WOW!!!! Is all I have to say! What an amazing past 5 days! First, it was ok but I kinda wanted to be home, and I missed my friends! But then God changes the week around! I believe He gave me a taste of how YWAM will be for me! And I can't wait! This week was good for me to be reminded of things and to take a new look and a deeper understanding on some things! Course, I'm probably gonna have to read back over my notes and all, because that was alot stuff to take in, and I want to soak it all up and understand it all! This week we talked about Illusions and the illusions of life! One thing Louie Giglio said was something like this..."Are you living in the illusion of life that life is about you!? Because it's not! But don't worry, we all have!" And it was just so so cool to hear what he had to say! Another thing he was talking about was you can do anything you want! You want to be a docter? Guess what..you're in! You want to be a singer? Guess what...go for it! You want to get married and have kids some day!? Ok!! BUT in EVERYTHING YOU DO....do IT in Jesus Christ name! And for His glory and honor! God's not saying that in order for Him to be pleased with you that you have to be poor, go to distant lands and live in a hut, to throw away all your dreams, and that you can't have fun! SHOOT....you should've been at BigStuf with us Tues night!!!!! Christians, God-followers....CAN have FUN!!! Shoot! We were dancin' and havin' fun like no tomorrow in Jesus name! As for the distant lands and being poor and throwing away your dreams! God's not about that! Yes, some He calls over seas! But you can do missions in being a doctor, being a singer, being a parent, etc!! And as for your dreams....God's only asking you to trust Him with them! He's asking you if you trust Him, and believe that He knows what you want and knows what's right for you! This week was so amazing! Course another awesome point that Louie got accross was how some people ask..."Well what about in our home town...we need people sharing God's word there too!" True....but as Louie said, "Don't you think there's enough people in your town to share that with those people!?" He said, "If all the Christians we had in our towns would share Christ with the people at the school, work, etc. by the end of the day....the town would know!" But as Christians we don't do that! And course, God has called people to live in TN or where ever to do missions, but not everyone! Some people say, "Well we need to get our country right first before we go and help others!" When will our country ever be good enough?! When will the U.S. ever be "perfect" enough!? It's not happening! So why wait around on something that won't happen!? Why not, as christians go to wherever God leads us!? Shoot, I'm still tryin' to figure out why I question God where He wants me! But I guess we all come accross that in our lives! I dunno, I guess all I can say is that God was def. trying to wake up about 1,500 people these past 5 days, to who He is and what He has for us! It was amazing! And I encourage everyone that if you ever get the chance to go to BigStuf...please go! Night.....I love you all....