Sabbath

It is Sunday here and absolutely perfect weather. I "slept in" (8 is typically as late as my body allows me to sleep) this morning and then woke up to work on my journal. We have homework pretty regularly, as it is a school, and keeping a detailed journal is one of our assignments. We have to take notes during lectures and then respond to the prompts in our journal. They tell us to be as creative as possible and often allow us to draw instead of write in response to the prompts. I'm really enjoying getting to express what the Lord is doing in my life.

I've made a few more close friends since the last time I wrote. One is another Kiwi guy, named Johnny. This guy CRACKS me up, it seems we have a lot in common in the area of movies, music, and books...so it's been really fun to have someone I can relate to. I also made friends with another German girl named Sara. She's totally cute when she can't think of the English word she's trying to say. I love her.

This week's lectures were on the character of God. After the first day of lectures, I was thinking, "Ok, that's nothing I haven't heard before." But the Lord has really been ripping me apart since then. Of course I've heard most of the characteristics of God before, but the Lord is revealing the areas in my life where I don't believe in His goodness. The last three nights He's woken me up for about two hours and just brought things to the surface that I have been hiding for a long time. Please pray for me as I work through these areas. Satan knows where my weaknesses are and he is attacking like crazy. I'm praying for release from past misconceptions about who God really is.

The internet is still not working on base, so no pictures yet, but I promise I will post some as soon as it is up and running. In the meantime, I am having a BLAST being part of this family. Family is the only word for the base here in Perth. There are over 365 staff and students living on or around the base, and we eat meals together almost every night. There are movie nights, ping pong games, people studying, at all hours of the day and night. We all have family chores and we all take care of eachother's needs. For the first time I feel like I am living out life like the apostles did. We have Friday night meetings every Friday night here, which is basically just like a church service. All of the staff and students come together for prayer, worship, the Word of the Lord. It was so neat this past Friday...all the children of staff members bring their sleeping bags and set them up at the back of the room, and read and play in their jammies while the service is going on. I LOVE it. How awesome would it be to grow up on a base like this? so cool. anyways....that's what's been going on around here. I miss everyone a lot. I will write again soon!