Byron Bay - week 1

Friday October 26 we were back on the bus on our way to Byron Bay. The bus trip was only a few hours down the coast but was one of the most intense bus rides we have had. About an hour out of Surfers Paradise we drove into a massive storm. The bus driver even put on her seat belt......it was raining so hard that the bus had to slow down to about 20kms per hour on the highway and there were cars pulled off to the side of the road. At one point we heard a huge ‘CRACK’ and a lightning bolt hit a tree right beside the bus. We arrived safely, thank God, and settled into our hostel for the night. Byron Bay is one of the nicest spots in all of Australia and I was definitely looking forward to doing some surfing. On Saturday we hooked up with the crew from Youth With A Mission, which is a Christian discipleship training course that has bases all over the world. We spent a couple of nights at the base with them and went to some of their lectures during the week at a local church, Eastgate Community Church. We were introduced to Pastor Neville who did the teaching that week on Biblical covenants and were so blessed to be able to go. It was amazing to see the bigger picture of how the Bible was written and how perfect God’s word truly is. On Monday (Oct 29) we moved back into a hostel and the plan was to ride bikes to the church every morning for the rest of the lectures. Well on Tuesday that plan fell apart. As we were riding to the church I felt the need to try a wheelie on the bike. I am not sure why, I guess I wanted to try and impress my wife since she looked so hot on her bike. Anyway I fell off the bike and pulled ligaments in my knee really bad. Thank God Pastor Neville offered to pick us up and drop us off every day for the lectures. The really, really crappy thing was that we were finally in a place that I could surf but because of my knee that wasn’t going to happen. Through the YWAM group we met Hilary who was the assistant manager of the hostel we were staying at. Christa and Hilary got on great. The three of us hung out a lot that week and had some really good times.