Making up for lost time..

Well first of all... here is a picture of me in Kona. In case anyone was curious as to what it looks like for me to be in Kona. Actually this is a picture of me in my dance attire, to be more specific. I am learning Ceroc. It is a swing/salsa fusion with a dash of ballroom. It is as strange as it sounds.

Here is what is going on in a nutshell:

Last week- A team of guys came in to talk on worship. What ended up happening was we spent the majority of the week in crazy worship, minus the talking part. This one guy was insane and would began to cry and drool because of the hurt in people and in communities around the world. We had one night where 17 drums were on stage and everyone just danced, like in that one matrix scene. However, despite the insanity, there were some powerful times spent in the midst of the Holy Spirit. By the end I was ready to process a lot of it all.

This weekend- I spent most of the time indoors studying Japanese. 私は八時間が先週末で勉強しました。 Which means! Last weekend I studied eight hours. I think. Soo...

This week- we are covering the Holy Spirit. The woman teaching it is serving as a doctor in Japan which is exciting. She has many impossible stories how her hindu family all came to Jesus through the radical power of the Holy Spirit moving on them. So, crazy stuff.. and today we had a big prayer time.

I've been fasting and praying asking for some guidance as to where I should go after this. Strangely, I think my plans and God's plans might line up more than I figured they would. So the plan still is to finish my college applications. I think UChicago may be where I need to go. So please pray for me and I will keep you posted.

I'm still here..

Sorry I haven't been updating lately. I will post in a few days with a picture of Halloween and to explain recent events here at YWAM. In addition to this I have the final details on my outreach plans.

"I am the vine and you are the branches"

Just felt like I should make a quick post about some amazing things which have recently transpired.

The week's speakers, Ane and Nu'u, have allowed the past two days to remain open for what God might want to do.

Well, yesterday I went up for prayer and it was powerful. I am struggling to humble myself before the Lord, but through prayer and God's grace my heart is softening. God is moving with a firm steadiness into the deeper regions which I have kept to myself. What is so exciting is that once I received the prayer I was really able to clearly hear the Lord and clearly perceive things.

I often felt ashamed at how I could be more excited about touchscreen technology-or home cooked meals- than God. That clarity and connection with God I felt was so incredible, that now I get really excited now when I have a chance to pray. I'm entering into a place where I can pray to, or praise Jesus fully, the result of which is a more palpable relationship with my Creator. Now there is a peace within me which truly passes understanding (considering I should be stressed out of my mind).

Tonight I was in the prayer room just freely talking to God. He talks in paragraphs, it's crazy, but anyways. I was walking out thinking that I have so much to learn and how I still get confused if it's really God or half God or if it matters or if I'm out of my mind. So.. I walk out and this girl and guy from my DTS are talking. She is looking for confirmation that she picked the right location for outreach. Apparently he confirmed it for her after prayer. She says to me "pray about it", and I don't want to because I know I will get it wrong or something. I kind of thought it might be in the pacific, myself. So anyways I got peer pressured into telling her what I heard. I stop and just pray and wait to see if God decides to play along. Immediately, for some reason, one place stuck out so... I asked if it was right, and to my surprise it was the place she felt lead to -and the same place the guy had confirmed (not the pacific). Life is full of some amazing coincidences... right? *cough* *cough*

So I felt like I should share some of that.

Food for Thought

Ohayoo!

So once again I've picked up learning Japanese. I unintentionally began a weekly class for my DTS. It was going to be just private tutor time with this guy named John (A Korean student from Tokyo University), but it turned into 12 people in our classroom with John. What was funny was that some people were asking me if I would be attending/knew about it. My friend Yukako (Ashley) promised she would teach me some Japanese, and another girl in my DTS, Yuko, will be helping at Japanese class.

I had a dream last night that I was playing the piano with sticks and everyone was amazed at my talent. It sounded beautiful though, at least in my dream.

I am thinking of writing a story for one of my application essays. If I do write it and finish. Count on me uploading it.

So far things here at YWAM are fine. I pray a lot, we go to worship often, and our speakers have some crazy stories. Sometimes the speaker will prompt our direction, other times the speaker will do nothing and God shows up and everyone gets really excited, etc. etc. I think if I wasn't crazy before I came here, I sure will be by the time I leave. Walking around talking to God all the time (I can't see Him but He comes with me everywhere), abandoning the common sense of the world (Who cares about money, or physical security? I don't!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA -Lord help me), and all that good stuff. No one will think me in my right mind.

YOU ARE AN IRONMAN!

Well, here's a quick video for you. I volunteered at the Ironman race as security. With my XL shirt tucked in, and my aviators on, I looked like a real pro. I can safely say that I was very strict with every person I encountered.

Just look at the picture and video they speak for themselves. This is an awesome event. The youngest competitor was 18 and the oldest was 79, at least that is the oldest I saw.

More to share

Sorry, if I haven't been updating as regularly as I should. I am guessing there will be around two-three posts a week.

So I know some have wanted to see pictures of my roommates, so today I have two to introduce to you.

This is Rex (a.k.a T-rex) When I tell him to pick up his clothes he calls me Mom.


This is Zack. He spends so much time in the student lounge, I go there to find him.


Mokuaikaua Church: This is the first church I attended here in Kona. I thought the Hawaiian doxology was awesome. It goes as follows -
Hoonani i ka Makua mau, Ke Keiki me ka Uhane no, Ke Akua mau hoomaikai pu, ko keia ao, ko kela ao. Amene.


The Ironman is one of the world's toughest triathlons. Anyone competing in the Ironman must swim 2.4 miles then bike 112 miles then run a final 26.2 miles. All this must be completed in less than a 24 hour period. From 6 am to 12 am! If you finish in time, you are an Ironman. It's a big event here in Kona so I will have more pictures since I am volunteering with security there.



That is all for now, more to come later.

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.