With Everything

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So far this week hasn't been quite as intense as last week. The topic this week is Strength Finders, and so far we've been learning about the spiritual foundations that each of us have. Our this week's lecturer, base leader Dave Niebling, hasn't rocked my world quite as much as Kevin Norris did, but he's had some good points too. We still have another 2 days of lectures on this subject, so I'm eager to see what God's gonna show me. So far I've felt a bit disconnected by Dave's teaching, but it'll get better, I'm sure.

The last couple of days have been frikkin hot here. In the day time it's been like 32 degrees celcius, and I can't believe that it's gonna get even hotter! But so far I've managed to avoid getting sunburnt, though I did get a sunstroke on monday when we went to the city. So my first time in downtown Brisbane was filled with headache and nausea. Whatever, I still enjoyed it. The city has like these 2 main shopping streets that are for pedestrials only. They form a cross in the middle of the city, and on the streets there are cafeterias, bars and performance stages in the middle of the street. And oh my word are the shops here amazing. Me, Liz and Nat didn't really have a good chance to do any proper shopping cos we had to drag 5 guys around, but we're definitely gonna go do some hard core shopping before leaving for Byron Bay, which btw I believe is in 2 weeks!

Last night we had community worship and it was frikkin amazing. I don't know if I have any voice left to sing at band practice today. I was jumping and dancing and shouting and jumping like crazy, it was sooo goooood. God really set people free to worship Him and there was just this overwhelming joy that filled the whole place. We we're singing the song With Everything by Hillsong and it was just unbelievable. And it made me wonder why worship couldn't be like that at home. Where's the fire, where's that overwhelming joy that sweeps over the entire room? I'm sure God's presence is there, but where are our hearts?

After these challenging questions I only have one word left. Breakfast!