FCM Begins!

After a 42hr journey, I finally made it!
Word to the wise: Never stay in an airport for 18hrs straight. You can get quite delirious @_@

But I’m so thankful to finally be in Perth. I arrived last Saturday night and just finished a week of base orientation and lectures on the foundations of Christian counseling (btw, they spell it will two L’s…I would use 2 L’s, but then that annoying red line will show up).

In a nutshell, we learned about how God, in His great love, wants to restore His original design for us and, even more so, the relationship with Him. We were made for Him; we were made for love :)

Also, we learned some counseling basics and that as counsellors, we are God’s instruments, not His replacement.

So far so good :)

Each day’s schedule is packed! I thought the Kona base kept us busy, but these Aussies run a tight ship!
Here’s what it looks like each day:

??? – 8:00am: Breakfast at home

8:00am – 8:30am: Family Chores (Each person is assigned a task to do around the base. Some people sweep, some setup tables, I get to sort bread :) )
8:30am – 12:30pm: Morning Worship/Lectures

12:30pm – 1:30pm: Lunch

1:30pm – 3:30pm: Study time/Free time/One-on-One

3:30pm – 5:30pm: Work Duty (Each person works on base for 2hrs. They might be cooking dinner or working the grounds. I get to work in the media department.)

5:30pm – 6:30pm: Dinner

6:30pm – ???: Evening class/Small Group/Corporate Gathering/Evangelism

And finally we have time to study some more or get our homework done.

So with the exception of Wednesdays, each day’s activities end around 8:30-9:00PM.

I’m starting to post some pictures up on Facebook: Click Here

I was going to post some more on here, but I think there’s “some control” over who can see what – it just means that you’ve gotta be my friend…my Facebook friend, just don’t poke me :P

I don’t have any pictures of my class yet (I don’t even think we’ve taken one altogether yet), but I’m sure I’ll post one or two in the near future. My class is made up of  18 students representing about 11 different nations. And here’s a fun little fact, out of 90-some students, I think I’m the only Chinese guy.

But I hope each of you are doing well! I pray that each of you are growing in love and being affected by His love! More updates to come! God bless!

I’ll just leave you guys with some worship :)

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