It was passover yesterday.
We had this big dinner called a Sedar and our Messianic Jew (Jew for Jesus, or as his T-shirt says - Jesus made me Kosher) friend Will lead the procession. I'd love to tell you about how all the stuff the Jews traditionally do is acutally all about Jesus and for tells the future. But I don't fell i have time now, and i suspect i never will. Set yourself a challenge - find out!
The highlight of the dinner came for me as some one asked me to pass the Bitter Herbs.
I wittily replied: "Would you like me to pass them over, ha ha ha, passover them!!"
It was funny trust me. But having a strange accent as i do, i barely need to burp and it's funny.
Here's a joke i just made up:
Why was Jesus crucified in Jerusalem?
Because if He was crucified in America, it wouldn't be easter.
God Bless
Friday, March 25, 2005
Faith Week
From tomo (sat) morn to sat evening next week i will be kicked of the YWAM base with two friends and NZ$30. that is around 12 pounds. We're going to hitch hike around, follow God's lead, preach the gospel.
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
NZ to Israel
Over Asia. Hong Kong, China, Mongolia, Trans-siberian train to Moscow, up to St Petersburg, across to Helsinki and down to Israel.
Imagine the amount of Scrabble you could play on a seven day train ride. Also chatting to strangers, which is fast becoming my most favoured hobby.
In the team:
Conor (Irish, that's right I've become Catholic)
Ben (Texas, 20, dreadlocks, fun, leader 1)
Heidi (Finish, 20, great leader 2)
Ken (Half Aztec Indian (native American), 20, mountaineer, deep thinker and cool)
Laura (American, 35, ex air force)
Hwai-Jinn (Female, 26, Singapore (which is a country, not an airline), accountant and Manderin speaker)
So that's us. They're a great bunch of people and we should work well as a team. It's a little bit too exciting. Not certain what we will be doing yet, but we have contacts in the areas who are helping arrange stuff.
Imagine the amount of Scrabble you could play on a seven day train ride. Also chatting to strangers, which is fast becoming my most favoured hobby.
In the team:
Conor (Irish, that's right I've become Catholic)
Ben (Texas, 20, dreadlocks, fun, leader 1)
Heidi (Finish, 20, great leader 2)
Ken (Half Aztec Indian (native American), 20, mountaineer, deep thinker and cool)
Laura (American, 35, ex air force)
Hwai-Jinn (Female, 26, Singapore (which is a country, not an airline), accountant and Manderin speaker)
So that's us. They're a great bunch of people and we should work well as a team. It's a little bit too exciting. Not certain what we will be doing yet, but we have contacts in the areas who are helping arrange stuff.
Sheeeeppppp!
How can i explain how fun it was as i held a sheep by the face today and ran a shearer across its belly. The wool fell away in reams of yellowy white fluff. It was vaguely like licking an ice cream. The newly exposed flesh was a transluscent white, beneath which you could see a pinky red. It looked like chicken.
When you grab a sheep and hold it between your legs, it sits quite confortably on its bum and kind of looks around. For a split second you could imagine it sitting in some kind of sheepy hairdressers, shooting the breeze with the stylist. No doubt complaing about a husband or boyfriend. Using his name a lot, loudly. Or perhaps discussing sofa options they have recently been presented with.
Needless to say it was fun. I am still covered in sheep juice. Their wool is so geasy it's untrue. Apparently, i am reliably informed, the grease has medicinal properties. Forgive me if i don't lick my knees.
When you grab a sheep and hold it between your legs, it sits quite confortably on its bum and kind of looks around. For a split second you could imagine it sitting in some kind of sheepy hairdressers, shooting the breeze with the stylist. No doubt complaing about a husband or boyfriend. Using his name a lot, loudly. Or perhaps discussing sofa options they have recently been presented with.
Needless to say it was fun. I am still covered in sheep juice. Their wool is so geasy it's untrue. Apparently, i am reliably informed, the grease has medicinal properties. Forgive me if i don't lick my knees.
Saturday, March 19, 2005
Palm Sunday, A Holy high Five
Went to church today (called St Andrews) with three of my room mates. One English, one American and one from New Zealand (semi british land) sound familar? We weren't late though.
Lord of the trees
In my own special way i am an elf.
I spent a mysterious time climbing, travelling, floating through a giant hedge. They call it a hedge here, but we would probably call it a forest. We climbed giant limb to giant limb, beneath the canopy, high off the ground like some kind of naked Ewoks. Shirts ripped, skin tore, but onward we pushed. But lo there was a gap in the trees and we had to gently roll across the upper canopy. One girl, an elfin gymnast monkey barred her way across beneath. Truly a death defying feat. Until finally we had reached our quarry........it was known only as....the end. Yes and went we had reached the end, we did descend. And return to base camp, sweating, bleeding and with a degree of rash. But now we were men. Stacy was less pleased than ben and i at this.
Amen.
I spent a mysterious time climbing, travelling, floating through a giant hedge. They call it a hedge here, but we would probably call it a forest. We climbed giant limb to giant limb, beneath the canopy, high off the ground like some kind of naked Ewoks. Shirts ripped, skin tore, but onward we pushed. But lo there was a gap in the trees and we had to gently roll across the upper canopy. One girl, an elfin gymnast monkey barred her way across beneath. Truly a death defying feat. Until finally we had reached our quarry........it was known only as....the end. Yes and went we had reached the end, we did descend. And return to base camp, sweating, bleeding and with a degree of rash. But now we were men. Stacy was less pleased than ben and i at this.
Amen.
