Here it is the first Blog post I have ever done. I titled this "Coffee Bean" because I am sitting the Coffee Bean right now to write this. It's actually a pretty cool, chill place. Its a coffee shop with couches and tables and if you buy a coffee or tea you get a little card that gives you free internet for a hour, but if you set it up right on the website you can get free internet as long as you need. And also since the YWAM Base does NOT have wireless internet, this is the place to go. Usually every single night of the week and weekend this tiny little coffee shop is overtaken by YWAM'ers, its hilarious. Anytime I come in here I know that I will not be alone. IF I wanted to be alone I would walk a little further and cross the street to Star bucks, but its a longer walk and more money for less internet time.
So it has been almost 4 months since I left Hartville Ohio to Find God in many new and exciting ways. These past 4 months of my life have been quite life changing for me. If anything at all though they would be strengthening for me most of all. Finding out more about myself and seeing how through Christ ANYTHING and truly ANYTHING is possible. Being on Base staff I am busy all day until dinner with work duties. This area of Staffing has given me a huge heart for Serving and Doing things unto the Lord. It has opened my eyes to see how powerful and amazing it is to serve. It has brought me so much Joy and has strengthened me for those days where alls I feel like doing is sleep. The way that I am learning is totally different than if I were on DTS staff. You see on DTS staff you get the opportunity to sit in lecture and have very wise people speak and council. For me I don't have that opportunity as much so I am learning with God on a personal level through revelation and the word. My favorite thing to do is read the word and have it apply to my life and speak directly to me. It inspires me so much and causes me to change my heart at any moment to wanting to seek God and just be obedient.
These past few weeks have flown by super fast and have been crammed with activities. Just this past weekend the DTS students and staff went camping at the North Shore and I also went along. I would never turn down an opportunity to swim in waves twice my size. Let me tell you it was a blast! First of all let me give you a little background about North shore. It's the most popular place in Hawaii. They have Pipeline, It's a beach where all the Pro surfers live and surf because the waves are always huge. In the winter season they are around 30 feet tall. So there is usually a lot of competitions going on. Also at the North shore they have a beach called "Sunset Beach" because it is the most beautiful spot to watch the sunset, its like in the movies literally. Also there is Waimea Bay. This is where it all goes down. This is the beach with waves for body surfing and body boarding. There is no surfing because the waves break and crash right on the shore into the sand. When we were there this weekend the waves were 10 feet tall on Saturday and then on Sunday they were 15 feet and got to 20 feet. This is the biggest rush ever, I love it. If I could I would go there everyday to play in the waves. Well we all got blasted by them and had a fun time. On Saturday all the DTS was at the beach so it was a lot of fun to see everyone get thrown around and sometimes nearly drowned because the ocean is so powerful. And then on Sunday just a van full of us stopped at the beach again on the way home and let me just say What a Treat that was. The waves were even bigger and more powerful. They grew to 20 feet tall and were so powerful we had to get out of the water, it was too dangerous. When a wave would crash on the sand the whole ground would shake and rumble the sand. It was so awesome. For me the fun part was sitting and watching tourists get blasted up shore by the waves because they had no idea how big and powerful they were. It was great! so this weekend was a very good break of getting blasted by the ocean! Also I learned how to really body surf. Growing up and going to Myrtle Beach I always thought you just jump in front of the wave and let it take you. Well if you were to try that here in Hawaii you would die. So what I learned is that When the wave begins to take up turn like a surf board and you will go sideways through the barrel of the wave and you can see down it as it carries you, Its really awesome. So I put up a few pictures of this weekend for everyone to see.
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