Bible Unity, YP Camping trip, and Relationships... Oh and a dead kangaroo

Hello!
First off, hope all is well with everyone and that the weather isn't too cold for you :) heard you got more snow? CRAZY. It was a nice cool 81 degrees today.
Well let's get right into it hey?!

Last week was Bible unity... You may ask.. What is Bible Unity??
Bible Unity was all about being a team, and how we need to first submit to the Lord, and then be humble with one another. The week was talking about how to effectively work in teams, and the only way to do that is to fully submit to God, and work with one another. Pretty much... Love your neighbor as yourself was the main focal point for the week. It was encouraging to hear that having unity in Christ as a team will allow you to do amazing things, and have amazing opportunities.

This past weekend the YP (all 75 students + 15 staff) went on a camping trip down south to Dwelling Up camp ground. It reminded me a lot of Oregon which was cool. Two buses left at 2 pm on Friday to go set up tents.. which was a adventure on it's own. First off I would just like to say that the tent setting up didn't fail because lack of ability.. The tents were just very oddly shaped :)
After about an hour we successfully put up a tent the rest of the school showed up and we had some dinner.
Pretty much all weekend was spent canoeing and swimming. We got into some pretty crazy canoe wars.. tipping other canoes, being tipped, canoes filling up with water and not being able to get back in. It was hilarious and so much fun. A added bonus... the river water was super warm.
Saturday night we played a little capture the flag, and had smores that we roasted over the BBQ. Camp fires are banned everywhere in Australia because of the heat, dryness, and obviously the fires in Melbourne have everyone on alert. Might I say that the stars were amazing! Probably the best I have ever seen. The sky was super clear that night, unlike Friday when it rained over night...(I'll get into that in a min.)
The stars here are different.. it looked like dusting's of stars all across the sky, it was beautiful!
So Friday night or Saturday morning at about 3 am it started raining.. which was a amazing sound! Never thought I would say this.. but I miss the rain sometimes! So the rain kind of woke up my tent, and also the girls who were sleeping outside. In a matter of about 10 seconds there were girls screaming/laughing, and pouring into the tents looking for cover. It was hilarious! Some girls did ruff it and just dug themselves into there sleeping bags for cover.. major kudos to them.
Sunday we packed up and headed back to base where a nice shower greeted me and some down time.

This weeks topic is "Relationships". Mark Parker for New Zealand is speaking. All I have to say about him is... He is AMAZING. Super high energy and hilarious. Needless to say, he has the schools attention for the week. I wish this week was recorded because I can already tell it is going to be amazing. Today he touched on how we need to live for Jesus and how sometimes Christians can judge and tell non- Christians what to do, and how they are living bad lives without leading them to Christ. Pretty interesting. I'll let you know at the end of the week how the rest of the week went.
God is moving so much in the school. Lives are changing, and people are getting more and more amped for Jesus which is so powerful. God is definitely revealing himself to me in new ways everyday, and just continually showing me his love, and that since I have put my full trust in Him, He is going to take good care of me ya know? God is good, and everyday I wake up more excited to see what he is going to teach me. Everyday is a new day in Jesus.. isn't that cool?
I hope everyone is doing well.
You know where to find me.. anne.stribling@gmail.com
In Him,
Anne <3