Saturday, March 12, 2005
Jesus and Caves
What i learnt from it was that: You can and your supposed to.
We were being taught by this lovely woman from devon who lived and worked with Asians all her life in their countries in their familes. She'd seen really cool things happen. Miracles including raising people from the dead. Now there's a headline for you.
I learned that Jesus did stuff by the power of the Holy Spirit and commissioned us to do the same. In fact he said we would do more miracles than him. Jesus lived for 33 years and did miracles and stuff only for the last three. I reckon this lady has, in a sense, done way more than he did. Which is cool, because then she is obeying him. Jesus had to learn stuff like we do. He even had to develope his relationship with His father.
I guess this is crazy in a sense. If you read the Bible having it in mind that nothing has changes since Jesus' time, your world rocks slightly. This lady and others like her are living this Jesus life and it excites me. I'm going to give it a go from here on in.
The caves weere beautiful inside, even though no one was there to see them.
We were being taught by this lovely woman from devon who lived and worked with Asians all her life in their countries in their familes. She'd seen really cool things happen. Miracles including raising people from the dead. Now there's a headline for you.
I learned that Jesus did stuff by the power of the Holy Spirit and commissioned us to do the same. In fact he said we would do more miracles than him. Jesus lived for 33 years and did miracles and stuff only for the last three. I reckon this lady has, in a sense, done way more than he did. Which is cool, because then she is obeying him. Jesus had to learn stuff like we do. He even had to develope his relationship with His father.
I guess this is crazy in a sense. If you read the Bible having it in mind that nothing has changes since Jesus' time, your world rocks slightly. This lady and others like her are living this Jesus life and it excites me. I'm going to give it a go from here on in.
The caves weere beautiful inside, even though no one was there to see them.
Caves and Jesus
Strange title i guess, but it's two things i want to talk about.
We ventured up this cave today. It was all underground, like most caves, but unlike most caves it had a river flowing through it. Actually I've just realised most caves do have rivers in them. Anyway the water was up to our waists and freezing cold. We had to climb up all these rapids and stuff. It was so cool.
We spent the week learning about living your life like Jesus did.
We ventured up this cave today. It was all underground, like most caves, but unlike most caves it had a river flowing through it. Actually I've just realised most caves do have rivers in them. Anyway the water was up to our waists and freezing cold. We had to climb up all these rapids and stuff. It was so cool.
We spent the week learning about living your life like Jesus did.
Thursday, March 03, 2005
Outreach options
These are the six outreach options as given to us today.
The idea is we pray about which ones we would like to do and make a top three.
Then the leaders choose the teams. We're not allowed (sensibly) to discuss it with the other students and we don't know which leaders are going where. It's so exciting, check this out.
South America: Chlie, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Spain, Israel.
Africa: Perth, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Egypt, Israel
Middle East: Hong Kong or Bangkok, India, Oman, Dubai, Bahrain, Jordan, Israel.
Asia #1: Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Moscow, Russia, Turkey, Israel.
Asia #2: Indonesia, Thailand, India, Nepal or Pakistan, Egypt, Israel.
Asia #3: Hong Kong, China, Mongolia, Russia, Turkey, Israel
And possibly Ukraine or Romania or Bulgaria
Really not sure yet. Asking God a lot.
Conor
The idea is we pray about which ones we would like to do and make a top three.
Then the leaders choose the teams. We're not allowed (sensibly) to discuss it with the other students and we don't know which leaders are going where. It's so exciting, check this out.
South America: Chlie, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Spain, Israel.
Africa: Perth, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Egypt, Israel
Middle East: Hong Kong or Bangkok, India, Oman, Dubai, Bahrain, Jordan, Israel.
Asia #1: Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Moscow, Russia, Turkey, Israel.
Asia #2: Indonesia, Thailand, India, Nepal or Pakistan, Egypt, Israel.
Asia #3: Hong Kong, China, Mongolia, Russia, Turkey, Israel
And possibly Ukraine or Romania or Bulgaria
Really not sure yet. Asking God a lot.
Conor
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Swimming in the Pacific
The waves were big. Supper big. I got totally flattened by one and scrapped my otherwise soft elbows. Then i learned how to duck under them and it was better.
After being flattened i learned something profound. I was just about to head to shallower water then i realised that:
Just because something's scary, doesn't mean you shouldn't do it.
Life skills challenge:
Do 2 things today that scare you.
God Bless
After being flattened i learned something profound. I was just about to head to shallower water then i realised that:
Just because something's scary, doesn't mean you shouldn't do it.
Life skills challenge:
Do 2 things today that scare you.
God Bless
Christchurch
Christchurch is a total rip off of Cambridge.
Punting.
All the names.
It's a really nice city. We did a three point tour. Down from New Brighton pier up to the hills and then down into the heart of the city. As we are YWAM we sang and prayed at each location. At first i was very confused about why and thought, arrogantly that this didn't fall in line with my personality, but then it was fine. We were just singing some songs. And they were nice songs and everyone really loved it.
People loved it so much they talked a lot to us. Then some of them wanted prayed for and then some of them wanted to become Christians too. It was so simple and nice.
Punting.
All the names.
It's a really nice city. We did a three point tour. Down from New Brighton pier up to the hills and then down into the heart of the city. As we are YWAM we sang and prayed at each location. At first i was very confused about why and thought, arrogantly that this didn't fall in line with my personality, but then it was fine. We were just singing some songs. And they were nice songs and everyone really loved it.
People loved it so much they talked a lot to us. Then some of them wanted prayed for and then some of them wanted to become Christians too. It was so simple and nice.
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