Time flies!

Wow! It's already the end of week eight! We have three weeks left of lecture phase and then we have one week to prepare for outreach and Christmas! I feel like I just got here but it's crazy the amount of stuff that I have learned and experienced so far. Two weeks ago our topic for the week was spiritual warfare. We learned that Spiritual warfare is always going on and that if you want to do anything for God then you are guaranteed to be apposed, but we have authority over satan and his lies because Jesus gave us that authority when he died for us on the cross. It was a  really good week. And last week our topic was on lordship, submission, and authority. It was very convicting because I realized that I have been holding on to a lot of stuff and not fully submitting my entire life under the lordship of Jesus Christ. So yes, last week was very eye opening and it probably was the fastest week yet because the lectures were so good that the time just flew by! Next week our topic is relationships, I'm really excited to see what God is going to teach me.

In other news, last week in our soccer league we played the other YWAM team and we won! It was so exciting because it was the only game that we really cared about winning. Now we have bragging rights :) it was a really good time though! And it was our first win, so that was exciting.

The base is being decorated for Christmas which is super exciting! Although it doesn't really feel like Christmas is coming because of the warm weather. Even though it is so hot outside I have been listening to Christmas music just to get into the Christmas spirit. A few of us watched elf last night which was really fun. But anyways, the base is really nice. There is a huge "Christmas tree" in the middle of the base and soon they are going to put stockings up for every person note he base! We get to fill each other's stockings with goodies, I'm so excited! 

This is them building the Christmas tree..

And this is the finished project! It lights up at night, but it isn't really the same as a real Christmas tree.

Last week the whole base went to the beach for dinner. It was a much needed break and it was so fun!

I also had the opportunity to bake someone's birthday "cake" last week! (It was actually a peach tart, not a cake). I had so much fun! I made the recipe up as I went along and the finished product looked good! I didn't actually get to taste it, but someone that did try it said it was so good, so that's good.

Last night I saw the first scary spider that I've seen in Australia, it was dark so I couldn't see the details of it, but what I saw was enough.

This picture doesn't really do it justice, but you can kind of tell that it was incredibly scary!

Well that's all for now, I'll probably write again in a week or so. If you guys can please be praying for my school because a lot of people still need finances for outreach! I have all my finances by God's grace, but a lot of my friends still need money, so please pray that God will provide that for us! If you want to help by sending some money just Facebook me or email me and I can let you know how you can help :)

Okay, I love and miss all of you!

Xo, Helen