God has a Father heart and He is Lord of lives. This is two topics we've looked at over the last two weeks.
Built a human pryamid. It was saturday and we were at a team building outdoor adventure place. The ultimate highlight was Hwai Jiin whose from singapore and is tiny. She was screaming at the top of her lungs, from the top of the pryamid that she was "Not okayyyyyyyy!!!!!" It was very funny.
Been doing some dancing. Definately having my second teenage years. Wasted my first being very confused. Now I'm just having a laugh with 19 year olds.
Gave my testimony at a local Alpha course, which was so much fun. Really fun because i made a friend. He works on a dairy farm and i'm going to visit it!
Two films:
We made two films over the past week or so. Found a camera a computer and a friend to do it with. Ultimate fun, seriously. We interviewed people on the street about God. They loved it, we loved it. It was the first serious film i've made. My film buddy is Ben. He's really good at loads of stuff. He can interview people well and is so good at editing. We stayed up really late and all. The other film, i didn't really make but helped with. Some friends wrote this song for one of our speakers and i filmed it. It was called "Shut up and Die" and was about the Lordship of Christ. Strange? not really.
Still sunny. Went down this freezing river on a body board and did some baking. Also enjoying the occasional trampoline.
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Saturday, April 02, 2005
It works
Faith that is. A brief methodology.
Day one
Hitch hike 3hrs across the south island with a guy who loves animals. Increase $30, sleep in motel for free. Bump into other team. Attend mass. Meet a nun. Pray for food and accommodation - receive.
Day two
Free breakfast at church. Meet people at church. Give you lunch. Three families and one lovely old lady get together and plan a day of fun. Use the snorkel God told you to bring swimming in lake Kanerie. Go to a gorge with five friends and ample new friends. Encourage thirty people in the faith. Stay at a new friend's house with five friends. Cook dinner. Food given to you by an old lady. Have fun. So much fun. Sleep, praising God again and again. Enjoy friends and cousins.
Day three
Debate what to do. Pray loads. Talk to strangers. Relax on the beach. Praise God. Visit an old lady, with whom your friend left her shoes. Have tea. China cups. Cake. Full bellies. Visit an old folks home. Enjoy the elderly, let them enjoy you. Have fun. Pray for strangers. Have dinner with old lady. Stay at her house. She's 86. Let her tell you stories of how she hung out with queen. Look at her photos. Love her. Stay at her house out of respect.
Day four
Hitchhike to Ross. Pray, walk, pray pray. Ask for food. Receive from a stranger a bag of bread and cheese. Get a lift with Glen. Stay in a motel. Pay, but only two thirds the price. Have a banquet of cheese on toast. Praise God. Pray with friends, for friends.
Day five
Visit natural hot pools. Find them through praying. Needle in a haystack. Meet people in cars. Leave for a glacier. Pray for food. Ride gives you a bag of food, uninformed, unprompted. Praise God again and again. Hear from God. Deny it again and again. Give up hope. Learn and learn. Sleep in front of the altar in a church. Praise God.
Day six
Hitch hike. Chat with a Czech lady. Arrive back to Hokitika (the land of many returns, in maouri), Ask for food and a place to stay. Pray for chicken. Pray for Hot tub. Meet another team. Let them buy you lunch. Go to their place to stay. Enjoy the company of an american gentleman. In his palace. Enjoy his chicken. Enjoy his hot tub. Praise God again and again. Brighten his day. Love him. Pray with him. See Glow worms again.
Day seven
Do work in his garden. Enjoy the company of many friends. Relax. Hitch a hike. Chat to strangers. Get home in good time. Praise God.
From here on enjoy your changed life knowing that by the Grace of God living in NZ for $10 a week and seeing stuff is possible.
I can't really say all that happened, this is merely a sketch. All the amazing stuff all the heart stuff. I felt like i learned so much in three separate directions, but i can't really define even one of them.
Day one
Hitch hike 3hrs across the south island with a guy who loves animals. Increase $30, sleep in motel for free. Bump into other team. Attend mass. Meet a nun. Pray for food and accommodation - receive.
Day two
Free breakfast at church. Meet people at church. Give you lunch. Three families and one lovely old lady get together and plan a day of fun. Use the snorkel God told you to bring swimming in lake Kanerie. Go to a gorge with five friends and ample new friends. Encourage thirty people in the faith. Stay at a new friend's house with five friends. Cook dinner. Food given to you by an old lady. Have fun. So much fun. Sleep, praising God again and again. Enjoy friends and cousins.
Day three
Debate what to do. Pray loads. Talk to strangers. Relax on the beach. Praise God. Visit an old lady, with whom your friend left her shoes. Have tea. China cups. Cake. Full bellies. Visit an old folks home. Enjoy the elderly, let them enjoy you. Have fun. Pray for strangers. Have dinner with old lady. Stay at her house. She's 86. Let her tell you stories of how she hung out with queen. Look at her photos. Love her. Stay at her house out of respect.
Day four
Hitchhike to Ross. Pray, walk, pray pray. Ask for food. Receive from a stranger a bag of bread and cheese. Get a lift with Glen. Stay in a motel. Pay, but only two thirds the price. Have a banquet of cheese on toast. Praise God. Pray with friends, for friends.
Day five
Visit natural hot pools. Find them through praying. Needle in a haystack. Meet people in cars. Leave for a glacier. Pray for food. Ride gives you a bag of food, uninformed, unprompted. Praise God again and again. Hear from God. Deny it again and again. Give up hope. Learn and learn. Sleep in front of the altar in a church. Praise God.
Day six
Hitch hike. Chat with a Czech lady. Arrive back to Hokitika (the land of many returns, in maouri), Ask for food and a place to stay. Pray for chicken. Pray for Hot tub. Meet another team. Let them buy you lunch. Go to their place to stay. Enjoy the company of an american gentleman. In his palace. Enjoy his chicken. Enjoy his hot tub. Praise God again and again. Brighten his day. Love him. Pray with him. See Glow worms again.
Day seven
Do work in his garden. Enjoy the company of many friends. Relax. Hitch a hike. Chat to strangers. Get home in good time. Praise God.
From here on enjoy your changed life knowing that by the Grace of God living in NZ for $10 a week and seeing stuff is possible.
I can't really say all that happened, this is merely a sketch. All the amazing stuff all the heart stuff. I felt like i learned so much in three separate directions, but i can't really define even one of them.
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