Well hello everybody. This week was great. First we had some teaching from David Cowie, the founder of Marine Reach, and then for the last half of the week we had our school leader, Cheyne (pronounced Shane) Hosking. He spoke on the Word of the Lord, and it was really good, like really good. He just went at it with asking us questions and having us fill out questionnaires to see what we need to work on, like I realized that I read the Bible for accomplishment rather than to get to know God, which is the only reason you should really be reading it. What’s the point otherwise? Ok, well I guess if you were wanting to check some theology or whatever, but honestly, let’s get to know him. But yea, it was a really amazing week of teaching from Cheyne.
The best part of this week was really the weekend, it all started on Friday night when we had a BBQ/Dance party with a 40s/30s theme. The other married couple in our DTS, Michael and Leah from Canada, taught us all how to jive, cha-cha, and waltz. It was awesome. We were dancing all night long, and everyone got into it, even the boys who said they wouldn’t, it was great. So now we are a dancing school and we are planning on having more dance parties. So yea, that was really fun because we got to dress up and just hang out and relax outside of the ship. But then on Saturday we got to go to a rugby game between the All Blacks and the Springboks (New Zealand vs. South Africa). New Zealand lost, but it was such a close game. It seriously came down to the last couple of seconds and we were almost there. It was awesome. We all put on face paint and yea, it was just fun. But Rugby is huge here, and this game was a really big deal, a lot of South Africans moved here and so yea, it wasn’t like everyone was rooting for NZ, it was fairly even on both sides, and apparently ZA fans are crazy, so yea. People were throwing their beer bottles onto the field during half time, it was pretty funny, nothing serious. Oh and the coolest part is at the beginning of the game when the All Blacks do this thing called a Haka. It’s like a chant type thing, but it is a Maori tradition and they like are yelling this thing at the top of their lungs and they’re like sumo wrestlers but not. I don’t know, it’s just awesome and uber intimidating. You should all go look up a video of it.
Heidi
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
9/7
Hey everyone, things here are going very well. The last couple of weeks have gone by fairly quickly. We had Matt Dawson come and talk about relationships. Last week we had Jono Turner talking about the Holy Spirit, he brought up some incredible ideas. He shared the week with his wife, Mary, and she shared on authority and submission. This week we have David Cowie on standing in the gap, compassion, and hope. And when we’re not in classes, we have been hanging out on the ship or walking into town.
We are about a ten minute walk from the city center of Tauranga. Being closer to town is nice. We no longer have to rely on having someone with a car.
Some of the guys and I have also gone spear fishing in our spare time. That is a lot of fun. And a friend here got me a spear so I can go at the same time. The water is really cold here so we have to borrow wetsuits, which keeps us kind of warm, but your head feels like it’s frozen.
Last weekend we helped out at a wedding. We actually did all the catering for it, the music, setup, teardown, and videotaping. The couple went through YWAM, so that is why we got to help them. It was a long day but it was a lot of fun.
I have been working on my beard. We are wrapping up the first week of shaveless September. Most of the guys on the ship are joining in. It should be interesting by the end of the month. I will keep you posted. And just to let you know, I’m doing quite well in the competition.
We have finally found out where we are going for outreach. Our team will be going to Bali in Indonesia. We don’t know a whole lot yet but we leave around October 16. We will stay there for three weeks then fly back to the ship. Once back to the ship we will spend another month going from port to port around the southern island of New Zealand. While in port we will be putting on concerts and witnessing to teens.
Please continue to pray for us. So that we will remain safe while we are on outreach, and that our team will be able to come up with the money that we need, and that the rest of the teachings would continue to speak into our lives. We love and miss you all.
Andy
We are about a ten minute walk from the city center of Tauranga. Being closer to town is nice. We no longer have to rely on having someone with a car.
Some of the guys and I have also gone spear fishing in our spare time. That is a lot of fun. And a friend here got me a spear so I can go at the same time. The water is really cold here so we have to borrow wetsuits, which keeps us kind of warm, but your head feels like it’s frozen.
Last weekend we helped out at a wedding. We actually did all the catering for it, the music, setup, teardown, and videotaping. The couple went through YWAM, so that is why we got to help them. It was a long day but it was a lot of fun.
I have been working on my beard. We are wrapping up the first week of shaveless September. Most of the guys on the ship are joining in. It should be interesting by the end of the month. I will keep you posted. And just to let you know, I’m doing quite well in the competition.
We have finally found out where we are going for outreach. Our team will be going to Bali in Indonesia. We don’t know a whole lot yet but we leave around October 16. We will stay there for three weeks then fly back to the ship. Once back to the ship we will spend another month going from port to port around the southern island of New Zealand. While in port we will be putting on concerts and witnessing to teens.
Please continue to pray for us. So that we will remain safe while we are on outreach, and that our team will be able to come up with the money that we need, and that the rest of the teachings would continue to speak into our lives. We love and miss you all.
Andy
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