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!)