Arrival

(I wrote this on Friday, but I only had 1 hour of internet access and couldn't get it posted up in time, so here it is now.)

My flight arrived at 7:40 pm local time, 10:40 pm PST. There were no hula dancers greeting us, just a regular small town airport. It was already dark out, but the temperature was comfortable for shorts and a T shirt.

The Dean of Men picked me up at the airport and took me to the campus. It's on the same property as the church, just down a hill. We got there just after the Wednesday night Bible Study ended, I met a few people and hitched a ride to a beach bonfire. Both of the vehicles I rode in that night had a broken door.

There are 3 people in my tent including me. The girl's tents have electricity from a generator, but the men aren't so lucky. Still, it's a nice tent, we have bunk beds and carpet.

The showers have cold water, but it's not too bad because of the climate. It feels brisk and refreshing, definitely wakes you up in the morning. They painted the pipes black so the water will warm up during the day. The first time I took a shower I was bombarded with a high pressure jet stream of water, afterwards I noticed that all the other stalls actually had shower heads installed.

We use outhouses for the bathrooms. The ones next to the guy's tents don't flush properly, so we can only pee in them. Unfortunately I didn't realize this at first...

The weather is beautiful. Sunny, partly cloudy, frequent breezes. It's rained several times since I got here, all just quick showers. It gets hot during the day, but the clouds and breezes keep it from getting too bad.

Most of the students were here by Wednesday night, except for a few who read the wrong section of the website and came in on Thursday. One of the guys in my tent misread the start date and showed up 10 days early!

We had orientation Thursday and today. Thursday afternoon we went to the beach for a few hours. It was nice: big waves, warm water (very salty!), beautiful beach.

They posted the class list, I signed up today. First semester students have a list of required classes: Genesis, Romans, Hermeneutics, and Discipleship. Plus the Wednesday morning prayer meeting and Wednesday evening Bible Study are required for all students, along with "Chuck Tracks". For the Chuck Tracks we listen to 6 hours of audio each week, it's Chuck Smith teaching through the Bible from start to finish and takes 4 semesters to finish. On top of the required classes I'm taking John and the Pastoral Epistles.

Classes officially start on Monday!