They do like to keep us busy here. Plus, I’ve been practicing a lot to be in worship band next Monday. More on this latter, bur I think practice has been going well. Last Saturday started our first weekend activities. I’m not sure how exactly it…
Small Update
I don’t have much of an update today, other than. Yesterday, I started feeling a bit unwell. Mostly it’s just my throat, but I’ve been feeling a bit achy as well. This is frustrating because it takes a lot of effort for me to be able to socialize with new people under normal circumstances, but…
YWAM is awesome!
It’s hard to believe I’ve only been here for a little over a week. I’ve never been more sure that I’m in exactly the place I’m supposed to be. This last week, classes have covered general housekeeping details and have opened up dialog about personal devotionals, what worship is, prayer, and what it means to…
Life in New Zealand
Things are really starting to pick up. The school here has really got our days scheduled down to the last minute. A normal day looks something like this. ~Personal Devotions ~Breakfast ~Community Duties ~Worship and Prayer ~Lecture ~Morning Tea ~Lecture ~Lunch ~The afternoons and evening are filled with various activities including: Outreach Prep, Small Group,…
I’m here!
It’s 3:43 pm local time. I arrived about 3 hours ago. It was an exhausting two days, but with no major mishaps I really can’t complain. The main thing I’m feeling right now is peace. This is a beautiful country and the people are very warm and friendly. Especially here at the base. I just…
Stress
Throughout this whole process, I had yet to be stressed out about any part of it. Weather faith or optimism, I can’t tell. But today that all changed. Angela kindly called me this morning to tell me that we finally heard back from YWAM NZ, and that we had been wrong in assuming we didn’t…