there a moments when i love the beach - and there are moments when i feel i despise it. it's not the beach i despise - more the experience. the sand, the suncream, the wind, the sunburn, the glare, the cold water, the bluebottles, the seaweed, the swimming costume... but todays beach experience was pleasant enough - despite cold water and sandy southerly wind. we ventured out at 8:30am - luke elk, squeaky, joel, me, tim, matty, stu, benjamin, deb, deb dab and laura - and headed out to narrabeen. not too bad. got some foods as well. and ventured back home again. it was fun to chat with peoples. we had quite a spread of ages and backgrounds. that's one of the things i really appreciate about church - the range of people you meet and become friends with. i love hanging out with people like squeaky who can be such an idiot (in a hilarious way!) sometimes, but also come out with some really profound statements and questions. in the middle of everything this morning, he comes out with "i was reading it last night - what's the deal with ezekiel?" and he really wants to know and understand what it means. and then random joel goes "oh yeh, the last samurai is an awesome movie". me and daws were so lost as to his thought patterns. oh well. nah, but younger guys are so cool to hang around, not just coz fun and funny, but coz they often surprise you with their faith.
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