The last six weeks

Well since so many thousands of people have begged me for another post, here it is. Ok maybe only a few.. and maybe not really begged.. except KLUB, he begged. I warned you guys in my very first post I may not be the best at updating this, lol. So the last six weeks or so have been amazing. I've seen God do incredible things in my life and the lives of friends of mine. I'm learning a lot in the classes I'm taking, God's presence is powerful at every church and chapel service, and overall, I think God is just working a lot on my character. When I say things have been amazing, not all of it has been easy or comfortable. There are a lot of areas in my life that God is bringing to light that I don't like, but as He's showing them to me, He's healing me. For example, one thing God's shown me is how selfish I can be. My motivations for many things I do, even in ministry, is on me and how it makes me feel. More and more, God is changing my mindset from looking at me to looking at Him and others.

Another thing God's showing me is how powerless I am at changing myself. I have a tendency when I see an area that needs to change to strive towards changing it myself. While there may be practical things I can do to bring about the change, I'm seeing that if I just keep my eyes on Jesus and let Him transform me, there's a lot less heartache and failure.

So things have been really busy. I feel like time is going by faster here than at any other time of my life. Last week was Father's Day in Australia, so they moved the Sunday Night Service to Friday night. That freed up Sunday to go to the beach with some friends. I had an amazing time. We watched the sunset over the beach, then after it had gone down, I went for a short swim. It was pretty cold, so I didn't spend much time in the water. Everyone with me thought I was a little insane for going into the water, and to be honest, I've always known I'm not totally sane, so whatever. I ate a kangaroo burger, which was very tasty, and then we walked along the beach for a while before heading home.

Sunday night services during August were incredible. Every August they do what's called Sunday Night Live, and it's basically church like you've never seen it. They present the messages in such creative ways with drama and music hitting certain points home. A lot of people gave their life to the Lord this month. Praise God!

Well, I'll try to update sooner than six weeks from now. God bless you guys!