Wow! It's been a crazy few days! I'm finally here after quite a bit of scheduling troubles with flights and so forth but God is faithful and worked everything out! When I thought I wouldn't have to flight at all from Greenville, God provided one! When I thought I would have to spend a night in the Honolulu airport God worked it out so that I could stay at the YWAM Honolulu base with a hot shower and a warm bed! He is so awesome!
And now I've finally arrived.
The natural beauty of Maui is breathtaking... I actually teared up when we rounded a bend on the way to the Maui base and I saw the ocean for the first time! Unbelievable. It's such an awesome example of the imagination of our creator. The teal blue of the water, the green of the mountains, the details of the flowers, the innumerable kinds of trees and plants; there is no end to the variety of it all, and I get to LIVE here! Also unbelievable.
Beyond the beauty of the landscape is the beauty of the people I have met here. Within hours I was laughing with other students like we'd known eachother forever. One girl actually told me she couldn't believe I'd only arrived today because it felt like I had been there all along. Everyone is so friendly and the staff are all incredibly helpful and inviting. I know we are going to become our own little family in no time at all. We spent the later part of today just hanging out in the house and getting to know eachother better [I had several compliments on my Star Wars t-shirt] and I've found a few kindred spirits already!
Tomorrow begins the official first day of our DTS with a welcoming ceremony in the evening; I'm sure its going to be an awesome time! I can't wait to start classes and really delve into what God is going to do during these next six months! But as for now it's late and my body is telling me to go to sleep, so I'm going to listen!
GOODNIGHT AND GOD BLESS!
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