big fat pony...

every fall (spring here...) wesley puts on this thing called spiro (spiritual emphasis) camp. it's basically just a 2-day thing where everyone goes up to the blue mountains (which are not that mountainy. maybe we were not really in the blue mountains...) and we have lots of sessions and games and eating and hanging out. it's a really good chance to get to know people, especially because wesley is a commuter campus. so basically here's how it went:
yesterday (thursday) we left wesley at 7:00 am (which means we left the house at 6... ew) to get up to merroo (the name of the place it was at) and be ready to start by 9. we played some games and then had some morning tea before our first session, followed by lunch, then another session, then a break and afternoon tea, then another session, then supper (after dinner tea basically. and when i say "tea" i mean tea and coffee and cake and cookies and fruit. they definitely don't let you starve down here...) then we had some more free time to just hang out and get to know eachother. then today was basically the same thing except only half a day. it was so fun. i LOVE going to an arts school just because i am surrouned by so many incredibly talented people. if you were to walk into the huge room that it was held in during any free time, you would see: people playing all kinds of instruments, people dancing (good, legit dancing), people playing games, a random group of guys doing handstands and weird body tricks (it was hilarious but actually very impressive), people playing cricket or footie (rugby), people singing... i could go on. it was sweet. when i first got to wesley and actually up until spiro, it was super intimidating and hard to get to know people. it was like there were the asc'ers and the wesleyans, and they didn't really mix (except for a select few...). but up at spiro it was like we were all just students having so much fun and getting to know eachother and worshipping together. we had this speaker named richard allen farmer (who's from texas... go figure). he would play the piano and sing before every session, which was awesome, but his teaching didn't really blow me away. there was nothing that really challenged me or even really encouraged me. but i think i still managed to get a lot out of those 2 days. it just felt right being there, and it made me so excited to grow closer to these people who just love the Lord and aren't afraid to express it in whatever way they can. i can't wait to see what God has in store for the rest of my time here, and i'm so thankful that these are the people i get to share it with.
o yea... and we played this fun game called big fat pony up there.