DTS Week 2

Man, time is going so fast right now. The schedule here is pretty packed so time is just flying by.

DTS ETC.
This week we have been discussing 'clear conscience' in lectures. It has been quite deep, especially as it's such a personal topic. However, I feel like I've got a lot out of it, and it has really reminded me how thankful I am to God for the fantastic life and relationships that I have! Having said that, I'm hoping that the topic next week will be less emotionally involving as by the end of Friday we were all absolutely tired out!

I'm actually going to do a quick shout out for some of the things I'm so grateful to God for: My parents, my family, my friends, my health, the opportunities I have in life, in travel, in making choices and in education. Living in a country where I'm free to be a christian and share God's truth legally. I have never had to wonder if I will eat that day and am able to wash and cook easily. I have access to clean drinking water. I have a roof over my head. People told me about Jesus so that I can know him too and have that greatest gift of being in relationship witih God. Yeah, I've got it really good and that makes me happy!

LIFE
I have bought a $4 dress in a charity shop (that was last week, but worth mentioning cos it's pretty). I wore it to lectures the other day and will probably wear it this afternoon. I also have a cap now, I haven't had a cap for years and I'm very excitied cos I'm getting bored of the bandana look. I have also become acustomed to wearing flip-flops nearly all the time.

Sunday is the only full day off we have and this morning we went to the local wildlife sanctuary. It was really good fun. I held a wombat, koala and snake (I have photos). I also stroked a crocodile (just a baby, not a big one!) I think one of my favourite things though was just wandering around listening to all the tropical birds making their strange tropical noises. Good times.

THINGS THEY HAVE IN AUSTRALIA:
There are lots of bats in Australia. I think this is really cool. I saw them circling in groups over the Botanical Gardens in Sydney and roosting in trees at the santuary today. Last night as a group of us were walking home, a bat flew out of a tree and scared on of the girls in the group. When she screamed, about 10 more flew out. It was kinda funny.

Beef Burgers shaped like Australia. They actually had these in the supermarket the other day. Apparantly it's because "Australia Day" was this weekend. Even so. They have beef burgers shaped like their country. That's cool.

Finally, I'm not actually sure who (if anyone) is reading this, I'm just trying to give a fairly light-hearted overview of what I'm up to. It'd be great to get comments, or emails saying if I'm getting it right, or if there's other things you'd like to know about.

PRAYER REQUESTS:
It will probably be this week that they ask us to pray about and choose our outreach location (where we're going for the second part of the school). The options are most likely going to be: 1 team going to Fiji and/or Vanuatu and 1 team going into Outback Australia. Both teams will be involved in youth work, with the potential for schools work in Outback Australia. I'm already pretty sure I know where I'm going but I want to stay open to God leading me, so if you could pray for God's guidance on this for me, that would be fantastic.