Hello!
We just got back a couple days ago to Brisbane, after an awesome week in Byron Bay. It was actually a bit different than expected. There was a day crew and night crew, and we were the day crew, so we didn't actually stay out until 3 in the morning every night. We visited kids in hotel rooms in the mornings and cooked up delicious pancakes. We also did cleaning for some of them, which they super appreciated. We then would do optional sports down at the beach in the afternoons and would invite people to join us. That was fun as well, except I didn't really know how to play footie.. So I just watched :)
At night we would set up a chai tea and pancake tent down near the beach. We made batter that would cook about a thousand pancakes! It was so much fun, because everyone would be so excited for free food. These nights were my favorite, where we just talked to people and formed relationships. We would usually be out from like 11:30 to 1:30 in the morning, and would then crash and sleep until like 8am.
I learned so much this week. I learned more about humility and selflessness, and the importance of having God's heart for people, and seeing and treating them as He would. I also realized and was challenged by how many opportunities we have everyday to just be an example and light to this world, and treat people with love and respect.
It was definitely a challenging week, but was so awesome and a big learning experience. So many great things happened this week, and it was awesome to share God's love and truth for people through simply serving them and loving them like God would.
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| At the church where we stayed |
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| My team (we had about 5 teams for the day crew) |
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| Where we would set up the tent at night, and also usually where we would set up sports on the beach |
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| My lovely team leader! |
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