Exodus

hey guys,
so if you are wondering why you haven't heard from me for a couple of days, don't you worry! i have a very good reason!! so basically i arrived late to the opening ceremony thing (suprising, probably not...) but anyways, once i got there i found out that the next morning i was going to be going on a camping trip that they were calling Exodus because it was like leaving the land that sometimes hold us captive, kind of thing. so we weren't camping like fvyouth style or anything, this was hardcore roughing it, we could only bring the clothes we were wearing, a sleeping bag, water bottle, camera, and thats basically it! we were told that we could be gone anywhere upto 2 weeks! haha, well i knew that it wasnt going to be that long cause Amy Kirk told me about it a whole ago, but i still knew that it was going to be a challenge for me!! i mean, yes, i can go days without showering, but the fact is that we were playing in the mud, eating mr.noodles for almost every meal and like we couldnt change, couldn't brush our teeth, couldn't put on any deoderant. needless to say we were a rugged bunch!! it was so hilarious though, and it didnt even really matter because we all were gross and didnt know what we looked like, so it was pretty humbling i think!! the topic that our leaders spoke about alot was like the key to the banquet in heaven. so we all got keys as alittle reminder of our time. but then we wound up at this church that we thought we were just stopping at to use their washroom (which seemed like a huge blessing at the time since we'd been peeing in holes in the ground for the past 3 days) so we go in and the entire YWAM Maui staff had a huge banquet prepared for us!! it was totally awesome, and sooo good because the only things we'd been eating was oatmeal and mr.noodles. but ya, it was such a great experience, everyone got to know eachother pretty well, it was a great jumpstart to our time together. today we found out the two possibilites for our outreach locations they are Nepal and Indonesia. if you guys could keep me in your prayers with that because i really just want God to totally direct wherever he wants me!
Como News, signing off.

Canadian Tourist

ALOHA!
hey guys, i've been in maui only for about a half a week now, so i hope no one is missing me too much already! it's so gorgeous here, its breathtaking! i honestly can't believe my eyes when i wake up in the morning! so for the past couple of days, since my mom and i have flown onto the island, we have been staying in a hotel in ka'anapali about 45 minutes from the YWAM base in Haiku. both places are amazing, but this side is clearly way more touristy. i'm moving into my house later on today, which i already checked out on thrusday, it reminds me of camp sooo much so i love it already! so really nothing too exciting has happened yet, i've just been hanging out, blending in to the whole tourist scene, but tonight i offically become a resident of maui!! haha, or atleast i will think of my self that way... feel free to email or send some real mail anytime!! it would be great to hear from people at home! espeically keep me updated if it snows since i basically didn't get a winter this year, which i miss dearly, bye for now!

Regular Mail: Packages and such:

Courtney Mowat
c/o YWAM Maui
PO Box 790237
Paia, HI 96779
USA

Packages and such:

Courtney Mowat
c/o YWAM Maui
1920 Haiku Road
Haiku, HI 96708
USA