Let me start off by saying that this week has gone by do incredibly fast I can hardly believe that I have already been here for 5 weeks!! I apologize for my lack of blogging this week....:( I have hardly had enough time to breathe! Our talks this week have been equally as exhausting....in an awesome way! Our focus this week has been on our individual world views in relation to Gods world view. I think that the greatest part about this week was figuring out what my world view is and how different it was in comparison to Gods....things I didnt even know had an impact on our world view turned out to be some of the core issues...and that a shift in world view takes years and years of active pursuit to see even a slight slope of change. We watched a movie about Egypts world view and it got me so excited to be able to witness to a world view that we are so different from! the overall week was great and it started getting me really excited for our outreach :) another thing that I have realized this last week is how awesome our DTS staff is! I feel so comfortable and loved around all of them and it is truly such a blessing to have when you are around so many people 24/7 as well as the insane schedule I have! there has been a little bit of home sickness this week for me :( I guess I just miss having a little time to myself....it is such a selfish thing to miss I know....but with 6 other room mates I find myself longing to just have a night to myself, but I feel so blessed to be in the presence of somany amazing people I would never trade it for any other situation :)
Today I had one of the greatest adventures of my life! A bunch of my friends and I went to Waipio Valley which is famous for its 2000 ft. Water fall ands as well as its black sand beaches! I had heard rumors that the hike was quite rigerous....including parts where you had to be neck deep in water, while following a lush and over grown trail! The moment we started the hike there was a look out spot where you could see almost the whole valley(minus the waterfall) and I knew that this was going to be a great day! The hike began with a very windy, steep road and ended in a lush and tropical trail that looked like it could have been straight from Jerassic Park! There was a river that we were following that had alot of thick foliage and vines surrounding it. I tested the theory of swinging on the vines like Tarzan......let me just say do not try it at home....and never trust a cartoon for trying to swing on a vine in the jungle....:) After that we headed to a part where the trail went through about 5 ft. of water! We all were carrying our backpacks over our heads neck deep in river water! it was straight out of a movie! I loved it :) I felt like a true adventurer! from then on it was alot of slippery rocks as well as some big rocks that we also had to climb! But once we had scaled all of these trials we finally got to the waterfall.....and it was absolutly breath taking! As soon as I turned the corner I thought that this must have been what the Garden of Eden looked like! I could not believe its beauty! When you looked up from under it all you could see was the water shimmering from the sun, and ending in a beautiful clear blue pool! I was simply eclipsed in Gods overall creativity and splendor!! It was great and I will put pictures up soon :) After that we headed to be black sand beach that also looked like it was straight from a calander! i do however think that I might prefer white sand beaches simply because of the fact that it looked like you layed in charcol everytime you layed down in the sand! It was still so beautiful and I feel so blessed to be able to bask in Gods masterpieces all day :)
Some prayer requests for this next week is that God with continue giving me strength for my days seem to be getting longer and longer....as well as health because numerous people here are getting sick from both stress and exhaustion I feel. Thank you somuch for all your prayer support! I feel so blessed to have somany awesome people behind me as prayer warriors through this time in my life :) I Love you guys!
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