Earning my stripes

to Intro: Here are some stories and facts about my experience so far.

The school has students from 51 different countries; It is almost impossible to escape a foreign language. It's mostly Korean I hear because Koreans are the largest group on campus. I may hear some spanish, some strange conglomeration of European tongues, and then English.

My work-duty job is to work on cars. So I should be a skilled mechanic by the time I finish! It's possible, seriously I'm a quick learner. So.. the other day I replaced a water pump in a truck with my mechanic buddy "Tabs". Skinny blond-haired Finnish girl. I think she's from Finland at least. By the way, she doesn't know anything about cars either.

Funny story! My work-duty supervisor Bob faced a repair crisis beyond his expertise. So, he concluded that the car would have to be brought to the 76 auto shop down the street. The only problem was that the car wouldn't start. However, instead of towing it... He had me sit in the drivers seat to steer while a tractor rammed the trucks bumper and pushed me. We only broke the tail lights and mangled the hitch. After we had reached a down hill position, I fastened the emergency brake and Bob took over. He coasted down the hill, relying on us to wave him "yes" or "no" to oncoming traffic. Half a mile he coasted down campus, then turned onto Kuakini Hwy and coasted all the way down to the auto-shop. I think he must've done it before. We rode a truck back up, but the battery died so we had to give it a good push start. I'm telling you this is the high life.

Loren Cunningham gave a little speech about how YWAM had grown. 500 bases and over 400,000 people go through YWAM as staff or temporary staff. This is yearly 400,000 people. Mercy Ministries helps 3 Million a year. He predicts that in 2020 it will be 100 million people a year helped by Mercy Ministries. Incredible stuff.

Classes have yet to get in the full swing of things.
I took my SAT as well, so pray that God goes back in time and gives me some grace. He can do that, right?

I know it's a bit much, but I have little time to update. I'll keep posting and I promise some pictures next time.