Sand Dunes.. and Dead Kangaroo's

So the past few days here at YWAM Perth have been pretty busy. Class started up on Wednesday and this week was all about hearing God's voice and submitting our lives to Him. We also talked about when you go into a time with God, you need to come prepared with a open heart and mind, and get rid of all sin in your life. It was pretty stretching and challenging, but I learned a lot, and I'm excited to see where this week's topic goes.. (Character Of God)

The weekend here was pretty fun. Friday we had church as a base, and people from the community came and worshiped with us. Saturday the entire YP school headed out to the a beach that was about an hour drive.. can't remember the name at the moment... On the way there we saw a few dead kangaroo's on the side of the road.. I guess they are like deer... to us in North America. The beach was cool because on one side was the ocean.. and over this sand bank was a river.. it was Beautiful. So we swam, had some lunch and did some skim boarding. Then later in the afternoon some of us headed to these dunes down the road from where we were and hiked back.. and during the hike we saw a few lizards, which was creepy but also really cool! After we got back to the river we swam across to these HUGE dunes. They weren't as high as the ones in Oregon, but definitely really steep. So after a very long and somewhat painful hike up, we began waxing the boards for our adventure down the dunes. A few guys went first.. then it was my turn...
Looking down from the top it was kind of scary but after all I was on top of a dune in Australia..and before I knew it I was running and jumping on the board. About half way down the Steep hill I saw a strange bump coming... as I got closer and closer.. I realized I was going to hit this bump and probably go flying.... Which I did.. but it was sooo fun! I flew into the river really fast from the dune and proceeded to try and get all of the sand out of my swimsuit in the water. This was probably one of the coolest things I have ever done! Sliding down a dune super fast into water, on a hot summer day.. nothing can beat that! Which reminded me how blessed I am to be here, and experience all of these fun things!
Today (Sunday) was pretty laid back... Slept in, did some laundry, worked on some homework, and hung out with friends.
Right now some of us are watching Stranger Than Fiction in the lounge where I live.
Tomorrow is our start of 6 am exercises, so we'll see how that goes.
Thanks all for reading, and for your support.
Much Love
-Anne