Update #2

Oh hello there, didn’t see you dashingly good looking people were there, if you are reading this right now that means you are reading my second update, which means my first one didn’t bore you to death so I will try to do the same with this one.

So I think the last time I updated this so right before opening ceremonies so that’s where I am going to start. The opening was really cool; if you haven’t seen my pictures then you should go do that on Facebook. There were aboriginal dances from Australia, and from Fuji. There was also a fire dancer from Fuji as well. I got to play with the fire. I managed not to burn myself so that was a huge plus. Then surprisingly we did nothing that weekend, just chilled. Which was good. On the next Monday we went to I wildlife park zoo thing. There were little kangaroos jumping all around in the zoo that was kinda awesome. We also got to see koalas and I got to touch one as well. There were also penguins, (ya be jealous) a crocodile, tons of snakes and reptiles, cool birds, the Tasmanian devil, and some emus. So all in all it was a great day at the zoo. Then that week was orientation week, so going over rules and expectations. Then we also talked about intersession, which I though was really cool. I think that is what I learnt most about that week. When praying for someone I usually would say some things and wait awkwardly for others to be done praying as well, but now I have 10 steps to intersession prayer. I wont list them now cause I don’t remember then off the top of my head. The Friday we had a coffee house, it is a way for us to connect with the community around us. Even though no one but the people from the base came to the first one it was still a lot of fun. The little kids that were on the base put on a really funny skit thing, it was really cute. This last Monday we went to the beach, Manly Beach to be exact, and let me tell you… It was the craziest place I think I have been. The main beach was closed due to wind and huge waves, but I still went in anyways and body surfed. That was awesome. It was the first time I had ever seen the ocean let alone swim in it. I got kicked out of the water by the lifeguard so we walked to another beach where we could swim. The sand wasn’t as nice as the first one but it was still amazing. It was also the first time I got to experience the sun since I have been here, and needless to say I got pretty burnt. It was still worth it though. This week for lectures the people from Newcastle base are here with us, it is nice having more guys here to hang with. And David came yesterday!!! So now there is three guys on the base instead of two. He seems pretty radical. This week the lectures are on knowing the character and nature of God. The national director of YWAM Australia, he keeps it pretty interesting. This last weekend the Internet has been down so I am sorry to anyone that has inconvenienced. One night during the weekend we walked to McDonalds to use there free Wi-Fi. I don’t know what else to say so I am going to stop here, thanks if you got this far without leaving due to boredom, and if you skipped the middle and went straight to the end just to say you read this… that’s ok too. I love you all so much. Thanks for keeping me in your prayers and thoughts.

Love Zach From the land down under (queue music!)

Update #1

Hello one and all. Thank you for tuning into my blog. My time here has already been an adventure and it is only the first full day. On my way here I met a lot of interesting people. Right of the bat when I got through customs I met a couple going to California, we talked a lot in the terminal and we found out we were sitting beside each other on the plane. We talked all the way to Denver about hockey and things like that. We landed in Denver 2 minutes after the boarding started for the next plane, so I ran across the airport and made it to my next plane to San Francisco. On that plane I also talked to the people around me. The person beside me worked for facebook, I thought that was pretty cool. When I landed in San Francisco I met up with someone going to Hillsong School. It is his third year going, we went out for Japanese food in the airport. Then he long flight commenced, the food was alright I guess. I slept for like 8 hours, I was quite proud of myself. I was sitting beside an older couple. I didn’t get up for the whole flight cause I didn’t want to have to crawl over them. When we landed in Sydney at about 8. It took a while for them to find me, but eventually they did.

Now I am at the base, we have just been chilling for the last few days, went to the mall. Fun stuff like that, the people in the mall have the coolest fashon style. All the guys are each wearing tight jean shorts, or dull color short shorts and a muscle shirt. If you guys saw them in our malls you would think they all lost a dare.

There was a little of a miscommunication on as to how many people would be here. When I asked before they said there would be about 80 people on base including staff and such. But when I got here I found out that there is only going to be 12 students on dts. Which I think can be a really good thing, we are already becoming a little family. There is a girl from Germany, and a girl from England but lived in Germany for 7 years, and a couple of people from the states and on other person from the great white north.

The weather has been super nice so far, it hasn’t rained which I think is a good thing, all the locals that are on staff are Aying this is one of the cold summers, it is only getting up to 27… I already think that is crazy hot so if it gets up to 40 I may die of heat.

We start the school today, my Friday. I have the morning to just chill until 5 30, then we have the opening ceremony. On Monday we are going to a wildlife park to feed kangaroos and hug koalas. I am very excited. But the thing I am crazy excited for is… we as a dts are probably going kangroo hunting!!! I know crazy right, I don’t know when that is going to be but I hope its soon.

I will try my best to keep this up to date, I will usually have Sundays and Mondays off to do things on my own.

Thanks for tuning into this and suffering through my bad righting style. I love you all so much and thank you for keeping me in yours prayers.