Fall DTS!

So we are a few weeks into the Fall DTS already!  It has been a busy and wonderful time already.  The weekly topics so far have been the Father Heart of God, the Foundations of Christianity and the Bible, as well as various other topics like prayer, worship, and dealing with pride.  We have such a fantastic group of students!  They are so eager for change in their lives and hungry to know God in a deeper way.  Many of them have past emotional and spiritual wounds, and we are excited to see God moving in their hearts already.  We know he is big enough for all the problems we face, and that he wants to see this precious group of people find freedom and healing.  This will enable them to live effectively for him!

Our typical week is beginning each morning with a student-led devotion, worship, and prayer/intercession.  We then have class every morning with a lecture about the topic of the week.  In the afternoons, time is spent in small group and one-on-one mentorship meetings, outreach team meetings, and tracks.  Tracks consist of different options: Dance, Outdoor Adventures, Music, Art/Communication, and Community Development.  The idea behind these is for the students to learn how to use their gifts and interests in missions and for them to grasp the way that God can work through each of these areas in everyday life.  I am helping with the Dance track, and I am really enjoying dancing again and getting to know the lovely ladies in that class better.

Jason and I are also very busy planning for outreach!  We get to lead an outreach team to southern Thailand and we are so excited about it!  We will be leading a group of 14 students for two months and working with various ministries in Thailand.  Some of them are: building relationships with university students, working at an orphanage, ministering in prisons and schools, and reaching out to the men and women affected by the widespread sex trade in Thailand.  We can't wait to share God's love with those who are hurting and in need of the hope that Jesus brings.  Thanks for being a part of our lives as we journey where God takes us.

This is a small group of girls in whom I get to invest this school, minus one....we meet twice a week and I meet
with each of them one on one every week.  We took everyone in the DTS to Glacier National Park and had a blast!