Australia DAY THREE

*Getting exited, not your stereotypical mission experience

A months worth of rain in 7 min. And the rest of Australia cant get enough rain.

Perths worst storm in 50 years. Info on the Base Damage HERE.

So tomorrow I start working in the Media office and BLS (more here). And next week Matt will start his training (more here).

Matts recent Facebook status: Can't we just get the April quarter (his training) started already!! :D Anyways.....won a game of Settlers Of Katan last night. Yay! Yesy is leaving tomorrow. Boo! Getting base b-ball organized. Yay! Splinter in my hand sucks. Boo! Got full accsess to internet. Yay! Missed the great Perth storm of 2010. Boo!


Despite the fact we have been here 3 full days now and the jet-lag makes me feel like I'm drugged up on Benedryl , it still seems like we never left in October. There is such a regular rotation of people here in this huge 200-300 strong community… so the ‘change’ is the constant. Although many people Matt and I worked with before are still here. Our first moments on the base were a swell of people trotting towards us or jaunting past us until realizing who we were then turning quickly around for hugs and welcome greetings.

“It’s the Bells!- I heard you guys may be coming back!” . . . “So are you guys staffing? Where will you be staying? How long will you be around?” to which we responded appropriately. Not that their positive response is at the top of the reason why we are here but ‘Ain’t it something to know your loved?’

Right now I’m sitting in on the base in the gymnasium sized dining room. In front of me, at the next table, is a crew of a few people that have apparently been debating different areas of struggle in Western culture over coffee. Every once in a while I have looked up due to some interesting phrases exchanged. Phrases and words like ‘homosexuality’, ‘relentless redemption’, ‘non-partisan studies on the psychological effects of abortion on generations in different nations’(yes I seriously heard that), ‘have we grown so cold that we care for the “poor” from a distance’. . . All the while quoting long verses from the bible and scriptures from other religious books. I would of joined the discussion instead of typing up our budget and writing this; but alas I know I will have plenty of opportunities in the future for that.

If you cant tell, this is not your stereotypical missionary experience.

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FEATURED CHRISTIAN ARTIST:
Thought I would pick a musician this time around.
LISTENING TO:
BLINDSIDE
Album- The Great Depression
Song(s) -Aint it something to know your lost.
You must bleeding under your eye lids