confession.

i got to the YWAM base Sunday night.  it’s Thursday night.  i haven’t taken a single shower at the base yet.

everybody gasp in disgust.

are you finished?

ok now are you finished?

:)

ok now i’ll tell the rest of the truth –  i’ve been showering at the YMCA (yes, mom, i’m taking showers.  tell andy i’m using body wash, too).  :)  dude – the Y has brought such sweet excitement to me!  i found an indoor volleyball court there and found a ball and played against the wall the first morning after my workout!  so stoked that i have access to it!  hoping to be able to play if there is a league or anything going on there.  also – the showers are so great!  at the base, 2 showers are shared by at least 10+ girls.  so not only is it chaos to get a shower in the morning, the hot water also probably runs out.  there’s so much more space to get ready at the Y and they have shampoo, conditioner, and body wash – oh and towels!  it’s sweeeet!

so this week has been a lot of class time of introduction-type stuff.  learning about fundraising, going over the rules/guidelines/assignments/etc.  last night we watched a video of a message Loren Cunningham gave back in like…1968 or something.  it was really good, all about relinquishing our rights, our life, for the sake of the Gospel.

we’ve also had “bonding” time, where everyone in our DTS shared their testimony with the group.  and guess what.  :)  by the grace of God, i was able to give my testimony!  i was one of the first people to go – i knew if i put it off ‘til the next session, i wouldn’t be able to each much and i would be fighting anxiety.  so i did it!  definite props to God on that one – it was cool.  the first of many opportunities to rely on God’s strength in my weakness!

this is the park we went to this afternoon for the rest of our “bonding” time – people gave their testimonies.  it was beautiful :)  it was called majestic park or something.

i found out a little more about the norway and mexico city trips.  the biggest thing i learned is that norway is geared more toward friendship-evangelism – building relationships with people over the 7 week period and evangelizing thru those relationships. mexico city is more street evangelism, reaching people on street corners and such.  i’m leaning more toward norway right now – my heart is geared toward relationship evangelism.  i’ve done the street evangelism stuff before and personally…i just haven’t seen much fruit from it.  it works, God can definitely use it.  but i personally prefer to build relationship first.

the internet has been out most of the week.  so i’m writing this offline and will upload it when i get access (which…you don’t really care, because if you’re reading this, that means i got access…).  :)

i’m doing a lot better than i was monday (day 1 post).  praise God the nauseous feeling, headache, and lack of appetite lasted mainly just the 1 day.

someone should probably go to bed soon.  oh ok, fine – i’ll be that person.  i’ll sacrifice.  you can stay up – don’t worry – i’ll go to bed for you.

OH!  1 more thing.  tomorrow night some of us at the base are going to play ultimate frisbee!  so stoked!  so excited to just be active with people.

ok for real – i’m ending this.

keep it real.
~jen~