Update from Down-Under

Wow, were do I begin.... I told myself I would update this thing once a week, but when life gets going...It really gets going!  I don't even know how to describe what has happened in the last 6 weeks except to say that my life will never be the same.  I have seen God in a way that I have never experienced before.  We have studied his character and nature like God the father, the comforter, the provider, the king, the friend, the director, the master, the healer, and the warrior.  It was great diving into each of these areas, because their are so many aspects of God that I feel I have only seen the beginning.  We were at the beach all week last week, and I would get up early in the morning to watch the sunrise and see the waves come into the shore.  I just felt like this was symbolic to what I am learning here.  Right now, I feel I have only see the shore of his ocean.  If this is what the shore looks like then I want to be swimming deep into all that He has for me.  Each week as I process through lectures I think, ok, now I think I get it and then the next week starts and my mind is blown once again!  This week we are learning about God being Lord in our life.  That means surrendering our lives, the plans we have made for ourselves, the worry and doubt of what comes next and just completely following Jesus.  It is alot easier said then done, but I want that so much!  I can't wait to see what the next step is!

So, We are going to South Africa in May! I'm so excited because I'm pretty sure we got World Cup tickets!! I'm very slowly becoming a Soccer fan and since we play soccer almost every day around here I realize that I wasted my time playing basketball and volleyball all my life while the rest of the world is an expert at soccer!  I have also started playing some tennis, some of you may know my history with Tennis, but I am determind to rise above it and be an expert when I get out of here!  Anyways, in south africa the plan is to go and do whatever is needed of us.  Maybe that is playing with orphans, talking with the prostitutes, serving the widows, I am not sure what all that is going to look like, but we are praying now that God would move mountains and use us to do his will!  I'm pumped!!

Hopefully I will be able to get back into the whole once a week update thing!  We are going to an easter festival all week next week, so I will update after all that happens there!  g'day mates!

dondi