soaking it up

My roommate Megan and I at Lovefeast, which is a huge celebration night to conclude "Exodus." Exodus is something each DTS at YWAM Maui does to kick off the school. Everyone sleeps under the stars and roughs it for 3 days with only a sleeping bag, Bible & journal, and flashlight. No showers, changing clothes, brushing teeth, nada. It was awesome during my DTS because it unified our school and helps you to bond really quickly. Nevertheless I was thankful to be on the clean side of things this time around. :)

Haha, this would be my friend Elizabeth, who is staffing the DTS and had a wonderfulll time on Exodus. Just to give you a glimpse into the extremes of Exodus.

Goes without saying, but here is the b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l coastline. Views like that make it so much easier to wake up early in the morning to go running.

Attempt at capturing the reflection of an awesome sky turned into a portrait of Shamu, one of the vans we take when we're not hitchhiking. So far hitching has been a breeze. Yesterday morning we prayed and in less than five minutes a hyperactive woman pulled over to pick us up. She couldn't figure out how to unlock the doors and told us she was just in a bad car accident and didn't quite know this vehicle yet. All of that information became apparent as she started driving, but I think she was also distracted by worshipping. She had her music blared and was so stoked we were Christians so that she could continue singing and dancing. She ended up taking us all the way to our destination even though hers wasn't quite that way.

The first week of classes has been EXCELLENT. Tom Osterhus, our base director, spoke each day and it was basically an overview of the course, introducing us to Biblical worldview. I have to go do heaps of homework, so I'm not really in the mood to rehash it all out here. Soon though.