Typed: March 10, 2011
This has been a great week back. It has pretty much not stopped raining and I am so thankful that I am no longer sleeping in a tent. My clothes smell good, not like campfire and moldy tent. I am ready for some sun. Hopefully we will get some this weekend since we leave next weekend for Ayer... the beginning of our Australia Outreach.
This week we have been doing a lecture on Biblical studies. Learning how to read and study the Bible. They really encourage us knowing the Word. I really enjoyed it. We took the book of Philemon and did chapter titles and then highlighted things like the who, where, repeated words, and then we went through the text and discussed what was known from reading it. Then we further delved into the culture and region at the time to gain a better understanding of the people involved in the letter. Then, we discussed not just knowing but applying the text to our lives. (This was one of my favorite lectures so far!)
A few more highlights from camping: not only did we get to hike some really amazing scenery but one of the girls found a wounded wallaby (small kangaroo like animal) and its baby. Roger (the "Aussie bloke" in my class) ended up having to kill the wallaby since it was paralyzed but he saved the baby.... I will post photos as soon as I can. He put the baby in his hat and everyone passed it around and cuddled it. He and Ben (our Aussie leader) got up every hour of the night to give it water. The next day they transported it to a wildlife refuge and it was saved! We also got invaded at nights by paddy melons (small marsupials that look like giant mice... I enclosed a photo I took offline).
Outside of lectures, we spent the week getting ready for our first Outreach. We learned a really great skit/dance to an Underoath song.... great band. We are also putting together teachings and activities to do. Our Aussie outreach is in a week. We go to Ayr, Bowen, and Whitsunday. In Ayr we'll be working in schools (you can teach religion in schools here), Bowen mostly with churches and backpackers, and Whitsunday we'll be doing more building, cleaning communities and meeting with backpackers since it's a huge tourist area.
This has been a great week back. It has pretty much not stopped raining and I am so thankful that I am no longer sleeping in a tent. My clothes smell good, not like campfire and moldy tent. I am ready for some sun. Hopefully we will get some this weekend since we leave next weekend for Ayer... the beginning of our Australia Outreach.
This week we have been doing a lecture on Biblical studies. Learning how to read and study the Bible. They really encourage us knowing the Word. I really enjoyed it. We took the book of Philemon and did chapter titles and then highlighted things like the who, where, repeated words, and then we went through the text and discussed what was known from reading it. Then we further delved into the culture and region at the time to gain a better understanding of the people involved in the letter. Then, we discussed not just knowing but applying the text to our lives. (This was one of my favorite lectures so far!)
A few more highlights from camping: not only did we get to hike some really amazing scenery but one of the girls found a wounded wallaby (small kangaroo like animal) and its baby. Roger (the "Aussie bloke" in my class) ended up having to kill the wallaby since it was paralyzed but he saved the baby.... I will post photos as soon as I can. He put the baby in his hat and everyone passed it around and cuddled it. He and Ben (our Aussie leader) got up every hour of the night to give it water. The next day they transported it to a wildlife refuge and it was saved! We also got invaded at nights by paddy melons (small marsupials that look like giant mice... I enclosed a photo I took offline).
Outside of lectures, we spent the week getting ready for our first Outreach. We learned a really great skit/dance to an Underoath song.... great band. We are also putting together teachings and activities to do. Our Aussie outreach is in a week. We go to Ayr, Bowen, and Whitsunday. In Ayr we'll be working in schools (you can teach religion in schools here), Bowen mostly with churches and backpackers, and Whitsunday we'll be doing more building, cleaning communities and meeting with backpackers since it's a huge tourist area.
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