Not yet so riga-a-marole cont..

So, to speak on my limited YWAM experience: Half the school is Korean. In fact, there are more Koreans than Americans! I'm using this opportunity to make some overseas friendships, and to pick up a little Korean as well.

Kwangtaek, but I call him Hyung Yim (Big Brother)


You can really feel the presence of God on campus. It's a peaceful place like no other. Worship times are hyper-intensive, which I'm not used to. I'd rather just meditate in a quiet place. Although, I think it's proper to celebrate every now and then. There was a big ceremony last night celebrating the 41 nations meeting here in YWAM. Here are some pictures, I think they'll speak for themselves.

Flags held around the congregation.


A dance by the base"host culture"


Spanish Dance.. with fans?


This shot would be better if I could photoshop out the metallic fan and the tiny heads lining the bottom.


Everyone standing up is Korean.


Keep checking back because I'll keep posting.

Not yet so riga-a-marole

First I promised pictures of Campus.

My room, and the others down the line.


Crazy Spider! They have webs that arch over walkways.


This is near the entrance.


That is the entrance to building 4


Getting these up before breakfast starts.. I'll upload the rest later.

Aloha!

So, made it to Kona alive. By the third plane I'd be looking forward to take-off. I bathed in those G-forces. It's beautiful in Hawaii and I welcome the amiable milieu here. The YWAM Base is lush, I'll take some pictures. For now here are some photos/video of my total 14 hour trip.

BTW: Took a practice SAT on the plane and scored myself 2070. I got some work to do, but I'm gaining confidence.

Phoenix Airport (I'm in this video)


Grandma promised me beautiful Hawaiian women and all I got was this guy.


Honolulu


Arriving in Kona presidential style.

My Verbose Blog Title Exposition

I felt it necessary to explain the reasoning behind palpably polymathic:

If you do a little wikipedia search you will find that the term polymath is synonymous with Renaissance Man. That being said, you may wonder, "Ok... but why polymath?" This is simply because I will be posting on a variety of topics. So you will most certainly see pictures and news of my time in YWAM, but you will also see the various tangents of my thought process (which generally manifest themselves into vague philosophical ramblings and esoteric experiments). Please feel free to post comments ranging from "I cite Occam's Razor!" to "Gavin, I used to think you were a fairly sane individual." to "What is this rubbish?"

That is it in a nutshell.

Genesis

Well, I want to thank anyone who took the time to stop by and visit this blog. I will be boarding a plane to Hawaii on September 25th! In addition to that: I am close to reaching that comforting goal of a fully funded outreach mission. I was hesitant at first to make this leap of faith, but now I feel as though God has confirmed it through his providence.

My guess is that I will update this blog one to two times a week depending -maybe even more. God bless you all, and please keep me in your prayers.