The boys shower block.
An uprooted hot water tank.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Adventures with EARTHQUAKES
Earthquake damage. We raised more then $7000 from all the ywam students at Kona to restore the Makapala base.
The boys shower block.
An uprooted hot water tank.
The boys shower block.An uprooted hot water tank.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Adventures at the Beach
I don't have time to write a whole lot. There was a huge earthquake here and we were only 20 miles from the epicenter. Everyone is fine although a little shaken still because the quake was 6.5 which is fairly large.
Five buildings at the base aren't safe to live in anymore. A few have cement floors cracked in half.
I'll post more pics when I can.
thanks!
I made some wallpaper from a photo I took at a bon-fire the night of the earthquake. I didn't change the picture I just added the text. Thats actually how it turned out!
Students cliff jumping (incase you are wondering, I just took photos, no jumping for me).
The rocks we went hiking on, on saturday. Check out the color of the water!
My friend Beth (from Illinois) and I at the welcome ceremony.
The welcome ceremony when we arrived in Makapala.
The buses we take to and from our base to Kona.
Some computer wallpaper I made. The photo was taken on the beach on Saturday. The person is Kara, my one-on-one/Hui group leader.
Five buildings at the base aren't safe to live in anymore. A few have cement floors cracked in half.
I'll post more pics when I can.
thanks!
I made some wallpaper from a photo I took at a bon-fire the night of the earthquake. I didn't change the picture I just added the text. Thats actually how it turned out!
Students cliff jumping (incase you are wondering, I just took photos, no jumping for me).
The rocks we went hiking on, on saturday. Check out the color of the water!
My friend Beth (from Illinois) and I at the welcome ceremony.
The welcome ceremony when we arrived in Makapala.
The buses we take to and from our base to Kona.
Some computer wallpaper I made. The photo was taken on the beach on Saturday. The person is Kara, my one-on-one/Hui group leader.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Adventures at Makapala
Hey!
It will be a while longer until we have Internet at our new base. It was ordered a month ago but is still on the way from Florida (a satellite dish). The base is nice. It’s in the middle of nowhere but very peaceful and beautiful. Being surrounded by trees reminds me of home.
I share a room with 18 other girls. It’s not bad though because most of the younger girls are in the other room. Somehow I ended up with mostly the 20 – 25 year olds. So it is usually quieter then the other room.
Right now we are in Kona for the Gathering that takes place every Thursday with all the other DTS’. We also get our mail and have a Wal Mart stop. Good times!
The building we are staying in was built in 1840. There is no glass in the one wall, just screens. There are huge spiders up in the roof but I haven’t seen any come down yet. The showers were just installed (there was no stalls before), so they are nice. The beds are comfy and I got the bottom bunk so I hung photos above me. I’m having a great time and learning a ton. We do an hour of intercession three days a week. I absolutely love it. It’s so cool to get a verse and have someone else in your group be like “look I just wrote that down!”
I’ve been very healthy so far. My allergies are better then they are in Canada. Today the lady who was cooking lunch made me a special lunch with chicken instead of pasta. I bought some soymilk yesterday and I’m able to keep it in a fridge near the kitchen. So I had Rice Crispies for breakfast today. They were yummy.
This week we are learning about “The Character and Nature of God.” It’s heavy stuff, but they explain everything with Bible verses and strongly encourage you to study it for yourself.
I would say the main ways I’ve grown so far is a deeper desire to read and study the Bible. The words really come alive. Also, I’ve learned a lot and grown in confidence about hearing God’s voice.
I’ve been sleeping really well because I’m such a heavy sleeper. I’m tired but we have almost every afternoon off.
God really blessed me in my work duty that I was assigned. One of the staff shared last week in their testimony about some medical problems and how they struggle with having energy sometimes. Afterward I had gone to talk to her and told her how I related. It turned out that she is the one in charge of assigning work duties and because she knew of my situation she assigned me to the speaker hospitality team (which over 40 people applied for and there were only two positions). So my responsibilities are making sure the speaker has water, decorating the table at the front of the lecture hall, making the speaker breakfast in the morning, making thank-you cards and welcome cards, and a few other things. I’m really enjoying it!
There is a couple here that just lost their 18-year-old son in January. Their son had wanted to do a DTS and so now they are completing their sons dream. They are Christians as well and they are a really inspiriting with their faith in their time of pain. They are extremely open about talking about it and super, super nice people. The lady takes care of everyone and loves to chat.
I think my favorite times are the intercession times. Its so exciting to hear God speaking about what we are to pray about and spend time listening. My friend Sara (I’ll put up a picture soon) leads the intercession times. She is on staff but we just clicked and we’re buddies now. She’s a super sweetheart.
I’m going to buy some plastic bins at Wal Mart to organize my stuff.
I miss you all but I love it here!
Hopefully we’ll have Internet at the base soon and I’ll be able to write you all back.
It will be a while longer until we have Internet at our new base. It was ordered a month ago but is still on the way from Florida (a satellite dish). The base is nice. It’s in the middle of nowhere but very peaceful and beautiful. Being surrounded by trees reminds me of home.
I share a room with 18 other girls. It’s not bad though because most of the younger girls are in the other room. Somehow I ended up with mostly the 20 – 25 year olds. So it is usually quieter then the other room.
Right now we are in Kona for the Gathering that takes place every Thursday with all the other DTS’. We also get our mail and have a Wal Mart stop. Good times!
