How’s it going everyone? I really hope you’ve all had an awesome week. Amy and I did for the most part – I was a bit sick all day Tuesday, but it wasn’t too bad at all. We’ve had the whole week off and have tried to take advantage of it. A few guys called on Tuesday night and asked if we wanted to go to the Blue Mountains on Wednesday, so that’s what we did and I thought I’d give you all a bit of a look at the scenery we took in. It was absolutely amazing!
This trip was a lot like the one we took last summer with Jamie, John and Jon to Mount Carleton except these mountains are about a billion times bigger and the trail is a lot more challenging and the scenery is a lot more beautiful… so Jamie, John and Jon, come for a visit and we’ll head to the Blue Mountains for a day and you can compare for yourselves.
These are the Three Sisters. Apparently there used to be seven of them, but they seem to have disappeared or something. Aboriginal legend has it that these are actually real sisters imprisoned by their father to protect them from a bunyip (what’s a bunyip?).
Here’s Amy and I in front of the Three Sisters. The little balcony we’re standing on is way out over the edge of the cliff. It’s a long way down. We had to be pretty careful because it was so windy (as you can tell by our hair – man I need a hair cut).
Here is the whole crew that went to the mountains. Next to me is Dany from Paris, France. Next to him is Joni from Switzerland, and next to him is Ryo from Japan. They’re really great guys.
This cliff is part of the Three Sisters.
Here’s Amy at the bottom... finally at the bottom. It was such a long way down and we had to walk down a really, really steep stair case carved into the rock. By the time we reached the bottom our legs were like jelly. That really sucked because we still had to climb all the way back up.
Dany knew of a little side road that led us to here. It was absolutely incredible! I couldn’t believe how beautiful it was up here.
That was our last stop of the trip (except McDonald’s on the way home) and we had a really neat experience there. I’m not sure if anyone else really even noticed, but after we discussed the view for a few seconds everyone went silent and it stayed that way for about ten minutes. I’m pretty sure that everyone was thinking the same thing – God is big!
Marty Sampson wrote a new song last week for Encounterfest called Devotion. The chorus says this…
When You stand, the tall trees and mountains bow
When You speak, the fiercest of oceans is still
And I see the sinner seek devotion
The lost become chosen
And I fall to my knees
It was really neat to have heard that song all weekend long, and then to have seen these amazing cliffs and mountains and trees, and to think that my God created them and that at any moment He could simply speak a word and they would bow to Him... Wow.
Ryan
It was a beautiful morning, but about the time we arrived at the beach the clouds started rolling in. It was still really fun and the rain held off for a while.
Here are the girls testing the water temperature. It was a bit chilly, but not too bad. That's Paula on the left. She's been on here before. Coral is in the middle. She's from South Africa. That's Amy on the right. She's from Canada.
Now, here are the men. You've seen these guys before - Larry on the left and Stephen on the right. They're a great bunch to hang around.
