Spiritual Update 1

I thought i would send this to keep myself accountable since all you slacker havent called me!!!
Hhehehe only joking, i still aint got a phone. Anyway, on to the update


So far i have spent a little bit of time with God alone. I am spending the next 17 days alone with God looking at canadas beauty...not i am not going to a strippers!! Or looking in the mirror for 2 and a half weeks!!

I went to my first overseas church service. A place called the Dreamcentre' i must say i was already a bit worried with a name like that. Then the service started, it was terrible. I almost cried, maybe i did when he was talkin all this selfish trash. I thought about buying the church tape so you could hear it for yourself and understand just how mad i was. I wanted to punch him so hard, i should have spat at him or something.

Anyway most of canada is obsessed with hillsong, except for my two roommates on the camp i just was on. It was at Eagles Nest Ranch, a Christian summer camp i helped out with for a week. We had an awesome chat about real worship and it was so good. I didnt need to convince them at all they were on my side (if that makes sense) to start with. It was really encouraging for me and for them. For me coz i was in a room with people that switched their brains on and for them coz there is an Aussie saying hillsong isnt the be alll and end all. Anyway i think the rest of the leaders are pretty pentyish people which isnt bad, i was hoping to challenge them with some things one night but i never got a chace coz the night time curfew got pulled back an hour and i was always pretty busy. Darn it...alot of them were in love with the DreamCentre. Hmmmm, maybe i should pray for them. Yes what a wicked idea. Ill cut back whinging to 94% of the time!!

I do like the old penties a bit more. I love it how they seek God for prophecy, words of knowledge etc its a real challenge to me. Its also been great to see how freely they worship its soooooo good, they dance and all that jazz, And, when they are dancing and that its not all hype and emotion. Good good.

Anyway there were 3 skatey boys on this camp that were too cool for school, they werent into the traditional singing songs and doing whatever else so i asked permission from the main dude to take them out and just talk with them. I was so happy when he let me, i was pretty intimidated by this guy, anyway i took them out and then played a bit of a get to know you game 2 other leaders came in and the conversation turned to God. We talked for ages and found out heaps of stuff about these guys...one of the guys had a demon friend and we got talking about that, actually i mostly listened as i dont know much about that. Anyway they didn't really believe God existed coz He hadnt shown Himself to them like the demon had. So one leader challenged them to meet God in worship and to give it a go. Anyway their hearts were softened soooo much. It was great coz you know the cool type that doesnt want to look stupid. By the end of camp they had all given their lives to God. Wicked. Please pray for them to find out what it means to be a follower of God and for their situation back home. So that was prolly the highlight. I am so thankful to God. And it was such a team effort. He used so many people to show himself to these guys.

So camp is over now and i must say it was great for me. I was on cleaning the whole week. Why was it so good you ask? Well, i am always doing the upfront stuff games, dramas etc. so it was really good to do a job that actually required humility because it goes unappreciated most of the time. I loved it though. God gave me a real good attitude towards serving and also gave me a non cynical attitude toward the penties and the way they do things. I must say i respect them heaps more...i could have run around the hall naked during 'song worship' and i wouldnt look out of place or be judged!!! It was good like that.

Well i was going to write i am at a bus terminal now...i was when i wrote it on paper, and i met some Christian guy who obviously has his problems but it was cool how he talked about God. Anyway i look foward to the rest of my trip and meeting other people...like God.

Im a bit homesick but yeah, ill live. Hope you're all living...not just breathing sleeping and eating...anyway thankyou for reading this. Ill send some more updates whenever.

Sweeeeeeeet
Andrew