Exodus, Spiritual INSANITY, and Oil Changes

Hey everyone. So so so much has happened so i'll try not to make this an absolutely huge message. Once the program started, on opening night we were greeted an a church called Hope Chapel North Shore. After doing worhsip and meeting the Staff for our school which includes Sam, Joey, Angela, and Chelsea we got a piece of paper. On this piece of paper we had a list of things which included one shirt, one pair of shorts that doubled as our swimsuit, one pair of underwear, one pair of socks, one pair of hiking shoes, one pair of sandals, one sleeping bag, and a pen and paper. We didn't know how long we were going to be gone for but we had to be packed and ready to leave at 6 in the morning. The next morning we piled into vans and headed to a park about 20 minutes from the base. We were put in teams and made a team name and team song. haha i still laugh when i think about what we did. Our name was Operation: Can-philipi-states Your Mom. This is because we have a girl from Canada and a girl from the Philippines on our team and the rest of us are from the U.S. our song was me stepping out and saying "We are team Operation: Can-philipi-states your mom....Na Na" hahaha it was ridiclous. After we did that we got a scavenger hunt list. We got driven to the boys and girls club off of Hana Highway (the main road around Maui) and had to hitch hike to get to the places where these things were. My team lost at the song challenge, obviously, so we had to line up away from everyone else so if cars came they would pick up the other teams first. We got a ride from a nice lady in a silver truck. I've learned that lots of people in Hawaii ride in trucks and i've gotten used to just hopping in the truck bed. Anyway, we rode to the small town of Kuau and had to get out. We walked about 5 miles toward a medium town of Paia (pronounced Pie-eeya) then got a ride for the remaining 2 miles from a really high guy. He was pretty funny and really nice. We got into Paia and got all the items we needed, as well as some the other teams didn't get for extra points. We walked to the other side of the town, right by the bay and waited for a hitch to the large town of Kahalui. We got a ride from a dude and his wife that knew about YWAM and had recieved food aid from them before. They said they would take us to all of our places and to our final stop called Iao Valley (pronounced ee-ow). If we were the first to arrive we got 500 points and 300 for the second team to arrive. 50 for the 3rd, but that definately wasn't going to be us! So we get all the stuff in Kahalui and head up to Iao. We beat the leaders there!! We all chilled with the leaders until the other teams arrived. We all talked about the hunt and what it made us feel like, then we dispersed through the valley, which is strangely like any mountain park in colorado but way greener, then we had some quiet time with the Lord. It was really nice to just spend some time with Him. Then we left for an unknown destination in the van. All of them have names, which i'll talk about later. We pull off of a mountain road near Iao and are told to get out. We take our packs, packed with ONLY the things on the list and hike down to a camp site. It was absolutely gorgeous. We camped on a cliff overlooking the ocean and a smooth breeze rolled in constantly. We didn't know how long we were going to stay but it ended up being 3 days. I'll summarize them. Ramen Noodles, Flavorless Oatmeal. Thats all we had to eat but i brought protien bars cause of my hypoglycemia. On the 2nd night we got rained on and i slept in compression shorts with my brothers body heat for warmth, awesome. haha it really was a great experience becasue we all shared our testimonies and grew really close to each other as a group. I really feel like these people are a sweet new part of my life, the Lord has really blessed me with these people. On the 3rd day we were told that we were going to a church to wash off because we all had a big dirt fight before hand. We walked into Wailuku (Why-Luke-oo) Hope Community Church and were greated by all of the YWAM base staff all nice and dressed up. We ate a "Love Feast" and were congratulated on completing our "Exodus". We came home, cleaned up and fell asleep to be greated by a 7:30 AM lecture. This lady that spoke is SO AWESOME, but really intense. I called her Maria the Alarm Clock, because she is known for waking people up. The first talk that we had was all about intimacy with God. It broke me. I cried and cried becasue i felt like i had never given God any intimacy that i was pushing His love away from me. We were all emotionally wrecked, so tired and worn out from the experience of it. Maria ended her talk by praying for my fellow student Benaiah. She has been gifted from God with prophetic words for others as well as prophetic visions. She saw Benaiah being anointed so she anointed him with oil and prayed for him. It was really powerful, we could all feel the Holy Spirit working in all of us. The next day was even more intense. I shared and broke down, again. Maria prayed for me and saw the Holy Spirit burning away the parts of me i dont need to be stronger in Christ. It was a shaking experience, she prayed over me and i trembled uncontrolably. I felt weak and collapsed onto the ground and felt like i was being cleansed. When i stood up i felt light and alive, like i was newly freed. It was the greatest thing i've ever felt. I cant wait to see what else the Lord has in store but His power is so much realer than I ever could have imagined. After that happened in the morning i got assigned to maintinance crew on base. We changed the oil in 6 12 passenger vans and it was really fun. One of the vans, named Gumby, was so old and broken it blew up a new oil filter we put on it. Yea, we still have to fix that bad boy. So of all our vans i'll list all the names i know... Gumby, a giant green hoss of a car. Hulk, another green one. Da Haus, new nice white van. Shamu, another nice one. She-hulk, a Chrystler Plymouth that SUCKS. and Loretta, a 2000 Volvo that barely runs. Today we had beach day after lecture and this girl Chrystaline spoke in tounges for the first time and it was HOLY!! Wow, if God is doing this much during lecture phase i cant even image what He is gonna do on outreach!!!

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