Aloha! It's the weekend again! This time I felt like the week went by super fast. but it was so fun! Our topic was on relationships! The speaker was real cool and from Australia! Ps. i have gotten pretty good at copying lots of accents here: such as Scottish and Aussie:)
Last weekend i went to this magical place called the bamboo forest! bamboo in Maui? I know! I was just waiting for a panda to jump out! it was actually so cool though and we got to do some cliff jumping! if you know me, you have probably heard me say that I have a fear of two things, Cops and Bears. worst fear: bearcop. hahah yeah... anywho! so I believe that my third fear really precise is jumping off things that you can see the bottom of. Why so specific is because I really want to go skydiving once in my life but i think that would be fine! you can't see where you are going to fall, you have help and it's just a jump. bungee jumping too, I believe there is something about those harnesses no matter what you do< just mentally help you prepare better.
Sorry about that tangent there. I think sometimes I like to think by just writing my mind out. So anyways, we did some cliff jumping and i jumped off like a 15-20 footer! i think haha it didn't actually know for sure! but it was freaking tall! to get to the major cliff, we had to hike through the bamboo with bare feet and the rivers which was like a 30 min. hike. I LOVE this kind of stuff. The very first rock we had to jump off was so small like 5 feet and i was scared! i like couldn't make myself to do it! it took me like 20 minutes to convince myself i could do it, but it came with the death scream, eyes shut and body tense reaction of course! The water I jumped into was the most calming thing i ever felt. PTL I made it safe and sound but this deserted water lake was so pretty. Like I could almost have my wedding in it!
Then we got to the big cliff where I wasn't too sure if I wanted to jump but my friends encouraged me and i did it! a lot of people went higher than me (those turkeys) but i was proud of myself after getting nervous again and a scream of chills, being able to make myself jump felt great. Daniel, my Norwegian/ Korean friend was scared to and i was really happy that he went. cause really there was no way down but to jump! Martin, also another Norwegian, dove from like 30 feet up! it was nuts but he is a risk taker! If you ever come to Maui though, definitely give the bamboo forest a try, it's absolutely stunning!
This weekend I want to better manage my time to be able to do my homework well without leaving lots for Sunday!
Our week like I said, was on relationships with Faith Dutton as our speaker. It definitely was not your common dating 101 course. Actually she spoke on what a healthy relationship looks like with all the relationships you have in life. she spoke on emotional dependancy, manipulation, unhealthy same sex and opposite realtionships, fleeing from sin, condemnation vs conviction, self worth and others. I could really see God speaking through her and i felt empowered by what she shared. She reminded me a lot of my mom with her being 40, blonde with blue eyes and threee kids, but just a lot cooler! jk mom:) i love you! (you guys should have coffee someday)! She really challenged all of us with the way we thought about things. I loved her teaching on really what TRUE love is. It isn't selfish and a lot of what she said, i want it to really stick with me. Love is genuine an if ever that one day happens, i will be prepared to date with putting the other person's best interests in front of my own. :) Yesterday we had a sharing time where we split boys and girls and went before God of areas that we felt convicted in our lives and asked for forgiveness in front of a group for accountability. Another awesome thing about sharing with people is that it offers You a sense of humility and reason to tell Satan off by saying that You had already dealt with the sin. Let me tell you, God moved through the group. Including myself and after it finished, I just felt so much peace to be able to have opened up and be prayed over. I was humbled and feel free and filled with joy. I don't even know how to explain it, but by listening to hear what God was trying to release me of and being able to bring to the light to confess to the lord was so amazing. God was here. Don't you just love a good cry with the girls!
I am really glad this topic came out so early because really i think it will make the atmosphere of our base incredible if people take these principals to living a God driven relationship between everyone.
I am heading to the beach mates! but thanks for stepping in to be apart of this journey with me! have a great day! and thanks for reading, and please keep me in your prayers!
Anyways, I am going surfing now! wish me luck!
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