i am the vine

last night we started a new street ministry. as in, it's literally a "street" ministry: 

 

(joshua&jose&me)

we are warriors. 

ywam snow wars

thailand

oh! i found out today that i will definitely be going to thailand on outreach (instead of mexico). we will be spending 3 weeks in a village working with children and community services, 2 weeks in bangkok doing prostitution ministry and 10 days in las vegas doing street evangelism. 

i was disappointed when i first found out that we were going to thailand, because my immediate reaction was "not asia, again." but i am trusting that this is where god wants me to go and that he has a plan for me through all of this. so i am trying to get excited. 

it's also considerably more expensive than mexico, so please pray for my heart and my finances. 

x

weddingbells

hola! just thought i'd fill you in on a few more fun times... 

on the weekend i went to LA for a wedding - my best friend growing up was getting married and i tagged along. i ended up staying overnight with the whole bridal party and doing the bride's hair. i tried so hard to look busy at the reception because i knew no-one, and everyone hates being that kid in the corner with no friends. but it was good to go. 

pretty, huh? 

the downside was that i burnt my neck really bad on a broken curling iron that we were using for the bridesmaids... i got some awkward looks from people back at ywam... hah. 

every week we get a different guest speaker to come in and teach about a different topic. this week has been on the character of god, and so far i have only experienced solid bible-based teaching, which is so so good. the classes are longer and denser than i thought they would... it makes sense to have 4 hours of teaching each day, but i do start to struggle in the final hour. this speaker decided that he would have us all wear a ball and chain around our ankle for a full hour, so that was fun to watch until it was my turn...

vegemite

i made them try it... 

whitney didn't feel so good afterwards. 

school's in for the summer.

hi! i should probably tell ya'll about the school since i've been here a week now (the "ya'll" was just a little joke there...)

so, here are the stats: 

there are 50 students at the school here, all living together at the base, split up into 3 separate courses. there are 20 in my course representing 11 different countries. i share a room with 5 other girls and we come from 5 different countries. america, australia, newzealand, switzerland & korea. it's a great group of girls - i don't think you could get a more versatile mix of personalities. (they mostly call me 'sydney' or 'australia' around here... i doubt half of them actually know my name)

our daily timetable includes meals, quiet time, worship, 4 classes, work duties, local outreaches, small group time and free time. they like to pack a lot in here. 

weekends are pretty much free, just as long as we go to church sometime on sunday. we've started a sunday-night-bowling-for-75c tradition, which is fun for everyone except me who has come last in every game i've played so far... there are just some things in life i will never ever be good at. 

last night we went on our first local outreach, which was serving coffee at a coffee house in downtown denver. it was a crash pad for homeless people, so we spent most of the time having crazy conversations with the people, playing scrabble and wading through the cigarette smoke. i spoke for about an hour with a guy who became a christian after finding out he was diagnosed with aids... very intense. 

so, the times a good. i am very excited about the things that god is going to do while i am here.. i can't believe it has only been 10 days, it feels like i have known these people for years and learnt so much already!

call me?

my cell phone number here is +1 720 917 5063

i would recommend texting me instead of calling, cause i do have to go to classes.