The building we are staying in was built in 1840. There is no glass in the one wall, just screens. There are huge spiders up in the roof but I haven’t seen any come down yet. The showers were just installed (there was no stalls before), so they are nice. The beds are comfy and I got the bottom bunk so I hung photos above me. I’m having a great time and learning a ton. We do an hour of intercession three days a week. I absolutely love it. It’s so cool to get a verse and have someone else in your group be like “look I just wrote that down!”
I’ve been very healthy so far. My allergies are better then they are in Canada. Today the lady who was cooking lunch made me a special lunch with chicken instead of pasta. I bought some soymilk yesterday and I’m able to keep it in a fridge near the kitchen. So I had Rice Crispies for breakfast today. They were yummy.
This week we are learning about “The Character and Nature of God.” It’s heavy stuff, but they explain everything with Bible verses and strongly encourage you to study it for yourself.
I would say the main ways I’ve grown so far is a deeper desire to read and study the Bible. The words really come alive. Also, I’ve learned a lot and grown in confidence about hearing God’s voice.
I’ve been sleeping really well because I’m such a heavy sleeper. I’m tired but we have almost every afternoon off.
God really blessed me in my work duty that I was assigned. One of the staff shared last week in their testimony about some medical problems and how they struggle with having energy sometimes. Afterward I had gone to talk to her and told her how I related. It turned out that she is the one in charge of assigning work duties and because she knew of my situation she assigned me to the speaker hospitality team (which over 40 people applied for and there were only two positions). So my responsibilities are making sure the speaker has water, decorating the table at the front of the lecture hall, making the speaker breakfast in the morning, making thank-you cards and welcome cards, and a few other things. I’m really enjoying it!
There is a couple here that just lost their 18-year-old son in January. Their son had wanted to do a DTS and so now they are completing their sons dream. They are Christians as well and they are a really inspiriting with their faith in their time of pain. They are extremely open about talking about it and super, super nice people. The lady takes care of everyone and loves to chat.
I think my favorite times are the intercession times. Its so exciting to hear God speaking about what we are to pray about and spend time listening. My friend Sara (I’ll put up a picture soon) leads the intercession times. She is on staff but we just clicked and we’re buddies now. She’s a super sweetheart.
I’m going to buy some plastic bins at Wal Mart to organize my stuff.
I miss you all but I love it here!
Hopefully we’ll have Internet at the base soon and I’ll be able to write you all back.
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Adventures with More Photos
Hannah, Janet, and I are hanging out at a sweet coffee shop. It's called "badas" not really but I don't want to have cuss words on my website. Its all about donkeys and they have signs like "donkey x-ing" and stuffed donkeys.
The breeze off the ocean is beautiful. Its cool in the shade and the breeze is warm and gentle. I'm sipping on a fruit smoothie and surfing the internet.
Hannah and Janet hanging out at the coffee shop.
The view from the coffee shop where I am updating the blog from.
Rachel (left) and Hannah (right), two of my roommates.
Two girls from my extended Hui group (we got together with two other Hui groups). Me (middle), Brittany (sitting on left) and Beth (sitting on right).
Photos By Hannah Greene (excellent roomie)
The breeze off the ocean is beautiful. Its cool in the shade and the breeze is warm and gentle. I'm sipping on a fruit smoothie and surfing the internet.
Hannah and Janet hanging out at the coffee shop.
The view from the coffee shop where I am updating the blog from.
Rachel (left) and Hannah (right), two of my roommates.
Two girls from my extended Hui group (we got together with two other Hui groups). Me (middle), Brittany (sitting on left) and Beth (sitting on right).
Photos By Hannah Greene (excellent roomie)
Friday, October 06, 2006
Adventures in Worship on the Beach
NEWS BULLETIN: For the next few days I won't have internet because we are moving to the Makapala base and it's not installed yet.
So last night we had an impromptu worship service on the beach outside our hotel. We had already sung for an hour in the Ohana Court on campus, but it just felt right.
The ocean was beautiful. The light reflected off the surface and the waves rolled in gently. There was a violin and two guitars and they just took requests and we sang standing around in the sand. There were about twenty of us.
One 17 year old girl was baptized in the pacific as we sang. I got to sit with her and listen to her testimony after. In the last 24 hours her relationship with Jesus had become real and she had begun to fall in love with Him.
A few people came out from the bar and listened to us sing. A few drug addicts walked in off the pier and watched. One man became a Christian and made an appointment to meet with a student next week and learn about how to walk it out. Another woman was prayed for and held for a while as she listened to our songs of worship.
It was beautiful.
So last night we had an impromptu worship service on the beach outside our hotel. We had already sung for an hour in the Ohana Court on campus, but it just felt right.
The ocean was beautiful. The light reflected off the surface and the waves rolled in gently. There was a violin and two guitars and they just took requests and we sang standing around in the sand. There were about twenty of us.
One 17 year old girl was baptized in the pacific as we sang. I got to sit with her and listen to her testimony after. In the last 24 hours her relationship with Jesus had become real and she had begun to fall in love with Him.
A few people came out from the bar and listened to us sing. A few drug addicts walked in off the pier and watched. One man became a Christian and made an appointment to meet with a student next week and learn about how to walk it out. Another woman was prayed for and held for a while as she listened to our songs of worship.
It was beautiful.
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