The hottest place on earth!

Quick update--One of the leaders was saying that the greater Sydney area was the hottest place on earth today! I don't know an exact temperature, but it had to have been between 90-100 degrees! SO HOT! We went to Hillsong this morning for church which was absolutely ridiculous! Darlene Zschech led worship (ahhhh!) and the Word was really good. A bunch of the girls went up to the base leader's house after lunch because they have a small pool. It was nice to get in and cool off. This evening, we had our official opening of the DTS! We got to see performances from all over the world--traditional didjeridu and dancing, First Nations of Canada, Hawaiian dance, EVERYTHING! It was so beautiful! Our DTS is really diverse--we have people from the States, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Africa, everywhere! I'm having a blast getting to know all the different cultures and collecting lots of fun cultural music to take back to my students! ;-} The most amazing thing is that all of us from these different places can come together and untie under the banner of Jesus Christ! It's so cool to share a common faith with so many people from around the world.

More updates after our visit to the kangaroo reserve tomorrow! Classes officially start on Tuesday, so my schedule will be much more hectic and I will have less time for adventuring and blogging. I'll try to keep you up to date on everything--I know that God is going to be doing a huge work in all of us who have come to this DTS, and I am excited to see what He has planned!

Love you all!