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All 40 of us gave our 5 min testimonies over the last day which was amazing! Everyone came because of different reasons, got there through different circumstances, but everyone was brought by God.
I have been learning a lot about the different YWAM bases, what they are all about. There are several hundred other bases around the world. We have 3 book reports to do over the next couple months and also journals on what we are learning throughout the lectures. If you have any suggestions on books to read, please tell me. We have a small library with several books. I am thinking about Velvet Elvis, I saw it yesterday. But any suggestions would be great.
We are doing outreach on Friday nights. There are a few options. Going into town and listening to the Holy Spirit tell us what we should do. Talking to people, praying, playing sports with people. There is an asian small group that we can attend also. There are a couple skate parks that we will be doing ministry at as well. Around Oxford we will be doing ministry. Finally on the mountains we will invite people to have dinner with us and come back and hang out.
I am starting to see several opportunities that God has before me. I am praying for help to figure out which He wants me to do.

first couple days

I finally made it! A 12 hr flight was no fun but I slept about 16hrs when I got here. Church was amazing this morning. Really started off the mood for this group. The pastor of this little Baptist 5 row church really brought me and many others to a new level. He talked about be open and responding to God’s word with REAL worship. We worshipped at the end of the service for a really long time. At one point there wasn’t even a song being sung. We just enjoyed the presence of God. Flags waving, crazy dancers, people shaking, one lady shaked a lot. The pastor blew at one lady and she went flying into her chair. And the people around her “bounced” away. Almost like a wave of Holyness hit the first lady and spread out from her. It was cool to see. One lady gave a word and began shaking pretty weirdly and another started histerically laughing right after this. Very interesting morning. But God was there and I really enjoyed it. The sermon was on being open to what God wants to do and not putting restrictions on Him. And we didn’t . I think it gave us all a great picture of what worship can be if led by the spirit.
More people showed up today and everyone is really cool. Everything is really laid back just my style. We learned a lot about what is going down throughout this school. It all seems really good. We will be really busy. But also snowboarding twice a week! Word. If you want to know more about why I am here, or am wondering what is the point. Or if u just want to watch an amazing video. Go here http://www.ywamoxford.org/ The video is on this page. this is what they played the first night when we got in. my skype is Jordan.gibson3 or email me at jlgibson@purdue.edu